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The '''three sets of vows''' (Tib. ''dom sum''; [[Wyl.]] ''sdom gsum'') are: | The '''three sets of vows''' (Tib. ''dom sum''; [[Wyl.]] ''sdom gsum'') are: | ||
#the vows of | #the [[pratimoksha vows|vows of pratimoksha]] or of individual liberation (''sotar gyi dompa''); <br> | ||
#the [[bodhisattva vow]]s (''changchub sempé dompa''); <br> | #the [[bodhisattva vow]]s (''changchub sempé dompa''); <br> | ||
#the [[samaya]]s of the secret mantrayana (''sang ngag kyi dompa''). | #the [[samaya]]s of the secret mantrayana (''sang ngag kyi dompa''). | ||
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An alternative list is: | An alternative list is: | ||
#The vows of | #The [[pratimoksha vows|vows of pratimoksha]]; <br> | ||
#the [[dhyana]] vows; and <br> | #the [[dhyana]] vows; and <br> | ||
#the vows of undefilement. | #the vows of undefilement. | ||
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[[Category: Enumerations]] | [[Category: Enumerations]] | ||
[[Category:Vows and | [[Category:Vows and commitments]] | ||
Revision as of 10:44, 24 June 2007
The three sets of vows (Tib. dom sum; Wyl. sdom gsum) are:
- the vows of pratimoksha or of individual liberation (sotar gyi dompa);
- the bodhisattva vows (changchub sempé dompa);
- the samayas of the secret mantrayana (sang ngag kyi dompa).
An alternative list is:
- The vows of pratimoksha;
- the dhyana vows; and
- the vows of undefilement.
Further Reading
- Geshe Sonam Rinchen, The Bodhisattva Vow, translated and edited by Ruth Sonam, Ithaca: Snow Lion, 2000
- Jamgön Kongtrul Rinpoche, The Treasury of Knowledge, Book Five: Buddhist Ethics, Ithaca: Snow Lion, 2003
- Lama Mipham's Commentary to Nagarjuna's Stanzas for a Novice Monk and Tsongkhapa's Essence of the Ocean of Vinaya, translated by Glen H. Mullin and Lobsang Rapgay, Library of Tibetan Works and Archives, 1978
- Ngari Panchen, Perfect Conduct: The Absolute Certainty of the Three Vows with commentary by Dudjom Rinpoche, Boston: Wisdom, 1996
- Sakya Pandita Kunga Gyaltsen, A Clear Differentiation of the Three Codes: Essential Distinctions among the Individual Liberation, Great Vehicle, and Tantric Systems, translated by Jared Rhoton, New York: SUNY, 2002
- Tsongkhapa, Tantric Ethics: An Explanation of the Precepts for Buddhist Vajrayana Practice, translated by Gareth Sparham, Boston: Wisdom, 2005