84000 Glossary of Terms

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སྐབས་འབྱེད་པའི་ལས། | Glossary of Terms

  • སྐབས་འབྱེད་པའི་ལས།

  • skabs ’byed pa’i las
  • pravāraṇakarman
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  • lifting of restrictions ceremony
  • སྐབས་འབྱེད་པའི་ལས།
  • skabs ’byed pa’i las
  • pravāraṇakarman
Definition in this text:

Literally means “open an opportunity”; it refers to the pravāraṇa, or the “lifting of restrictions” ceremony held at the end of each summer rains retreat, in which monks are given an “opportunity,” otherwise prohibited, to oppose and debate what was heard, seen, or suspected while undertaking a rains retreat.