Abstention from stealing, Abstention from theft: 1 definition
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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 stealing]. 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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The Buddhist Path to Enlightenment (study) (by Dr Kala Acharya)
2.4.2. Abstention from Stealing (adinn膩d膩na) < [Chapter 3 - Seven Factors of Enlightenment and Noble Eightfold Path]
Manusmriti with the Commentary of Medhatithi (by Ganganatha Jha)
Verse 6.74 < [Section VII - Means of Removing Sin (kilbi峁)]
Verse 10.63 < [Section VIII - Improvement in the Status of Castes]
Yoga-sutras (Ancient and Modern Interpretations) (by Makarand Gopal Newalkar)
S奴tra 2.30-31 [Yama and Niyama鈥擠evelopment of personality] < [Book II - S膩dhana-p膩da]
Vipassana Meditation (by Chanmyay Sayadaw)
Baudhayana Dharmasutra (by Georg B眉hler)
Yoga-sutras (Vedanta Commentaries)
S奴tras 33-37 < [Part II - Yoga and its Practice]