འདོད་པ་ལ་ལོག་པར་གཡེམ་པ། | Glossary of Terms

Third of the ten nonvirtuous actions.

The third of the negative actions to be renounced under the five precepts. The Tibetan (as well as the Pali and Sanskrit) literally means “wrongdoing regarding lust.” The rules of what constitutes sexual misconduct are different depending on the level or category of Buddhists, i.e., whether lay or monastic. One form of sexual misconduct for laypeople is unfaithfulness or adultery, which is the theme of the first part of The Benefits of the Five Precepts.

The third among the three physical misdeeds.

Third of the ten nonvirtues.

One of the ten nonvirtuous actions.

For laity this would ostensibly constitute any sexual misconduct such as adultery, molestation, or any conduct seen as perverse or improper (mithyā). Refraining from sexual misconduct is the third of the eight poṣadha vows. However, laity practicing the one-day poṣadha additionally practice celibacy, just as monastics do.