84000 Glossary of Terms

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ཡན་ལག་བརྒྱད་དང་ལྡན་པའི་ཚུལ་ཁྲིམས། | Glossary of Terms

  • ཡན་ལག་བརྒྱད་དང་ལྡན་པའི་ཚུལ་ཁྲིམས།

  • yan lag brgyad dang ldan pa’i tshul khrims
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  • morality with eight branches
  • ཡན་ལག་བརྒྱད་དང་ལྡན་པའི་ཚུལ་ཁྲིམས།
  • yan lag brgyad dang ldan pa’i tshul khrims
Definition in this text:

The eight branches are the same as the eight precepts, the upavasatha or upavāsa vows, namely: to refrain from (1) killing, (2) stealing, (3) sexual conduct, (4) lying or divisive speech, (5) intoxication, (6) eating at inappropriate times, (7) entertainment such as singing, dancing, seeing shows, and beautifying oneself with adornments or cosmetics, and (8) using a high bed.

  • morality with eight branches
  • ཡན་ལག་བརྒྱད་དང་ལྡན་པའི་ཚུལ་ཁྲིམས།
  • yan lag brgyad dang ldan pa’i tshul khrims
Definition in this text:

The eight branches are the same as the eight precepts, the upavasatha or upavāsa vows, namely: to refrain from (1) killing, (2) stealing, (3) sexual conduct, (4) lying or divisive speech, (5) intoxication, (6) eating at inappropriate times, (7) entertainment such as singing, dancing, seeing shows, and beautifying oneself with adornments or cosmetics, and (8) using a high bed.