prahāṇasaṃvara
Tibetan: སྤོང་བའི་སྡོམ་པ་གཉིས་
Tibetan (Wylie): spong ba’i sdom pa gnyis
Tibetan (phonetics): pong wa’i dom pa nyi
English term: Two vows of abandonment
Alternative: Abandoning and discipline
English Definition: 1. Dhyana Vow: obtained when a being enters into the meditative absorptions associated with the dhyana of either the Form or Formless Realm. So long as the state/discipline of dhyana is maintained one provisionally abandons the defilements of the desire realm and unwholesome actions. 2. Undefiling Vow (Alt. Pure Discpline [of the Āryas]): obtained at the time upon entering the Path of Seeing (i.e. seeing the truth of suchness). At this point one completely abandons all unwholesome conduct. The accumulation of nonvirtue ceases. If there are afflictions they are at most subtle and as a result their continuity is unsustainable, that is to say they lack the capacity to give rise to defiled actions. In brief the two abandonments are: the “abandonment of immorality” (dauḥśīlya) and the “abandonment of the defilements that give rise to immorality” (tatsamutthāpaka).
Spanish: Dos votos de abandono
