84000 Glossary of Terms

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བསླབ་པའི་གནས་བརྒྱད། | Glossary of Terms

  • བསླབ་པའི་གནས་བརྒྱད།

  • ཡན་ལག་བརྒྱད་དང་ལྡན་པའི་སྡོམ་པ།
  • bslab pa’i gnas brgyad
  • yan lag brgyad dang ldan pa’i sdom pa
  • Term
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  • eight vows
  • བསླབ་པའི་གནས་བརྒྱད།
  • ཡན་ལག་བརྒྱད་དང་ལྡན་པའི་སྡོམ་པ།
  • bslab pa’i gnas brgyad
  • yan lag brgyad dang ldan pa’i sdom pa
  • 戒
Definition in this text:

The eight vows taken by a layperson for just one day, usually a full-moon or new-moon day, to abstain from killing, stealing, sexual activity, lying, intoxicants, using high or luxurious seats, singing or dancing, and wearing adornments or perfumes.