84000 Glossary of Terms

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གསོལ་བ་དང་བཞི་པ། | Glossary of Terms

  • གསོལ་བ་དང་བཞི་པ།

  • gsol ba dang bzhi pa
  • jñāpti-caturtha
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  • four motions
  • གསོལ་བ་དང་བཞི་པ།
  • gsol ba dang bzhi pa
  • jñāpti-caturtha
Definition in this text:

For someone to be accepted into the Saṅgha, and for any other action that needs the assent of the Saṅgha, first a motion (jñāpti; gsol ba) is presented to the community, for example, a certain person’s wish for ordination. The motion would be followed by three propositions, in which is it said that all who assent should remain silent. If no one speaks up after the third proposition, the motion is passed. The Tibetan translated it literally as “supplication and fourth.”