- bla spyi/
- ID:
- T142647
- བླ་སྤྱི (Tibetan, Tibetan script, Original)
- > bla spyi/ (Tibetan, Latin script, Transliteration-THL Extended Wylie Transliteration)
The governing council of a monastery.
- This is a combination of a larger Tibetan word, bla ma, referring to spiritual teachers, and the word for universal, implying a gathering of the high figures of a monastery.
Etymology
- language:
- English
- Author:
- Christopher Bell
Council. The name of a council organized by each of the “three monastic seats” (gdan sa gsum) as a governing body of that particular seat. The council was composed of the present and former abbots of the individual monasteries (grwa tshang) that made up the seats (gdan sa), monastic officials, and representatives of the regional houses. The council made decisions regarding discipline and everyday law, as well as settling disputes between monasteries.
- language:
- English
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