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'''Fourteen root downfalls''' (Tib. རྩ་ལྟུང་བཅུ་བཞི་, ''tsa tung chu shyi'', [[Wyl.]] ''rtsa ltung bcu bzhi'') — fourteen major [[samaya]]s in the [[Sarma]] tradition. | '''Fourteen root downfalls''' (Tib. རྩ་ལྟུང་བཅུ་བཞི་, ''tsa tung chu shyi'', [[Wyl.]] ''rtsa ltung bcu bzhi'') — fourteen major [[samaya]]s in the [[Sarma]] tradition. | ||
#disrespecting the [[vajra master]] | #disrespecting the [[vajra master]] | ||
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#failing to observe the [[samaya]] commitments | #failing to observe the [[samaya]] commitments | ||
#denigrating women | #denigrating women | ||
==Sources== | |||
*[[Ashvaghosha]], ''The Principle Downfalls of Vajrayana'', ''Vajrayana-mula-patta-samagriya'' (Skt.), ''dorje tekpe tsangwe dupa'' (Tib.) | |||
*The [[Kalachakra Tantra]] has a slightly different list | |||
==External Links== | ==External Links== | ||
Revision as of 16:10, 23 July 2018
Fourteen root downfalls (Tib. རྩ་ལྟུང་བཅུ་བཞི་, tsa tung chu shyi, Wyl. rtsa ltung bcu bzhi) — fourteen major samayas in the Sarma tradition.
- disrespecting the vajra master
- transgressing the words of the buddhas
- insulting one’s vajra brothers and sisters
- abandoning love for sentient beings
- abandoning the bodhichitta in aspiration or application
- criticizing the teachings of the sutras and tantras
- revealing secrets to those who are unworthy
- mistreating one’s body
- abandoning emptiness
- keeping bad company
- failing to reflect on emptiness
- upsetting those who have faith in the teachings
- failing to observe the samaya commitments
- denigrating women
Sources
- Ashvaghosha, The Principle Downfalls of Vajrayana, Vajrayana-mula-patta-samagriya (Skt.), dorje tekpe tsangwe dupa (Tib.)
- The Kalachakra Tantra has a slightly different list