p. bsgoms/ f. bsgom/ imp. sgoms/
Biblical: to contemplate, consider, think about: nyin mtshan med par sgom zhig meditate on [the Law] day and night (Jos. 1:8), khyed nyid kyi byams thugs nged cags gis sgom par byed/ we meditate on your unfailing love (Ps. 48:9), khyed kyi phyags las kun la sgom bya zhing /,,khyed kyi mdzad pa rnams ngas bsam blo gtong / I will meditate on all your works and consider your mighty deeds (Ps. 77:12).
Buddhist: Several types of mental activity are important in Bst. practice: chos mthar phyin pa byed pa la thos bsam sgom gsum ga gal chen po red/ for perfecting the [practice of] religion, learning, reflection, and meditation are important (TRC 164). Meditation is of two basic types: zhi gnas kyi phyogs sgom pa/ placement or "calm abiding" meditation, intended to pacify or settle the mind on one point; and lhag mthong gi phyogs sgom pa/ or insight meditation (TRC 185). Within these types are analytic meditation or dpyad sgom/ and fixative meditation or 'jog sgom/ . Analytic meditation investigates its object, while fixative meditation concentrates the mind on a single object without conceptual thought (TRC 187) and is thus farthest from the Biblical concept of meditation.
Cognates: 1) sgom pa/ meditation: nga'i kha'i zhu gleng dang ni snying gis sgom pa de/,,khyed kyi spyan gi drung du thugs su 'bab par shog may the words of my mouth and the meditation of my heart be pleasing in your sight (Ps. 19:14); 2) sgom spang / delusion (TRI 58).