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The '''[[sixteen serious faults]]''' ([[Wyl.]] ''[[lci ba bcu drug]]'') or '''sixteen grave actions'''<ref>{{Nolinking|[[Kangyur Rinpoche]], ''Treasury of Precious Qualities'', Boston: Shambhala, 2001, p. 353, n.28 Note that the list there differs slightly from what is given here, which is based on [[Dungkar Lobzang Trinlé]]'s ''Great Dictionary''.}}</ref> are divided into four sets of four: | The '''[[sixteen serious faults]]''' ([[Wyl.]] ''[[lci ba bcu drug]]'') or '''sixteen grave actions'''<ref>{{Nolinking|[[Kangyur Rinpoche]], ''Treasury of Precious Qualities'', Boston: Shambhala, 2001, p. 353, n.28 Note that the list there differs slightly from what is given here, which is based on [[Dungkar Lobzang Trinlé]]'s ''Great Dictionary''.}}</ref> are divided into four sets of four: | ||
| − | ===Four serious wrong actions (Wyl. ''[[log pa'i lci ba bzhi]]'')<ref>Dungkar, ''Great Dictionary'', p. 1976</ref> === | + | ===[[Four serious wrong actions]] (Wyl. ''[[log pa'i lci ba bzhi]]'')<ref>Dungkar, ''Great Dictionary'', p. 1976</ref> === |
#To sit in a higher seat than a learned scholar (''[[mkhas pa'i gong lci]]'') | #To sit in a higher seat than a learned scholar (''[[mkhas pa'i gong lci]]'') | ||
#To accept prostrations from a fully ordained monk or a great meditator (''[[sgom chen gyi phyag lci]]'') | #To accept prostrations from a fully ordained monk or a great meditator (''[[sgom chen gyi phyag lci]]'') | ||
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#To steal the ritual objects or wealth of a tantric practitioner (''[[sngags pa'i nor lci]]'') | #To steal the ritual objects or wealth of a tantric practitioner (''[[sngags pa'i nor lci]]'') | ||
| − | ===Four serious impairments (Wyl. ''[[nyams pa'i lci ba bzhi]]'')<ref>ibid, p.923 </ref>=== | + | ===[[Four serious impairments]] (Wyl. ''[[nyams pa'i lci ba bzhi]]'')<ref>ibid, p.923 </ref>=== |
#As an ordinary person, to swear using the name of the [[Three Jewels]] (''[[mi chos la mna' zos nyams pa lci]]'') | #As an ordinary person, to swear using the name of the [[Three Jewels]] (''[[mi chos la mna' zos nyams pa lci]]'') | ||
#To impair the [[shravaka]] precepts of the [[Vinaya]] (''[[nyan po la 'dul khrims nyams pa lci]]'') | #To impair the [[shravaka]] precepts of the [[Vinaya]] (''[[nyan po la 'dul khrims nyams pa lci]]'') | ||
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#As a [[mantrayana]] practitioner, to impair the [[samaya]]s (''[[gsang sngags la dam tshig nyams pa lci]]'') | #As a [[mantrayana]] practitioner, to impair the [[samaya]]s (''[[gsang sngags la dam tshig nyams pa lci]]'') | ||
| − | ===Four serious disrespectful actions (Wyl. ''[[smod pa'i lci ba bzhi]]'')<ref>ibid, p.1645</ref>=== | + | ===[[Four serious disrespectful actions]] (Wyl. ''[[smod pa'i lci ba bzhi]]'')<ref>ibid, p.1645</ref>=== |
#Out of [[ignorance]], to have contempt for the [[Buddha]]'s physical form (''[[gti mug dbang gis 'phags pa'i sku la smod pa lci]]'') | #Out of [[ignorance]], to have contempt for the [[Buddha]]'s physical form (''[[gti mug dbang gis 'phags pa'i sku la smod pa lci]]'') | ||
#Out of [[pride]], to have contempt for the truth (''[[nga rgyal dbang gis bden pa'i tshig la smod pa lci]]'') | #Out of [[pride]], to have contempt for the truth (''[[nga rgyal dbang gis bden pa'i tshig la smod pa lci]]'') | ||
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#Out of partiality, to discriminate between deities (''[[phyogs ris dbang gis lha la blang dor byas pa lci]]'') | #Out of partiality, to discriminate between deities (''[[phyogs ris dbang gis lha la blang dor byas pa lci]]'') | ||
| − | ===Four serious denigrating actions (Wyl. ''[[bskur ba'i lci ba bzhi]]'')<ref>ibid. p. 278</ref>=== | + | ===[[Four serious denigrating actions]] (Wyl. ''[[bskur ba'i lci ba bzhi]]'')<ref>ibid. p. 278</ref>=== |
#To make distinctions within perfect equality (''[[mnyam nyid don la khyad 'don lci]]'') | #To make distinctions within perfect equality (''[[mnyam nyid don la khyad 'don lci]]'') | ||
#To hold to distinctions of relative importance among [[samadhi]]s (''[[ting 'dzin dag la gal 'dzugs lci]]'') | #To hold to distinctions of relative importance among [[samadhi]]s (''[[ting 'dzin dag la gal 'dzugs lci]]'') | ||
Revision as of 09:25, 27 April 2014
The sixteen serious faults (Wyl. lci ba bcu drug) or sixteen grave actions[1] are divided into four sets of four:
Four serious wrong actions (Wyl. log pa'i lci ba bzhi)[2]
- To sit in a higher seat than a learned scholar (mkhas pa'i gong lci)
- To accept prostrations from a fully ordained monk or a great meditator (sgom chen gyi phyag lci)
- To steal the provisions of a meditator (sgom sgrub mkhan gyi zas lci)
- To steal the ritual objects or wealth of a tantric practitioner (sngags pa'i nor lci)
Four serious impairments (Wyl. nyams pa'i lci ba bzhi)[3]
- As an ordinary person, to swear using the name of the Three Jewels (mi chos la mna' zos nyams pa lci)
- To impair the shravaka precepts of the Vinaya (nyan po la 'dul khrims nyams pa lci)
- To impair the precepts of the bodhisattva trainings (byang chub sems dpa' la bslab khrims nyams pa lci)
- As a mantrayana practitioner, to impair the samayas (gsang sngags la dam tshig nyams pa lci)
Four serious disrespectful actions (Wyl. smod pa'i lci ba bzhi)[4]
- Out of ignorance, to have contempt for the Buddha's physical form (gti mug dbang gis 'phags pa'i sku la smod pa lci)
- Out of pride, to have contempt for the truth (nga rgyal dbang gis bden pa'i tshig la smod pa lci)
- Out of jealousy, to have contempt for the qualities of friends (phrag dog dbang gis grogs kyi yon tan la smod pa lci)
- Out of partiality, to discriminate between deities (phyogs ris dbang gis lha la blang dor byas pa lci)
Four serious denigrating actions (Wyl. bskur ba'i lci ba bzhi)[5]
- To make distinctions within perfect equality (mnyam nyid don la khyad 'don lci)
- To hold to distinctions of relative importance among samadhis (ting 'dzin dag la gal 'dzugs lci)
- To shed a buddha's blood, the most serious of the five crimes with immediate retribution (mtshams med lnga la khrag phyung lci)
- To hold wrong views, the most serious of the ten unwholesome actions (mi dge bcu la log lta lci)
Footnotes
- ↑ Kangyur Rinpoche, Treasury of Precious Qualities, Boston: Shambhala, 2001, p. 353, n.28 Note that the list there differs slightly from what is given here, which is based on Dungkar Lobzang Trinlé's Great Dictionary.
- ↑ Dungkar, Great Dictionary, p. 1976
- ↑ ibid, p.923
- ↑ ibid, p.1645
- ↑ ibid. p. 278
