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'''Stages of Meditation''' (Skt. ''Bhāvanākrama''; Tib. ''Gomrim''; [[Wyl.]] ''sgom rim'') — an important text (comprising of three books) on [[meditation]] by [[Kamalashila]]. They are the fundamental texts for the study and practise of [[shamatha]] and [[vipashyana]] in the Tibetan Buddhist tradition.
'''''Stages of Meditation''''' (Skt. ''Bhāvanākrama''; Tib. སྒོམ་རིམ་, ''Gomrim'', [[Wyl.]] ''sgom rim'') — an important text (comprising three books) on [[meditation]] written by [[Kamalashila]] in Tibet, after his famous victory in debate at Samyé over [[Hashang]] Mahayana, which would ensure that the Tibetans follow the Indian tradition of gradual meditation. They are the fundamental texts for the study and practise of [[shamatha]] and [[vipashyana]] in the Tibetan Buddhist tradition.
 
==Tibetan Texts==
* {{TBRC|W23190|སྒོམ་རིམ་, ''The five bhavanakrama of Kamalasila and Vimalamitra: a collection of texts on the nature and practice of Buddhist contemplative realisation''}}
 
==Translations==
===English===
*Parmananda Sharma, ''Bhāvanākrama of Kamalaśila'' (Delhi: Aditya Prakashan, 1997)
*The [[Dalai Lama]], ''Stages of Meditation'', which includes the translation of the  intermediate book of ''The Stages of Meditation'' and a commentary by H.H. the Dalai Lama (Ithaca: Snow Lion, 2001)
 
==Teachings Given to the [[About Rigpa|Rigpa]] Sangha==
*[[Dzigar Kongtrul Rinpoche]], [[Lerab Ling]], 21-23 July 2012, ''The Intermediate Stages of Meditation''


==Further Reading==
==Further Reading==
*Khenchen Thrangu Rinpoche, ''Essential Practice'', translated by Jules B. Levinson, Snow Lion
*[[Khenchen Thrangu Rinpoche]], ''Essential Practice'', translated by Jules B. Levinson (Ithaca: Snow Lion, 2002)
*The Dalai Lama, ''Stages of Meditation'', translated by Venerable Geshe Lobsang Jordhen, Losang Choephel Ganchenpa and Jeremy Russell, Snow Lion, 2003
*The [[Dalai Lama]], ''Stages of Meditation'', translated by Venerable Geshe Lobsang Jordhen, Losang Choephel Ganchenpa and Jeremy Russell (Ithaca: Snow Lion, 2003)


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Latest revision as of 21:05, 5 August 2021

Kamalashila

Stages of Meditation (Skt. Bhāvanākrama; Tib. སྒོམ་རིམ་, Gomrim, Wyl. sgom rim) — an important text (comprising three books) on meditation written by Kamalashila in Tibet, after his famous victory in debate at Samyé over Hashang Mahayana, which would ensure that the Tibetans follow the Indian tradition of gradual meditation. They are the fundamental texts for the study and practise of shamatha and vipashyana in the Tibetan Buddhist tradition.

Tibetan Texts

Translations

English

  • Parmananda Sharma, Bhāvanākrama of Kamalaśila (Delhi: Aditya Prakashan, 1997)
  • The Dalai Lama, Stages of Meditation, which includes the translation of the intermediate book of The Stages of Meditation and a commentary by H.H. the Dalai Lama (Ithaca: Snow Lion, 2001)

Teachings Given to the Rigpa Sangha

Further Reading

  • Khenchen Thrangu Rinpoche, Essential Practice, translated by Jules B. Levinson (Ithaca: Snow Lion, 2002)
  • The Dalai Lama, Stages of Meditation, translated by Venerable Geshe Lobsang Jordhen, Losang Choephel Ganchenpa and Jeremy Russell (Ithaca: Snow Lion, 2003)