84000 Glossary of Terms

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གསོལ་བ་དང་བཞིའི་ལས། | Glossary of Terms

  • གསོལ་བ་དང་བཞིའི་ལས།

  • gsol ba dang bzhi’i las
  • jñāpticaturthakarman
  • Term
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  • act whose fourth member is a motion
  • གསོལ་བ་དང་བཞིའི་ལས།
  • gsol ba dang bzhi’i las
  • jñāpticaturthakarman
Definition in this text:

A formal act of the saṅgha that requires an initial motion followed by the statement of the proposed act, repeated three times. Such an act is required for several proceedings‍—among other occasions, to fully ordain someone, or to officially threaten an intransigent monk.

  • act whose fourth member is a motion
  • གསོལ་བ་དང་བཞིའི་ལས།
  • gsol ba dang bzhi’i las
  • jñāpticaturthakarman
Definition in this text:

A formal act of the saṅgha that requires an initial motion followed by the statement of the proposed act, repeated three times. Such an act is required for several proceedings‍—among other occasions, to fully ordain someone, or to officially admonish an intransigent monk.