Progressive Stages of Meditation on Emptiness (2016)

Progressive Stages of Meditation on Emptiness (2016)

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The text presents a series of meditation practices on a particular aspect of the Buddha's teachings. They begin with one's rather coarse understanding and progresses through increasingly subtle stages until one arrives at complete and perfect understanding.

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Citation	Gyamtso, Khenpo Tsultrim. Progressive Stages of Meditation on Emptiness. Translated by Shenpen Hookham. San Bernardino, CA: Shrimala Trust, 2016.

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• Preface to the 2016 Edition1
• Introduction5
• Stage One: Shravaka Meditation on Not-Self15
• Stage Two: Chittamatra Mind Only39
• Stage Three: Svatantrika Madhyamaka63
• Stage Four: Prasangika Madhyamaka75
• Stage Five: Shentong Emptiness-of-Other87
• Explanation of Some Key Terms107
• Translator's Notes in Regard to 2016 Edition110

1. Based on teachings given by Gyamtso, Khenpo Tsultrim in 1978.

Madhyamaka - Along with Yogācāra, it is one of the two major philosophical schools of Mahāyāna Buddhism. Founded by Nāgārjuna around the second century CE, it is rooted in the Prajñāpāramitā Sūtras, though its initial exposition was presented in Nāgārjuna's Mūlamadhyamakakārikā. Skt. मध्यमक Tib. དབུ་མ་ Ch. 中觀見

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gzhan stong - The state of being devoid of that which is wholly different rather than being void of its own nature. The term is generally used to refer to the ultimate, or buddha-nature, being empty of other phenomena such as adventitious defiling emotions but not empty of its true nature. Tib. གཞན་སྟོང་

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