84000 Glossary of Terms

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གནས་བརྟན་བྱིས་པ། | Glossary of Terms

  • གནས་བརྟན་བྱིས་པ།

  • gnas brtan byis pa
  • Term
Publications: 1
  • immature elder
  • གནས་བརྟན་བྱིས་པ།
  • gnas brtan byis pa
Definition in this text:

A monk who has been ordained for at least ten years yet still cannot recite thePrātimokṣasūtraor its supplements and is thus not entitled to grant entry into the order, grant ordination, accept charge of novices, give refuge, or live independently.

1 Related glossary entries:

གནས་བརྟན།

  • sthavira
  • elder
  • sthavira