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Q: It seems to me that we don't
always know what the words that we use mean. For example, everybody uses
the word "meditation." What does it mean–not only its
definition, but what is included in that word; to what does it
correspond?
A: Rinpoche
would like to make it clear that the term "meditation" is used
in the English language–but, personally, he has no idea what it
really means. He is just repeating the word he has been taught by some
translators. In Tibetan, the word corresponding to meditation,
"sgom," actually means "becoming familiar" or
"familiarizing."
–A Conversation with Jamgön Kongtrül, Rinpoche
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