Chapter Six explains yoga and "śamatha-vipaśyanā" meditations from the Yogacara perspective. In this chapter, the Buddha teaches Maitreya that a bodhisattva's support for meditation is "the conventional exposition of the doctrine and the commitment not to cast off full, supreme awakening." "Śamatha" according to this sutra is the continuous focusing of the mind, while "vipaśyanā" is the understanding of the true nature of things, which refers to the suchness ("Tathātā") and emptiness explained in the previous chapters. Through meditation, one is able to eradicate the mental afflictions and gain insight into the ultimate reality.