བ་ལང་གི་བརྟུལ་ཞུགས་ཅན། | Glossary of Terms
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བ་ལང་གི་བརྟུལ་ཞུགས་ཅན།
- ba lang gi brtul zhugs can
- govratika
- Term
- practices the ox vow
- བ་ལང་གི་བརྟུལ་ཞུགས་ཅན།
- ba lang gi brtul zhugs can
- govratika
An ascetic (Skt. śramaṇa) takes up a practice by which they imitate the behavior of an ox/a cow in the hope that, by adhering to this form of penance and discipline, they will gain heaven after death. However, in the Kukkurravatikasutta (MN 57), the Buddha explains that when this practice goes well, the result will be rebirth among dogs, and when it fails, rebirth in hell; together with the “dog vow” (kukkuravratika), this ascetic or penance practice was seemingly well known at the time of the historical Buddha.