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Meditation translates several Sanskrit and Tibetan terms, including:

bhavana (Skt.; Tib. སྒོམ་, gom, Wyl. sgom),
samadhi (Skt.; Tib. ཏིང་ངེ་འཛིན་, ting nge dzin, Wyl. ting nge 'dzin) and
dhyana (Skt.; Tib. བསམ་གཏན་, samten. Wyl. bsam gtan).

Samadhi is one of the three higher trainings.

Types of Meditation

His Holiness the Dalai Lama says that, broadly speaking, there are two approaches in meditation:

1. Meditations on loving kindness, compassion, bodhichitta and so on. In these the practitioner is trying to cultivate or generate a state of mind, or transform the mind into these qualities. The meditation and the object of meditation are the same.

2. Meditations on impermanence, selflessness and emptiness. The meditating mind already has the nature of impermanence, selflessness and so on, so meditation here entails focussing the mind on these truths and taking them as the object, and then cultivating familiarity with them.

Buddhist meditation is often divided into the practices of

shamatha or 'calm abiding' and
vipashyana or 'clear seeing.'

There is also the division into

Teachings Given to the Rigpa Sangha

Khandro Rinpoche, Lerab Ling, 3 October 2010
Khandro Rinpoche, Dharma Mati, Berlin, Germany, 8-9 May 2011, Meditation—Make your life easier with mindfulness and awareness
Sogyal Rinpoche, Lerab Ling, Meditation Retreat, 19-23 July 2011
Khandro Rinpoche, Dzogchen Beara, Ireland, 12-14 May 2017, Taming Mind with Meditation: Teachings on the practices of ‘calm abiding’ and ‘clear seeing’
Khandro Rinpoche, Rigpa London, UK, 20 March 2019, meditation
Khandro Rinpoche, Rigpa Amsterdam, Holland, 23-24 March 2019, how the stages of shamatha and vipashyana lead to the Dzogchen view

Internal Links

View, Meditation and Action

External Links

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-'''Meditation''' translates several Sanskrit and Tibetan terms, including ''bhavana'' (Tib. ''gom''; ''sgom''), ''samadhi'' (Tib. ''ting nge dzin''; ''ting nge 'dzin'') and ''dhyana'' (Tib. ''samten''; ''bsam gtan''). It is one of the [[three higher trainings]].
+'''Meditation''' translates several Sanskrit and Tibetan terms, including:
+*''bhavana'' (Skt.; Tib. [[སྒོམ་]], ''gom'', [[Wyl.]] ''sgom''),
+*''[[samadhi]]'' (Skt.; Tib. [[ཏིང་ངེ་འཛིན་]], ''ting nge dzin'', Wyl. ''ting nge 'dzin'') and
+*''[[dhyana]]'' (Skt.; Tib. [[བསམ་གཏན་]], ''samten''. Wyl. ''bsam gtan'').
+Samadhi is one of the [[three higher trainings]].
-===Types of Meditation===
+==Types of Meditation==
+*His Holiness the [[Dalai Lama]] says that, broadly speaking, there are two approaches in meditation:<br>
+:1. Meditations on [[loving kindness]], [[compassion]], [[bodhichitta]] and so on. In these the practitioner is trying to cultivate or generate a state of mind, or transform the mind ''into'' these qualities. The meditation and the object of meditation are the '''same'''.<br>
+:2. Meditations on [[impermanence]], [[selflessness]] and [[emptiness]]. The meditating mind already has the nature of impermanence, selflessness and so on, so meditation here entails focussing the mind on these truths and taking them as the object, and then cultivating '''familiarity''' with them.
-*His Holiness the [[Dalai Lama]] says that, broadly speaking, there are two approaches in meditation:<br>
+*Buddhist meditation is often divided into the practices of
+#''[[shamatha]]'' or 'calm abiding' and
+#''[[vipashyana]]'' or 'clear seeing.'
-. Meditations on [[loving kindness]], [[compassion]], [[bodhichitta]] and so on. In these the practitioner is trying to cultivate or generate a state of mind, or transform the mind ''into'' these qualities. The meditation and the object of meditation are the '''same'''.<br>
+*There is also the division into
+#[[analytical meditation]] and
+#[[settling meditation]].
-. Meditations on [[impermanence]], [[selflessness]] and [[emptiness]]. The meditating mind already has the nature of impermanence, selflessness and so on, so meditation here entails focussing the mind on these truths and taking them as the object, and then cultivating '''familiarity''' with them.
+==Teachings Given to the [[About Rigpa|Rigpa]] Sangha==
+*[[Khandro Rinpoche]], [[Lerab Ling]], 3 October 2010
+*Khandro Rinpoche, [[Dharma Mati]], Berlin, Germany, 8-9 May 2011, ''Meditation—Make your life easier with mindfulness and awareness''
+*[[Sogyal Rinpoche]], [[Lerab Ling]], Meditation Retreat, 19-23 July 2011
+*Khandro Rinpoche, [[Dzogchen Beara]], Ireland, 12-14 May 2017, ''Taming Mind with Meditation: Teachings on the practices of ‘calm abiding’ and ‘clear seeing’''
+*Khandro Rinpoche, Rigpa London, UK, 20 March 2019, meditation
+*Khandro Rinpoche, Rigpa Amsterdam, Holland, 23-24 March 2019, how the stages of shamatha and vipashyana lead to the Dzogchen view
-*Buddhist meditation is often divided into the practices of (i) ''[[shamatha]]'' or 'calm abiding' and (ii) ''[[vipashyana]]'' or 'clear seeing.'
+==Internal Links==
+*[[View, Meditation and Action]]
-*There is also the division into (i) [[analytical meditation]] (Tib. ''chegom''; ''dpyad sgom'') and (ii) settling meditation (Tib. ''jokgom''; '''jog sgom'').
+==External Links==
+*{{LH|topics/meditation|Meditation Series on Lotsawa House}}
+*[http://whatmeditationreallyis.com/ 'What meditation really is' - an introduction to meditation with illustrated instructions and video teachings.]
+*[https://www.siddharthasintent.org/resources/recordings/the-transforming-power-of-meditation-2019 A teaching on meditation, ''The Transforming Power of Meditation'', by Dzongsar Khyentse Rinpoche, Buenos Aires, Argentina, 2019]
 [[Category:Key Terms]]
+[[Category:Meditation| ]]