ཡན་ལག་བརྒྱད། | Glossary of Terms
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ཡན་ལག་བརྒྱད་པ།
- ཡན་ལག་བརྒྱད།
- yan lag brgyad
- yan lag brgyad pa
- aṣṭāṅgapoṣadha
- aṣṭāṅga
- aṣṭāṅgaśīla
- Term
- eight precepts
- ཡན་ལག་བརྒྱད།
- yan lag brgyad
- aṣṭāṅgapoṣadha
Abstaining from killing, stealing, sexual misconduct, lying, intoxication, eating after noon, dancing and singing, and lying on an elevated bed.
- eight precepts
- ཡན་ལག་བརྒྱད།
- yan lag brgyad
- aṣṭāṅgapoṣadha
Abstaining from killing, stealing, sexual misconduct, lying, intoxication, eating after noon, dancing and singing, and lying on an elevated bed.
- eight branches
- ཡན་ལག་བརྒྱད།
- yan lag brgyad
- aṣṭāṅga
This can refer either to what is also known as the eightfold path (’phags lam yan lag brgyad): (1) right view, (2) right intention, (3) right speech, (4) right action, (5) right livelihood, (6) effort, (7) mindfulness, and (8) meditative concentration. Or to what is also known as the eight precepts (bsnyen gnas yan lag brgyad): (1) abstaining from killing, (2) stealing, (3) sexual misconduct, (4) lying, (5) intoxication, (6) eating after noon, (7) dancing and singing, and (8) lying on an elevated bed.
- eightfold precepts
- ཡན་ལག་བརྒྱད་པ།
- yan lag brgyad pa
- aṣṭāṅgaśīla
Eight precepts observed by householders, particularly around certain ritual observances.