rku thabs su gnas pa

one living in monastery, but not a monk. lit. 'living in sneak.' a non-Buddhist pretending to be a Buddhist monk; 1) Living a lie. 2) changing one's way of life without actually receiving monk vows. 3) living like a monk without changing one's heart, even though one has externally taken the vows [RY]

1) living a lie, 'living in sneak,'; 2) pretending to be a buddhist monk changing 1's way of life w/o actually receiving monks vows; 3) living like a monk w/o changing 1's heart, even though 1 has externally taken the vows [IW]

'dul ba'i brda chad cig ste, 1 who is a non-buddhist pretending to be a monk etc., though 1 is not a renunciate, live as 1 by pretense [IW]