• དབྱར་རལ།
  • dbyar ral
  • chinnavarṣā
  • varṣācheda
  • Term
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  • interrupting the rains
  • དབྱར་རལ།
  • dbyar ral
  • chinnavarṣā AS
  • varṣācheda AS
Definition in this text:

If a monk does not fulfill his pledge to remain at a site for the duration of the earlier or later rains, his rains retreat has been “interrupted.” Such “interruptions” in the rain retreat violate the pledge to stay in one place.