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1) Limited Beauty, Limited Virtue [first abode in [[bsam gtan gsum pa]]. 2) one of the 28 classes of gods of the [[gzugs kyi khams]] Form Realms [RY]
Upasaka. Fem. Upasika. A Buddhist layman, bound by the five vows to avoid killing, stealing, lying, sexual misconduct, and intoxicating liquor. The Tibetan equivalent, genyen, means 'pursuer of virtue;' layman, lay devotees, lay follower [RY]


parittasubha (3rd dhyana), one of the celestial regions, lesser virtue heaven, 1 of gzugs khams gnas rigs bcu bdun [JV]
(aup'asaka, genyen [IW]


' Limited beauty,' [1st abode/ realm in [[bsam gtan gsum pa]] limited virtue (par~tta-s'subha) 1 of the 28 classes of gods of the [[gzugs kyi khams]] = lowest form realm of the [[bsam gtan gsum pa'i]] = 3rd absorption/dhyana, whose dhyana is called bde ba la dge ba, has less bde ba [IW]
upasaka, layman, boy-monk about 7 or 8, male lay devotee, buddhist devotee with only 8 vows to observe [JV]


Lesser Virtue; one of the three abodes in [[bsam gtan gsum pa]] [RY]
(aup'asaka, genyen [among the [[so thar ris bdun]], eg laymen w the five precepts, lay devotees, genyen, virtue obtained, (not to kill, not to lie, not to steal, not to take intoxicants, not to engage in sexual misconduct), (upasa_ka) Some may omit the intoxicants vow etc. or take the 8 1 day precepts] [IW]
 
' Limited beauty,' [IW]


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Revision as of 09:25, 28 December 2005

Upasaka. Fem. Upasika. A Buddhist layman, bound by the five vows to avoid killing, stealing, lying, sexual misconduct, and intoxicating liquor. The Tibetan equivalent, genyen, means 'pursuer of virtue;' layman, lay devotees, lay follower [RY]

(aup'asaka, genyen [IW]

upasaka, layman, boy-monk about 7 or 8, male lay devotee, buddhist devotee with only 8 vows to observe [JV]

(aup'asaka, genyen [among the so thar ris bdun, eg laymen w the five precepts, lay devotees, genyen, virtue obtained, (not to kill, not to lie, not to steal, not to take intoxicants, not to engage in sexual misconduct), (upasa_ka) Some may omit the intoxicants vow etc. or take the 8 1 day precepts] [IW]