We should learn from Sudhana (the Child of Wealth) and deeply contemplate why he attained enlightenment so swiftly. Upon hearing a single Dharma teaching, he engaged in profound, subtle contemplation and observational practice, soon realizing the corresponding samadhi state. The mark of his realization was the manifestation of samadhi, accompanied by extraordinary physical and mental sensations, and the emergence of many profound, symbolically significant states, indicating Sudhana's elevated level of wisdom. Had Sudhana not cultivated meditative concentration (dhyana) and attained the four dhyanas and eight samadhis, it would have been impossible for him to engage in such deep contemplation and observation, to manifest various profound samadhis, to reveal one meditative and wisdom state after another, or to display various supernatural transformations.
If our own cultivation yields corresponding levels of attainment, we too should manifest various wisdom states. For instance, the realization of the mind's essence at the seventh stage of abiding, seeing one's true nature at the tenth stage of abiding, the mirage contemplation at the ten stages of practice, the dream-like contemplation at the ten stages of dedication, and so forth – all these manifest various states. Both body and mind undergo various sensations and transformations, serving as proof of one's level of cultivation and realization. This is the union of meditative concentration and wisdom; the two are complementary and indispensable. Otherwise, at best, one may only understand the teachings intellectually, but it is absolutely impossible to realize them.
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