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'''One day lay vows''' (Skt. ''upavāsatha''; [[ | '''One day lay vows''' (Skt. ''upavāsatha''; Tib. [[བསྙེན་གནས་]], ''nyen né'', [[Wyl.]] ''bsnyen gnas'') — one of the [[pratimoksha vows]] which comprise eight specific vows which are kept for one day (Skt. ''aṣṭāṅgopavāsatha śikṣā''; Wyl. ''bsnyen gnas yan lag brgyad''; Tib. [[བསྙེན་གནས་]] ''nyen né''): | ||
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*'''How to Keep the Eight One-Day Vows of a Lay Practitioner''' (''bsnyen gnas yan lag brgyad pa'i sdom pa srung thabs''), by [[Patrul Rinpoche]]. | *'''How to Keep the Eight One-Day Vows of a Lay Practitioner''' (''bsnyen gnas yan lag brgyad pa'i sdom pa srung thabs''), by [[Patrul Rinpoche]]. | ||
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[[Category:Vows and commitments]] | [[Category:Vows and commitments]] | ||
[[Category:Vinaya]] | [[Category:Vinaya]] | ||
Revision as of 16:12, 9 September 2017
One day lay vows (Skt. upavāsatha; Tib. བསྙེན་གནས་, nyen né, Wyl. bsnyen gnas) — one of the pratimoksha vows which comprise eight specific vows which are kept for one day (Skt. aṣṭāṅgopavāsatha śikṣā; Wyl. bsnyen gnas yan lag brgyad; Tib. བསྙེན་གནས་ nyen né):
- not to kill
- not to steal
- not to have sexual intercourse
- not to lie
- not to take any intoxicants
- not to sing or dance
- not to eat after noon
- not to use high seats or luxurious beds
Texts
Tibetan texts
- The Blissful Path of Action Tantra: A Ritual for Taking the One-Day Vows of a Lay Practitioner (bsnyen gnas kyi cho ga bya rgyud bde lam), by Jigme Lingpa.
- How to Keep the Eight One-Day Vows of a Lay Practitioner (bsnyen gnas yan lag brgyad pa'i sdom pa srung thabs), by Patrul Rinpoche.