ལྟུང་བར་འགྱུར་བའི་ཆོས་བཞི། | Glossary of Terms
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ལྟུང་བར་འགྱུར་བའི་ཆོས་བཞི།
- ltung bar ’gyur ba’i chos bzhi
- Term
- four types of transgression causing downfall
- ལྟུང་བར་འགྱུར་བའི་ཆོས་བཞི།
- ltung bar ’gyur ba’i chos bzhi
The four root downfalls are roughly synonymous with the four transgressions (pham pa, pārājika) that require expulsion from the monastic community. These four transgressions are applicable to the maintenance of monastic and lay vows alike, though their interpretations might differ depending on context. The four transgressions are (1) violating the vow of chastity (mi tshangs pa spyod pa, abrahmacarya); (2) stealing/taking what is not given (mi byin par len pa, adattadāna); (3) taking a life (srog gcod pa, prāṇātipāta); and (4) lying (rdzun du smra ba, mṛṣāvāda).