84000 Glossary of Terms

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ཁྲིམས་བརྒྱད། | Glossary of Terms

  • ཁྲིམས་བརྒྱད།

  • khrims brgyad
  • aṣṭāṅga-samanvāgataṃ poṣadham
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  • eight precepts
  • ཁྲིམས་བརྒྱད།
  • khrims brgyad
  • aṣṭāṅga-samanvāgataṃ poṣadham
Definition in this text:

A fortnightly (on the new and full moon–day, respectively) observance for Buddhist lay people. For one day, one vows not to kill, steal, engage in sexual activity, lie, use intoxicants, eat after noon, wear ornaments or take part in entertainment, and sleep on high beds. (More standard terms are Skt. aṣṭāṅga-samanvāgataṃ upavāsam; Tib. bsnyen gnas yan lag brgyad.)