dge 'dun lhag ma

dge 'dun lhag ma

One of five types of transgressions a monk can incur. Second only to a defeat in severity, there are thirteen transgressions requiring transgression whose remnant is restored by the saṅgha. Transgressions of the monastic vows are classed as either atonable (Skt. sāvaśeṣa; Tib. {lhag bcas}) or unatonable (Skt. nirvaśeṣa; Tib. {lhag med}). Unatonable transgressions, such as defeats, entail loss of one's monk- or nunhood while atonable transgressions can be atoned for in prescribed ways, according to the severity of the offense. When a monk incurs a transgression whose remnant is restored by the saṅgha, the saṅgha imposes a demotion or probation during which the monk must endure a loss of status and privilege and give regular reports on his conduct. Upon completion of this period of penance, the saṅgha may then reinstate the monk with full honors and privileges. There is no consensus on the exact referent of the Sanskrit term vaśeṣa or its Tibetan translation {lhag ma}, though it seems to refer to the "remnant" or "remainder" of a monastic's precepts that persist in the wake of atonable transgressions. The translation "transgressions whose remnant is restored by the saṅgha" (Tib. {dge 'dun lhag ma}, Skt. saṅghāvaśeṣa)—literally "saṅgha remnant"—follows Kalyāṇamitra's gloss: a group of "saṅgha" meet to impose a disciplinary act upon an offending monk who retains a remnant of his monastic precepts (Kalyāṇamitra, F.292.a.6-7)
transgressions whose remnant is restored by the saṅgha

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