Lam rim

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Key Term	lam rim
Hover Popup Choices	lam rim; stages of the path
Featured People	Tsongkhapa, Atiśa
In Tibetan Script	ལམ་རིམ།; ལམ་གྱི་རིམ་པ།
Wylie Tibetan Transliteration	lam rim; lam gyi rim pa
Devanagari Sanskrit Script	मार्गक्रम
Romanized Sanskrit	mārgakrama
Tibetan Phonetic Rendering	lamrim
Sanskrit Phonetic Rendering	mārgakrama
English Standard	stages of the path
Jeffrey Hopkin's English Term	stages of the path
Ives Waldo's English Term	gradual path
Term Type	Noun
Source Language	Tibetan
Basic Meaning	Lam rim refers to the stages on the path and, by extension, more commonly to the genre of teachings which contain practical instructions for training on the stages of the path to enlightenment. Related to the blo sbyong practice, it is particularly known among the Kadampa and Geluk schools, Tsongkhapa's Byang chub lam rim chen mo being the most well known. The term lam rim is often used specifically to refer to this text.
Has the Sense of	Lam rim has the sense of gradual or graded practice starting from basic techniques to cultivate the thoughts of renunciation, compassion and loving kindness, etc. to insight into ultimate emptiness.
Definitions

Lam rim refers to the stages on the path and, by extension, more commonly to the genre of teachings which contain practical instructions for training on the stages of the path to enlightenment. Related to the blo sbyong practice, it is particularly known among the Kadampa and Geluk schools. Tsongkhapa's Byang chub lam rim chen mo is the most well known in this genre and the term lam rim is often used specifically to refer to this text.

Lam rim refers to the stages on the path and, by extension, more commonly to the genre of teachings which contain practical instructions for training on the stages of the path to enlightenment. Related to the blo sbyong practice, it is particularly known among the Kadampa and Geluk schools. Tsongkhapa's Byang chub lam rim chen mo is the most well known in this genre and the term lam rim is often used specifically to refer to this text.

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