The Stages of Meditation
by
Acarya Vimalamitra
by
Acarya Vimalamitra
Introduction and Translation
by Lozang Jamspal, PhD
by Lozang Jamspal, PhD
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Vimalamitra wrote eight treatises, which are
preserved in the Tangyur (bsTan 'gyur) collection. This
present text is one of them and is found in the bsTan
'gyur, dbu rna section volume "A" folio 397a to 419a.
It has only the Tibetan title, Rim gyis 'jug pa'i sgpm don.
The Sanskrit title Kramapravesikabhavanartha seems to
have been reconstructed by the cataloguer according
the meaning of the Tibetan title. It can be rendered in
English ·as the Stages of Meditation, written as a short
form of the three Stages of Meditations of Kamalasila.
Instead of three different texts, Vimalamitra condensed
the meanings into one single text.
In order to demonstrate their humbleness both
authors said, "I am like a blind person who doesn't
know a lot about the meditations of quiescence and
insight, but relying upon perfect words of the Buddha
I explain it."
cited from Introduction
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