- གནས་འཆའ་བའི་དགེ་སློང་།
- gnas ’cha’ ba’i dge slong
- niśrayagrahaṇo bhikṣuḥ
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- monk who has taken a support
- གནས་འཆའ་བའི་དགེ་སློང་།
- gnas ’cha’ ba’i dge slong
- niśrayagrahaṇo bhikṣuḥ AS
Monks and nuns must have a mentor or “support” (Tib. gnas; Skt. niśraya) for five years after ordination. If the preceptor cannot serve as support then the monastic must take support from an elder, who becomes the new monastic’s “support instructor" (Tib. gnas kyi slob dpon; Skt. niśrayācārya).