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'''Stages of Meditation''' (Skt. ''Bhāvanākrama''; Tib. ''Gomrim''; [[Wyl.]] ''sgom rim'') — an important text on [[meditation]] by [[Kamalashila]].
'''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.


==Further Reading==
==Further Reading==

Revision as of 17:29, 14 October 2008

Kamalashila

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.

Further Reading

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