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The '''three sets of vows''' (Tib. ''dom sum''; [[Wyl.]] ''sdom gsum'') are:
The '''three sets of vows''' (Tib. ''dom sum''; [[Wyl.]] ''sdom gsum'') are:


#the vows of [[pratimoksha]] or of individual liberation (''sotar gyi dompa''); <br>
#the [[pratimoksha vows|vows of pratimoksha]] or of individual liberation (''sotar gyi dompa''); <br>
#the [[bodhisattva vow]]s (''changchub sempé dompa''); <br>
#the [[bodhisattva vow]]s (''changchub sempé dompa''); <br>
#the [[samaya]]s of the secret mantrayana (''sang ngag kyi dompa'').  
#the [[samaya]]s of the secret mantrayana (''sang ngag kyi dompa'').  
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An alternative list is:
An alternative list is:
#The vows of [[pratimoksha]]; <br>
#The [[pratimoksha vows|vows of pratimoksha]]; <br>
#the [[dhyana]] vows; and <br>
#the [[dhyana]] vows; and <br>
#the vows of undefilement.
#the vows of undefilement.
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[[Category: Enumerations]]
[[Category: Enumerations]]
[[Category:Vows and Commitments]]
[[Category:Vows and commitments]]

Revision as of 10:44, 24 June 2007

The three sets of vows (Tib. dom sum; Wyl. sdom gsum) are:

  1. the vows of pratimoksha or of individual liberation (sotar gyi dompa);
  2. the bodhisattva vows (changchub sempé dompa);
  3. the samayas of the secret mantrayana (sang ngag kyi dompa).


An alternative list is:

  1. The vows of pratimoksha;
  2. the dhyana vows; and
  3. the vows of undefilement.

Further Reading

  • Geshe Sonam Rinchen, The Bodhisattva Vow, translated and edited by Ruth Sonam, Ithaca: Snow Lion, 2000
  • Jamgön Kongtrul Rinpoche, The Treasury of Knowledge, Book Five: Buddhist Ethics, Ithaca: Snow Lion, 2003
  • Lama Mipham's Commentary to Nagarjuna's Stanzas for a Novice Monk and Tsongkhapa's Essence of the Ocean of Vinaya, translated by Glen H. Mullin and Lobsang Rapgay, Library of Tibetan Works and Archives, 1978
  • Ngari Panchen, Perfect Conduct: The Absolute Certainty of the Three Vows with commentary by Dudjom Rinpoche, Boston: Wisdom, 1996
  • Sakya Pandita Kunga Gyaltsen, A Clear Differentiation of the Three Codes: Essential Distinctions among the Individual Liberation, Great Vehicle, and Tantric Systems, translated by Jared Rhoton, New York: SUNY, 2002
  • Tsongkhapa, Tantric Ethics: An Explanation of the Precepts for Buddhist Vajrayana Practice, translated by Gareth Sparham, Boston: Wisdom, 2005