84000 Glossary of Terms
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བསོད་སྙོམས། | Glossary of Terms
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བསོད་སྙོམས།
- bsod snyoms
- piṇḍapāta
- Term
Publications: 3
Translation by Robert Miller
- alms
- བསོད་སྙོམས།
- bsod snyoms
- piṇḍapāta
An acceptable form of food for a monk, as identified in the Four Supports section of the ordination ritual.
Translation by Dr. Thomas Doctor · Timothy Hinkle · Benjamin Collet-Cassart
- alms
- བསོད་སྙོམས།
- bsod snyoms
- piṇḍapāta
The sharing of merit as food, drink, etc. is offered to members of the saṅgha.
Translation by Tulku Sherdor · Virginia Blum
- receive alms
- བསོད་སྙོམས།
- bsod snyoms
- piṇḍapāta
To receive food that is offered in a bowl to mendicants in order to accumulate merit. The Tibetan term can be literally understood as “merit equalizing.”