To meditate and think.
略作想。即集中心念於某一對象,以對治貪欲等妄念。或為進入正觀而修之一種方便觀。坐禪三昧經卷下(大一五‧二八一中):「行菩薩道者,於三毒中若婬欲偏多,先自觀身,骨、肉、皮、膚、筋、脈、流、血、肝、肺、腸、胃、屎、尿、涕、唾,三十六物,九想不淨,專心內觀,不令外念,外念諸緣,攝之令還。」此謂修「九想觀」能斷淫慾。又觀無量壽經謂,修「日觀」等,能方便入極樂依正之真觀。密教於初發菩提心之行者,亦屢設種種方便之觀想,如觀想諸尊之形像、三摩耶形等,藉此觀想而去除妄念,信樂倍增,進而以有相入無相,泯除一切能所差別之見,體證萬法平等,而與本尊相應。〔安像三昧儀軌經、大日經疏卷十一、卷十四、大毘盧遮那經供養次第法疏卷下持誦法則
Contemplation 觀想 Abstract contemplation. There are four levels through which the mind frees itself from all subjects and objective hindrances and reaches a state of absolute indifference and annihilation of thought, perception, and will. 【參照: Meditation】
bhāvanā, vibhāvayati; anuvicārayati, ākārān bhāvayet, paribhāvayati, prakalpayati, prabhāvana, bhāvayati, bhāvayet, bhāvita, vibhāvana.
【梵】bhāvanā
【梵】भावना【中】觀想
【中】修習
【藏】sgom pa
===(術語)想浮於心也。觀無量壽經曰:「名見無量壽佛極樂世界,是為普觀想。」安像三昧儀軌經曰:「一心觀想如來一切圓滿之相。」