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དཀའ་ཐུབ། | Glossary of Terms
དཀའ་ཐུབ།
dka’ thub
tapas
- Term
- Austerities
- དཀའ་ཐུབ།
- dka’ thub
- tapas
Acts of self-deprivation or mortification practiced for spiritual advancement. This mode of extreme religious practice was rejected by the Buddha, who cultivated them prior to his full awakening and found they brought little benefit.
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- Austerities
- དཀའ་ཐུབ།
- dka’ thub
- tapas
Harsh, often extreme practices that can include deprivation and physical mortification. Such practices are typically rejected in the Buddhist “middle way.” The term can be used in a more positive sense to refer to the hardships of practice one must endure to reach liberation.