Stages of Meditation

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Kamalashila

Stages of Meditation (Skt. Bhāvanākrama; Tib. སྒོམ་རིམ་, Gomrim; Wyl. sgom rim) — an important text (comprising 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.

Translations

English

  • Parmananda Sharma, Bhāvanākrama of Kamalaśila, Delhi: Aditya Prakashan, 1997

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