• ལྗོངས་རྒྱུར་འདོང་བ།
  • ljongs rgyur ’dong ba
  • janapadacāra
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  • travel the countryside
  • ལྗོངས་རྒྱུར་འདོང་བ།
  • ljongs rgyur ’dong ba
  • janapadacāra
Definition in this text:

The “countryside” refers to the hamlets and villages where the nonurban populace lived. This phrase reflects the saṅgha’s original practice of wandering the countryside for most of the year before settling in parks for duration of the monsoon.