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'''One day lay vows''' (Skt. ''upavāsatha''; Tib. [[བསྙེན་གནས་]], ''nyen né'', [[Wyl.]] ''bsnyen gnas'') — one of the [[pratimoksha vows]] which comprise eight specific vows which are kept for one day (Skt. ''aṣṭāṅgopavāsatha śikṣā''; Wyl. ''bsnyen gnas yan lag brgyad'';  Tib. [[བསྙེན་གནས་]] ''nyen né''):
#not to kill 
#not to steal 
#not to have sexual intercourse
#not to lie
#not to take any intoxicants
#not to sing or dance
#not to eat after noon
#not to use high seats or luxurious beds

==Texts==
Tibetan texts
*'''The Blissful Path of Action Tantra: A Ritual for Taking the One-Day Vows of a Lay Practitioner''' (''bsnyen gnas kyi cho ga bya rgyud bde lam''), by [[Jigme Lingpa]]. 
*'''How to Keep the Eight One-Day Vows of a Lay Practitioner''' (''bsnyen gnas yan lag brgyad pa'i sdom pa srung thabs''), by [[Patrul Rinpoche]].

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