84000 Glossary of Terms

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ལས་མི་ཟད་པ་ཆེན་པོ་བཅུ་དྲུག | Glossary of Terms

  • ལས་མི་ཟད་པ་ཆེན་པོ་བཅུ་དྲུག

  • las mi zad pa chen po bcu drug
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  • sixteen great inexpiable occupations
  • ལས་མི་ཟད་པ་ཆེན་པོ་བཅུ་དྲུག
  • las mi zad pa chen po bcu drug
Definition in this text:

These are described in the Nirvāṇa Sūtra as (1) raising and fattening sheep for market, (2) butchering sheep for profit, (3) raising and fattening pigs for market, (4) butchering pigs for profit, (5) raising and fattening cattle for market, (6) butchering cattle for profit, (7) raising and fattening fowl for market, (8) butchering fowl for profit, (9) fishing, (10) hunting, being a (11) brigand, (12) executioner, (13) bird catcher, (14) liar, (15) or jailer, and (16) casting incantations on nāgas.