• ཕྱིར་བྱ།
  • phyir bya
  • prati√kṛ
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  • make amends
  • ཕྱིར་བྱ།
  • phyir bya
  • prati√kṛ
Definition in this text:

Lit. “should make amends.” Monks and nuns must confess offenses and “make amends” for them. The proper procedure for making amends for offenses is described in The Chapter on the Restoration Rite (Toh 1, ch. 2, UT22084-001-002-699), where the monastic acknowledges the fault and then resolves to refrain from such behavior in the future. In the Tengyur, the Tibetan verb is usually given as phyir bcos pa. In The Chapter on Lifting Restrictions, the Skt. pratikartavyā is rendered in Tibetan as slar bgyi’o, as in the oft-repeated statement, “If I know of or see an offense, I will properly make amends for that offense in accord with the Vinaya” (Toh 1, ch. 3, UT22084-001-003-197: ltung ba shes zhing mthong na chos bzhin ’dul ba bzhin slar bgyi’o; Skt. jānaṃ paśyann āpattiṃ yathādharmaṃ yathāvinayaṃ pratikariṣye).