ལས་རྣམ་པ་དྲུག | Glossary of Terms

ལས་རྣམ་པ་དྲུག

las rnam pa drug

ṣaḍbrahmiñcarya

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six types of brahminical activities

The Hundred Deeds

six types of brahminical activities

ལས་རྣམ་པ་དྲུག

las rnam pa drug

ṣaḍbrahmiñcarya

Definition in this text:

Read as a variant of the Tib. bram ze’i las drug, they are (1) reading (klog pa), (2) encouraging others to read (klog tu ’jug pa), (3) making sacrificial offerings (mchod sbyin), (4) encouraging others to perform sacrificial offerings (mchod sbyin byed du ’jug pa), (5) practicing giving/giving alms (sbyin pa), and (6) accepting alms/offerings (len pa) (Rigzin 285).

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RS

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