84000 Glossary of Terms

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སྔོན་དུ་བསྙེན་པ། | Glossary of Terms

  • སྔོན་དུ་བསྙེན་པ།

  • sngon du bsnyen pa
  • pūrvasevā
  • Term
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  • preliminary practice
  • སྔོན་དུ་བསྙེན་པ།
  • sngon du bsnyen pa
  • pūrvasevā
Definition in this text:

A period of formal practice, usually lasting six months, before the practitioner can employ the mantra for specific purposes.

  • preliminary practice
  • སྔོན་དུ་བསྙེན་པ།
  • sngon du bsnyen pa
  • pūrvasevā
Definition in this text:

“Preliminary practice,” pūrvasevā, is a six-month period of formal practice to be performed before one can start employing the mantra for specific purposes.