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'''Preparatory stage''' ([[Wyl.]] ''nyer bsdogs'') - a state of advanced [[shamatha]] [[meditation]], characterized by mental and physical [[pliancy]], which serves as the basis for the first [[dhyana]] and beyond. It is also known as the 'capable stage' ([[Wyl.]] ''mi lcogs med'').
'''Capable preparatory stage''' (Tib. ཉེར་བསྡོགས་མི་ལྕོགས་མེད་, [[Wyl.]] ''nyer bsdogs mi lcogs med'') - a state of advanced [[shamatha]] [[meditation]], characterized by mental and physical [[pliancy]], which serves as the basis for the first [[dhyana]] and beyond. It is the best mind of the [[desire realm]]. It is called 'capable', or more literally 'not unable', since this mind can serve as the support to obtain all the qualities and remove all the obscurations.  


[[Khenpo Pema Vajra]] says:
[[Khenpo Pema Vajra]] says:


:"This is genuine shamatha, but if you still do not have the bliss of physical and mental pliancy, you have not yet reached the actual preparatory stage for the dhyana meditations. Once pliancy is attained, there is a foundation for developing the wisdom of vipashyana. This is the preparatory stage which is known as ‘the capable stage.’"
:"[The ninth stage of shamatha] is genuine shamatha, but if you still do not have the bliss of physical and mental pliancy, you have not yet reached the actual preparatory stage for the dhyana meditations. Once pliancy is attained, there is a foundation for developing the wisdom of [[vipashyana]]. This is the preparatory stage which is known as ‘the capable stage.’ At this point, there are [[Seven mental processes|seven mental processes]] through which the main part of [[Four dhyanas|dhyana]] meditation is accomplished."


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Latest revision as of 18:08, 21 June 2018

Capable preparatory stage (Tib. ཉེར་བསྡོགས་མི་ལྕོགས་མེད་, Wyl. nyer bsdogs mi lcogs med) - a state of advanced shamatha meditation, characterized by mental and physical pliancy, which serves as the basis for the first dhyana and beyond. It is the best mind of the desire realm. It is called 'capable', or more literally 'not unable', since this mind can serve as the support to obtain all the qualities and remove all the obscurations.

Khenpo Pema Vajra says:

"[The ninth stage of shamatha] is genuine shamatha, but if you still do not have the bliss of physical and mental pliancy, you have not yet reached the actual preparatory stage for the dhyana meditations. Once pliancy is attained, there is a foundation for developing the wisdom of vipashyana. This is the preparatory stage which is known as ‘the capable stage.’ At this point, there are seven mental processes through which the main part of dhyana meditation is accomplished."