Stages of Meditation

Kamalashila

Stages of Meditation (Skt. Bhāvanākrama; Tib. 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.

Translations

English

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

Further Reading

• Khenchen Thrangu Rinpoche, Essential Practice, translated by Jules B. Levinson, Snow Lion
• The Dalai Lama, Stages of Meditation, translated by Venerable Geshe Lobsang Jordhen, Losang Choephel Ganchenpa and Jeremy Russell, Snow Lion, 2003