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བརྟུལ་ཞུགས། | Glossary of Terms
བརྟུལ་ཞུགས།
brtul zhugs
vrata
- Term
- Disciplined conduct
- བརྟུལ་ཞུགས།
- brtul zhugs
- vrata
Warning: Readers are reminded that according to Vajrayāna Buddhist tradition there are restrictions and commitments concerning tantra. Practitioners who are not sure if they should read this translation are advised to consult the authorities of their lineage. The responsibility for reading this text or sharing it with others who may or may not fulfill the requirements lies in the hands of readers.
- Disciplined conduct
- བསྟུལ་ཞུགས།
- bstul zhugs
- vrata
- saṃvara
- Yogic discipline
- བརྟུལ་ཞུགས།
- brtul zhugs
- vrata
- saṃvara
Warning: Readers are reminded that according to Vajrayāna Buddhist tradition there are restrictions and commitments concerning tantra. Practitioners who are not sure if they should read this translation are advised to consult the authorities of their lineage. The responsibility for reading this text or sharing it with others who may or may not fulfill the requirements lies in the hands of readers.
- Yogic discipline
- བརྟུལ་ཞུགས།
- brtul zhugs
- vrata
A prescribed mode of behavior, typically time-delimited, that is observed in connection with specific rites and practices. In the Yoginī Tantras, these often include transgressive practices such as engaging with impure substances.
- Ascetic discipline
- བརྟུལ་ཞུགས།
- brtul zhugs
- vrata
Refers to the twelve ascetic virtues (sbyang pa’i yon tan bcu gnyis) concerning food, clothing, and residence, such as begging for alms, wearing castoff clothing, and living in seclusion.
Warning: Readers are reminded that according to Vajrayāna Buddhist tradition there are restrictions and commitments concerning tantra. Practitioners who are not sure if they should read this translation are advised to consult the authorities of their lineage. The responsibility for reading this text or sharing it with others who may or may not fulfill the requirements lies in the hands of readers.
- Observances
- བརྟུལ་ཞུགས།
- brtul zhugs
- vrata
Specific behavioral prescriptions, often time-delimited, that are adopted in esoteric Buddhist practices. They differ from rite to rite, and practice system to practice system.
- Vow
- བརྟུལ་ཞུགས།
- brtul zhugs
- vrata