'jog sgom

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Key Term	placement medita­tion
In Tibetan Script	གནས་སྒོམ་
Wylie Tibetan Transliteration	gnas sgom
English Standard	placement medita­tion
Basic Meaning	This is the meditation of directly observing the mind without engaging in any analytical or intellectual activ­ity. (Source: Thrangu Rinpoche, Transcending Ego, page 102).
Has the Sense of	In placement meditation one goes directly into deep Shamatha meditation and then one "looks at mind" directly without any analysis and perceives its emptiness. (Source: Thrangu Rinpoche, Transcending Ego, page 86).
Definitions

This is the meditation of directly observing the mind without engaging in any analytical or intellectual activity. (Thrangu Rinpoche, Transcending Ego, 102).

The state of being empty of an innate nature due to a lack of independently existing characteristics.