རྩ་བ་བཞི། | Glossary of Terms

རྩ་བ་བཞི།

rtsa ba bzhi

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four root downfalls

What Mendicants Hold Most Dear

four root downfalls

རྩ་བ་བཞི།

rtsa ba bzhi

Definition in this text:

The four root downfalls (Tib. rtsa ba’i ltung ba bzhi, here shortened to Tib. rtsa ba bzhi) are killing, taking what is not given, sexual activity, and lying about one’s spiritual attainments.

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