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ལས་རྣམ་པ་དྲུག | Glossary of Terms

  • ལས་རྣམ་པ་དྲུག

  • las rnam pa drug
  • ṣaḍbrahmiñcarya
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  • six types of brahminical activities
  • ལས་རྣམ་པ་དྲུག
  • las rnam pa drug
  • ṣaḍbrahmiñcarya
Definition in this text:

Read as a variant of the Tib. bram ze’i las drug, they are (1) reading (klog pa), (2) encouraging others to read (klog tu ’jug pa), (3) making sacrificial offerings (mchod sbyin), (4) encouraging others to perform sacrificial offerings (mchod sbyin byed du ’jug pa), (5) practicing giving/giving alms (sbyin pa), and (6) accepting alms/offerings (len pa) (Rigzin 285).