Four serious impairments

Four serious impairments (Wyl. nyams pa'i lci ba bzhi)

1. As an ordinary person, to swear using the name of the Three Jewels (mi chos la mna' zos nyams pa lci)
2. To impair the shravaka precepts of the Vinaya (nyan po la 'dul khrims nyams pa lci)
3. To impair the precepts of the bodhisattva trainings (byang chub sems dpa' la bslab khrims nyams pa lci)
4. As a mantrayana practitioner, to impair the samayas (gsang sngags la dam tshig nyams pa lci)

See Also

• Sixteen serious faults