Dear Stephen,
thank you for your interesting description of the vrata, Yes, it is a vowed
ascetical observance as you said.
Nina.
op 09-08-2004 02:04 schreef Stephen Hodge op
s.hodge@...:
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> Pali "vata" is equivalent to Skt "vrata". Thus, though a
> Theravadin-style gloss may differ a little, in sources familiar to me, a
> "vrata" often implies more than "practice". It connotes "a vowed ascetic
> observance" -- the "vowed" part is important -- undertaken for the purpose
> of purification to attain liberation in this lifetime.