Dpyad sgom
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| Key Term | dbyed sgom |
|---|---|
| Hover Popup Choices | analytical meditation; che gom; dbyed sgom |
| In Tibetan Script | དབྱེད་སྒོམ་ |
| Wylie Tibetan Transliteration | dbyed sgom |
| Tibetan Phonetic Rendering | che gom |
| English Standard | analytical meditation |
| Karl Brunnhölzl's English Term | analytical meditation |
| Term Type | Noun |
| Source Language | Tibetan |
| Basic Meaning | Analytical meditation is a technique that focuses the mind on a specific contemplation involving abstract thought about a specific idea or experience in the context of a single meditation session designed to support integrating reasoning and experience. |
| Has the Sense of | Thrangu Rinpoche describes the two ways to develop the wisdom that perceives the nature of reality: "...analytical meditation (Tib. che gom) and placement meditation (Tib. jok gom). In analytical meditation, one reads (or listens to) a passage giving a logical argument and then one goes into a deep Shamatha meditation and contemplates this argument." (Source: Transcending Ego: Distinguishing Consciousness from Wisdom (Tib. namshe yeshe jepa) of Rangjung Dorje, The Third Karmapa. With a Commentary by The Venerable Khenchen Thrangu Rinpoche Geshe Lharampa. Translated by Peter Roberts. Boulder: Namo Buddha Publications, 2001, page 104.) |
| Did you know? | You can learn more about this term and practice analytical meditation on the meditation page of this website. |
| Definitions | |
| sutra/śastra quote: |
If you discriminate that phenomena are identityless |
| sutra/śastra quote source: | pp 273, Brunnhölzl, Karl, The Center of the Sunlit Sky: Madhyamaka in the Kagyü Tradition. Nitartha Institute Series. Ithaca, NY: Snow Lion Publications, 2004. |
