84000 Glossary of Terms
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སྦྱིན་པའི་གནས། | Glossary of Terms
སྦྱིན་པའི་གནས།
sbyin pa’i gnas
dakṣiṇīya
- Term
Publications: 3
Translation by James B. Apple Ph.D.
- Worthy of offerings
- སྦྱིན་གནས།
- sbyin gnas
- dakṣiṇīya
Translation by Gyurme Dorje
- Worthy recipient
- སྦྱིན་གནས།
- sbyin gnas
- dakṣiṇīya
Translation by Bruno Galasek-Hul
- Worthy recipients of offerings
- སྦྱིན་པའི་གནས།
- sbyin pa’i gnas
- dakṣiṇīya
In general, a term for a pure monk or ascetic (or the saṅgha as a whole) who can be considered as a field of merit (Skt. puṇyakṣetra) due to his or her (innate) ability to karmically reciprocate acts of generosity and kindness toward him or her.