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− | '''[[Eight gross infractions]]''' ([[Wyl.]] ''[[sbom po brgyad]]''), sometimes referred to as the '''eight auxiliary downfalls''', '''eight secondary downfalls''',<ref>Jamgön Kongtrül Lodrö Tayé, ''Buddhist Ethics'', Ithaca: Snow Lion, 1998, p. 265</ref> or '''eight serious downfalls''', are to be avoided as part of the [[samaya]] commitments following an [[empowerment]] belonging to the [[inner tantras]]. | + | '''[[Eight gross infractions]]''' ([[Wyl.]] ''[[sbom po brgyad]]''), sometimes referred to as the '''[[eight auxiliary downfalls]]''', '''eight secondary downfalls''',<ref>{{Nolinking|[[Jamgön Kongtrül Lodrö Tayé]], ''Buddhist Ethics'', Ithaca: Snow Lion, 1998, p. 265}}</ref> or '''[[eight serious downfalls]]''', are to be avoided as part of the [[samaya]] commitments following an [[empowerment]] belonging to the [[inner tantras]]. |
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Revision as of 10:07, 23 March 2014
Eight gross infractions (Wyl. sbom po brgyad), sometimes referred to as the eight auxiliary downfalls, eight secondary downfalls,[1] or eight serious downfalls, are to be avoided as part of the samaya commitments following an empowerment belonging to the inner tantras.
- Having an ordinary, uninitiated consort
- Receiving the nectars from an improper source
- Not concealing the secret symbols of tantra from the uninitiated
- Disturbing practitioners, physically or verbally, during a practice such as a tsok feast
- Not telling the truth or teaching someone who is a proper vessel
- Staying for more than seven days among people who disrespect the tantric view and practices
- Proudly boasting or pretending to be a Vajradhara
- Giving secret teachings to someone who previously received secret teachings but now lacks faith[2]
Footnotes
- ↑ Jamgön Kongtrül Lodrö Tayé, Buddhist Ethics, Ithaca: Snow Lion, 1998, p. 265
- ↑ Tulku Thondup, 'The Empowerments and Precepts of Esoteric Training' in Enlightened Journey: Buddhist Practice as Daily Life, Boston: Shambhala, 1995, p. 123