bsrung bya'i dam tshig rtsa ltung bcu bzhi

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14 basic violations of the commitments/ root downfalls of samaya, which are to be guarded against [IW]

14 basic violations of the commitments/ root downfalls of samaya, which are to be guarded against [one to disparage the master, two to transgress the three levels of vows, three to be hostile to vajra brothers and sisters, four to forsake loving kindness on behalf of sentient beings, five to abandon the enlightened mind, six to disparage 1s own doctrine and those related to it, 7 to divulge secrets to the immature, 8 to abuse the five components which are primordially pure, 9 to have compassion for evil beings, esp those who harm the doctrine, 10 to apply conceptualization to wordless natures, 11 to belittle those who have faith, 12 to violate the commitments that have been undertaken, 13 and to disparage women, 13 the source of discriminative awareness-- from Ashvaghosa's m lapattisamgraha, Tibet 5270, as quoted by Lessing and Wayman, op cit p 328] [IW]

Fourteen Basic Violations of the Commitments, Which Are To Be Guarded Against. To disparage the master, to transgress the three levels of vows, to be hostile to vajra brothers and sisters, to forsake loving kindness on behalf of sentient beings, to abandon the enlightened mind, to disparage ones own doctrine and those related to it, to divulge secrets to the immature, to abuse the five components which are primordially pure, to have compassion for evil beings, esp. those who harm the doctrine, to apply conceptualization to wordless natures, to belittle those who have faith, to violate the commitments that have been undertaken, and to disparage women, the source of discriminative awareness [RY]