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བསླབ་པའི་གཞི། | Glossary of Terms
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བསླབ་པའི་གནས།
- བསླབ་པའི་གཞི་རྣམས།
- བསླབ་པའི་གཞི།
- bslab pa’i gzhi
- bslab pa’i gzhi rnams
- bslab pa’i gnas
- śikṣāpada
- sikṣāpada
- śikṣāvastu
- śiṣapāda
- Term
These basic precepts are five in number for the laity: (1) not killing, (2) not stealing, (3) chastity, (4) not lying, and (5) avoiding intoxicants. For monks, there are three or five more; avoidance of such things as perfumes, makeup, ointments, garlands, high beds, and afternoon meals. (Provisional 84000 definition. New definition forthcoming.)
- basic precepts
- བསླབ་པའི་གཞི་རྣམས།
- bslab pa’i gzhi rnams
- sikṣāpada
These basic precepts are five in number for the laity: (1) not killing, (2) not stealing, (3) chastity, (4) not lying, and (5) avoiding intoxicants. For monks, there are three or five more; avoidance of such things as perfumes, makeup, ointments, garlands, high beds, and afternoon meals.
- foundations for training
- བསླབ་པའི་གཞི།
- bslab pa’i gzhi
- śikṣāpada
A basic precept observed as the foundation for one’s spiritual life. Here it refers to the five precepts of abstaining from killing, stealing, sexual misconduct, lying, and using intoxicants.
- foundations of the training
- བསླབ་པའི་གཞི།
- bslab pa’i gzhi
- śikṣāpada
Refers to the knowledge and stability that conduce to abandoning disturbing emotions or the basic precepts one pledges to uphold when going for refuge, such as refraining from killing.
- foundations of training
- བསླབ་པའི་གཞི།
- bslab pa’i gzhi
- śikṣāpada
In this text, the six foundations of training are listed as generosity, discipline, patience, diligence, meditative absorption, and wisdom.
- fundamental precept
- བསླབ་པའི་གཞི།
- bslab pa’i gzhi
- śikṣāpada
- fundamental precepts
- བསླབ་པའི་གཞི་རྣམས།
- bslab pa’i gzhi rnams
- śikṣāvastu
(1) Not killing (srog gcod spong ba), (2) not stealing (ma byin par len pa spong ba), (3) not indulging in sexual conduct (ma tshangs spyod spong ba), (4) not lying (brdzun du smra ba spong ba), (5) not taking intoxicants (myos ’gyur btung ba spong ba), (6) not using cosmetics, ornaments and garlands, etc. (spos dang kha dog byug pa spong ba), (7) not using high and luxurious seats or beds (khri stan che mtho spong ba), and (8) not taking untimely food/not eating after noon (dus min zas spong ba).
- ground of training
- བསླབ་པའི་གཞི།
- bslab pa’i gzhi
- śikṣāpada
- precept
- བསླབ་པའི་གནས།
- བསླབ་པའི་གཞི།
- bslab pa’i gnas
- bslab pa’i gzhi
- śikṣāpada
- precepts
- བསླབ་པའི་གནས།
- bslab pa’i gnas
- śiṣapāda
- rule of training
- བསླབ་པའི་གཞི།
- bslab pa’i gzhi
- sikṣāpada
The prātimokṣa rules for monks and nuns, ten rules for novices, six rules for female probationers, and five rules for laypeople.