84000 Glossary of Terms

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སྦྱོར་བ་བཞི། | Glossary of Terms

  • སྦྱོར་བ་བཞི།

  • sbyor ba bzhi
  • caturyoga
  • Term
Publications: 2
  • four bonds
  • སྦྱོར་བ་བཞི།
  • sbyor ba bzhi
  • caturyoga
Definition in this text:

According to Nordrang Orgyan 2008: p. 808, there are eight distinct enumerations, among which they are identified in the commentarial tradition of the Abhidharmakośa with the four torrents.

  • four bonds
  • སྦྱོར་བ་བཞི།
  • sbyor ba bzhi
  • caturyoga
Definition in this text:

Most likely these refer to (1) desire (’dod pa), (2) existence (srid pa), (3) view(s) (lta ba), and (4) ignorance (ma rig pa).