84000 Glossary of Terms

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ཕུང་པོ་གསུམ་པའི་བཤགས་པ། | Glossary of Terms

  • ཕུང་པོ་གསུམ་པའི་བཤགས་པ།

  • phung po gsum pa’i bshags pa
  • tri­skandha­deśana
  • Term
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  • The Confession of the Three Heaps
  • ཕུང་པོ་གསུམ་པའི་བཤགས་པ།
  • phung po gsum pa’i bshags pa
  • tri­skandha­deśana
Definition in this text:

“The three heaps” are the three sections of a confession practice of which the best known liturgy, probably the one referred to in the present text, is found in the Mahāyāna sūtra Determining the Vinaya: Upāli’s Questions (Toh 68, Vinaya­viniścayopāli­paripṛcchā), UT22084-043-005-94–UT22084-043-005-111.