སྒོམ་པ་

JH-ENG

meditate; meditation; cultivate; cultivation

JH-OE

{C}progress; development

JH-T

bsgom sgom bsgoms sgoms

JH-SKT, YOGA

bhAvanA

JH-SKT

{L}bhAvayati; {C,MV,MSA}*; {MSA,MV}bhAvana (e.g.: {MSA}cintana-bhAvana); {MSA}abhyAsa

OT

[597] 1. ( ཐ་དད་པ་) bsgoms pa/ bsgom pa/ sgoms// bsam don yang yang yid la 'dris par byed pa/ ... ting nge 'dzin sgom pa/ ... bzod pa sgom pa/ ... 2. yid la 'dris pa'i thabs shes/ ... grub mtha' so so'i lta spyod sgom gsum/ ... sems rtse gcig tu gnas nas sgom rgyag pa/ ...

YOGA

bhAvayat. /bhU:bhAvayati

JV

bhavana, meditation, creative imagination, conscious cultivation, meditative development, making a living experience of, contemplate, concentrated attention to the nature of things, close attention to, total attention, call up, to foster, meditate upon, bear, sustain, withstand, fancy, imagine, have, entertain, reproduce, systematic meditation, cultivate in meditation, training, to train in, to cultivate

IW

1) (Tha dad pa bsgoms pa, bsgom pa, sgoms,, meditate [R]; 2) meditation [R]

RB

meditation; to meditate/ cultivate (in meditation)/ envision; isc. to nurture the experience of . . .

RY

bsgom pa - meditation; to meditate, [bhavana]. Meditation. In the context of Mahamudra or Dzogchen practice, meditation is the act of growing accustomed to or sustaining the continuity of the recognition of our buddha nature as pointed out by a qualified master. In the context of learning, contemplating and meditating, it means the act of assimilating the teachings into one's personal experience, then growing accustomed to them through actual practice. 

1) meditation, practice, training, cultivation, meditation-training, familiarization, development, contemplation, creative imagination. 

2) སྒོམ་པ་, bsgoms pa, bsgom pa, sgoms} trans. v.; to cultivate, meditate, practice, become accustomed to; 'make familiar with,' cultivate in meditation. 

3) imagine, envision. 

4) contemplate, think over, ponder, concentrate upon.  ལྷ་སྒོམ་པ་ - to visualize deities