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མདུད་པ་བཞི། | Glossary of Terms

  • མདུད་པ་བཞི།

  • mdud pa bzhi
  • caturgranthā
  • Term
Publications: 2
  • four knots
  • མདུད་པ་བཞི།
  • mdud pa bzhi
  • caturgranthā
Definition in this text:

These comprise: (1) covetousness (abhidhyā, brnab sems), (2) malice (vyāpāda, gnod sems), (3) moral supremacy (śīlaparāmarśa, tshul khrims snyems pa) and (4) ascetic supremacy (vrataparāmarśa, brtul zhugs snyems pa). See Zhang Yisun: p. 1379.

  • four knots
  • མདུད་པ་བཞི།
  • mdud pa bzhi
  • caturgranthā
Definition in this text:

The four knots comprise covetousness, malice, moral supremacy, and ascetic supremacy.