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[[Image:Kamalashila.JPG|frame|[[Kamalashila]]]] | [[Image:Kamalashila.JPG|frame|[[Kamalashila]]]] | ||
'''Stages of Meditation''' (Skt. ''Bhāvanākrama''; Tib. སྒོམ་རིམ་, ''Gomrim'' | '''''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 | ==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''}} | * {{TBRC|W23190|སྒོམ་རིམ་, ''The five bhavanakrama of Kamalasila and Vimalamitra: a collection of texts on the nature and practice of Buddhist contemplative realisation''}} | ||
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==Teachings Given to the [[About Rigpa|Rigpa]] Sangha== | ==Teachings Given to the [[About Rigpa|Rigpa]] Sangha== | ||
*[[Dzigar Kongtrul Rinpoche]], [[Lerab Ling]], 21-23 July 2012, The Intermediate Stages of Meditation | *[[Dzigar Kongtrul Rinpoche]], [[Lerab Ling]], 21-23 July 2012, ''The Intermediate Stages of Meditation'' | ||
==Further Reading== | ==Further Reading== | ||
Revision as of 20:28, 16 December 2018
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), ISBN 9788186471159
Teachings Given to the Rigpa Sangha
- Dzigar Kongtrul Rinpoche, Lerab Ling, 21-23 July 2012, The Intermediate Stages of Meditation
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)