Fortnightly confession: 1 definition
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Fortnightly confession means something in Buddhism, Pali. If you want to know the exact meaning, history, etymology or English translation of this term then check out the descriptions on this page. Add your comment or reference to a book if you want to contribute to this summary article.
In Buddhism
Tibetan Buddhism (Vajrayana or tantric Buddhism)
: Google Books: The Crystal Mirror of Philosophical SystemsFortnightly Confession refers to one of the 鈥�Three Bases鈥� which are known in Tibetan as gzhi gsum.鈥擜ccordingly, [while discussing the abbots of Ganden]: Gyaltsab J茅 was a famous student of J茅 Tsongkhapa. [...] Like the great lord J茅 Tsongkhapa, Gyaltsap J茅 purely pursued the teaching and study of the Vinaya, the practice of the Three Bases [e.g., fortnightly confession], and so forth. Taking those as a basis, and with his own inner experience and stainless scripture and reasoning, for thirteen years he gave explanations of, on the Sutra side, the higher and lower Abhidharmas, valid cognition, the perfection of wisdom, Madhyamaka, and so forth. [...]
Tibetan Buddhism includes schools such as Nyingma, Kadampa, Kagyu and Gelug. Their primary canon of literature is divided in two broad categories: The Kangyur, which consists of Buddha鈥檚 words, and the Tengyur, which includes commentaries from various sources. Esotericism and tantra techniques (惫补箩谤补测腻苍补) are collected indepently.
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Partial matches: Confession.
Full-text: Three bases, gzhi gsum.
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