定

To fix, settle. (sa) samādhi. 'Composing the mind'; 'intent contemplation'; 'perfect absorption of thought into the one object of meditation.' M. W. Abstract meditation, the mind fixed in one direction, or field.

(1) 散定 scattered or general meditation (in the world of desire).

(2) 禪定 abstract meditation (in the realms of form and beyond form). It is also one of the five attributes of the (sa) dharmakāya 法身, i. e. an internal state of imperturbability or tranquility, exempt from all external sensations, 超受陰; cf. 三摩提.