Abstention from sexual activity: 1 definition
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Abstention from sexual activity means something in Buddhism, Pali. If you want to know the exact meaning, history, etymology or English translation of this term then check out the descriptions on this page. Add your comment or reference to a book if you want to contribute to this summary article.
In Buddhism
Tibetan Buddhism (Vajrayana or tantric Buddhism)
: Google Books: The Crystal Mirror of Philosophical SystemsAbstention (for twenty-four hours) from Stealing refers to one of the 鈥�The Eight-limbed Rule鈥� (in Tibetan: yan lag brgyad pa'i khrims).鈥擜ccordingly [while describing the history of the Nyingma philosophical system and the age of Padmasambhava]鈥擺...] Trisong Detsen invited the great pandit 艢膩ntarak峁ta to Tibet. The preceptor taught the ten virtues and the dharmas of the eighteen sense fields, and instituted the Eight-limbed Rule [e.g., abstention for twenty-four hours from sexual activity]. The powerful local gods did not like this, so the god Nyenchen Thanglha struck Red Mountain with lightning, [...].
Tibetan Buddhism includes schools such as Nyingma, Kadampa, Kagyu and Gelug. Their primary canon of literature is divided in two broad categories: The Kangyur, which consists of Buddha鈥檚 words, and the Tengyur, which includes commentaries from various sources. Esotericism and tantra techniques (惫补箩谤补测腻苍补) are collected indepently.
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