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.

Tibetan texts

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