\n\u201cBecause your mind moves like a river, it does not rest without the foundation of meditative serenity; a mind that is not in meditative equipoise cannot understand reality just as it is. Also, the Bhagavan says, ‘With meditative equipoise, you know reality just as it is.’\u201d — Kamala\u015b\u012bla, First Stages of Meditation, The Great Treatise on the Stages of the Path to Enlightenment (v3, p21)<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<\/div>
Calm Abiding<\/h2>\n<\/div>
\n Definitions<\/a> | JABL Subject Headings<\/a> | Calm Abiding in Tibetan Buddhism<\/a> | Indian Sources<\/a> | Media and Other Resources<\/a><\/h5>\n
\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>Definitions<\/h3>\n<\/div>
<\/div>\u0f5e\u0f72\u0f0b\u0f42\u0f53\u0f66\u0f0b (zhi gnas)
\n\u015bamatha<\/p>\n\n
- Calm abiding; calming down; quietude; appeasing; serenity (UMA Tibet Dictionary)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>
<\/div>JABL Subject Headings<\/h3>\n
\n
- S\u0301amatha (Buddhism)<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>
<\/div>Calm Abiding in Tibetan Buddhism<\/h3>\n
\n
- Tsong-Kha-Pa Blo-Bzang-Grags-Pa. 2002. The Great Treatise on the Stages of the Path to Enlightenment. Vol. 3<\/em>. Snow Lion Publications. JABL<\/a><\/li>\n
- Gen Lamrimpa. 2011. How to Practice Shamatha Meditation<\/em>. National Geographic Books. JABL<\/a><\/li>\n
- Geshe Gedun Lodro and Jeffrey Hopkins, trans. 1998. Calm Abiding and Special Insight<\/em>. JABL<\/a><\/li>\n
- Zahler, Leah.1997. Meditative States in Tibetan Buddhism<\/em>. Wisdom Publications. JABL<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>
<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>Indian Sources<\/h3>\n<\/div>
Bh\u0101van\u0101krama
\n<\/strong>Stages of Meditation (Kamalas\u0301i\u0304la)
\n\u0f56\u0f66\u0f92\u0f7c\u0f58\u0f0b\u0f54\u0f60\u0f72\u0f0b\u0f62\u0f72\u0f58\u0f0b\u0f54\u0f0b (bsgom pa\u2019i rim pa)
\nTibetan:<\/strong> initial<\/a>, middling<\/a>, final<\/a>
\nSanskrit<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n
- Adam, Martin T., trans. 2002. Meditation and the Concept of Insight in Kamalas\u0301i\u0304la\u2019s Bha\u0304vana\u0304krama.<\/em> Dissertation. McGill University. WorldCat<\/a><\/li>\n
- \u200b\u200bBstan-\u02bcdzin-rgya-mtsho, Dalai Lama XIV, and Geshe Lobsang Jordhen, Losang Choephel Ganchenpa, and Jeremy Russell, trans. 2001. Stages of Meditation: [Commentary]<\/em>. Snow Lion Publications. JABL<\/a><\/li>\n
- Lhundup Sopa, Geshe, Elvin W. Jones, and John Newman, trans. [n.d.] Middle Length Stages of Meditation.<\/em> (Drepung Goman<\/a>)<\/li>\n
- Sharma, Paramananda, trans.. 2004. Bha\u0304vana\u0304krama of Kamalas\u0301i\u0304la<\/em>. Aditya Prakashan. JABL<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>
<\/div>Media and Other Resources<\/h3>\n
\n
- Adam, Martin T. 2006. \u201cTwo Concepts of Meditation and Three Kinds of Wisdom in Kamala\u015b\u012bla\u2019s Bh\u0101van\u0101kramas: A Problem of Translation.\u201d Buddhist Studies Review.<\/em> 23 (1): 71\u201392. (https:\/\/journal.equinoxpub.com<\/a>)<\/li>\n
- Bstan-\u02bcdzin-rgya-mtsho, Dalai Lama XIV. 2008. Great Treatise on the Stages to the Path of Enlightenment. Lehigh University. July 10-15. Day 5 – Morning.<\/em> The Tibetan Buddhist Learning Center and Lehigh University. YouTube<\/a><\/li>\n
- \u201cDeepening Calm-Abiding – the Nine Stages of Abiding.\u201d 2022. Terebess<\/a><\/li>\n
- Wallace, B. Allen. 2010. The Attention Revolution:<\/em> Unlocking the Power of the Focused Mind.<\/em> Wisdom Publications. JABL<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>
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