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'''Path of meditation''' (Skt. ''bhāvanāmārga''; Tib. [[སྒོམ་ལམ་]], ''gom lam'', [[Wyl.]] ''sgom lam'') — the fourth of the [[five paths]]. On the path of meditation one meditates on the truth realized on the [[Path of seeing|path of seeing]]. It is here that one begins to relinquish the [[Discards|discards]]. 

==Discards in the Basic Vehicle==
According to the Higher [[Abhidharma]] tradition of [[Asanga]], which is found in his ''[[Compendium of Abhidharma]]'', there are [[Eighty-one discards of the path of meditation|eighty-one discards]] to be relinquished on the path of meditation in order to reach the level of [[Arhat|arhat]]. 

==Discards in the Great Vehicle==
Again following the tradition of Asanga, there are [[Four hundred and fourteen discards of the path of meditation|four hundred and fourteen discards]] to be relinquished on the path of meditation in order to reach complete [[Buddhahood|buddhahood]].

==Alternative Translations==
*Path of cultivation
*Path of familiarization (Brunnholz)

==Internal Links==
* [[Five paths]]

==External Links==
*{{LH|tibetan-masters/nyingma-masters/patrul-rinpoche/stages-and-paths|''A Brief Guide to the Stages and Paths of the Bodhisattvas'' by Patrul Rinpoche}}

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