84000 Glossary of Terms

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ལུས་ཀྱི་རྣམ་གསུམ། | Glossary of Terms

  • ལུས་ཀྱི་རྣམ་གསུམ།

  • lus kyi rnam gsum
  • Term
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  • three kinds of physical wrongdoing
  • ལུས་ཀྱི་རྣམ་གསུམ།
  • lus kyi rnam gsum
Definition in this text:

The three sinful or nonvirtuous physical actions, namely, destroying life, taking what has not been given, and engaging in improper sexual practices. Their counterparts are the three wholesome or virtuous physical actions, namely, not destroying life, not taking what has not been given, and refraining from improper sexual practices.