Bhavanakrama

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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

• སྒོམ་རིམ་, The five bhavanakrama of Kamalasila and Vimalamitra: a collection of texts on the nature and practice of Buddhist contemplative realisation

Translations

English

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

Teachings Given to the Rigpa Sangha

• Dzigar Kongtrul Rinpoche, Lerab Ling, 21-23 July 2012, The Intermediate Stages of Meditation'

Source

RigpaWiki:Bhavanakrama