84000 Glossary of Terms

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འཚོ་བའི་བར་དུ་བཅང་བ། | Glossary of Terms

  • འཚོ་བའི་བར་དུ་བཅང་བ།

  • ’tsho ba’i bar du bcang ba
  • yāvajjīvika
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  • lifelong medicines
  • འཚོ་བའི་བར་དུ་བཅང་བ།
  • ’tsho ba’i bar du bcang ba
  • yāvajjīvika
Definition in this text:

There are no limits to the length of time monks are permitted to keep medicine proper. Hence those compounds commonly understood to be medicine proper are literally called “kept lifelong,” that is “lifelong medicines.” These are aimed at combating illnesses that arise from the confluence of factors such as bile, phlegm, and wind. The texts describe these medicines as being made from roots, stems, leaves, flowers, fruits and other plant materials.