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clean

See also abomination, holy, righteousness
  1. gtsang ba/ 

    Biblical: to be clean or pure: 1) physically clean: ras gtsang ma/  clean cloth (Mt. 27:59), lag pa mi gtsang ba/  unwashed hands (Mk. 7:2-4); 2) ceremonially clean: kha zas thams cad gtsang ma yin par bstan to/  he taught that all foods were clean (Mk. 7:19), ngas kha zas phal pa dang mi gtsang ba nam yang ma zos/  I have never eaten anything common or unclean (Acts 10:14).

    Buddhist: 1) physically clean: something which is gtsang ma/  is free of dirt or bad smells. It includes clean people mi gtsang ma/  a person of good appearance (KTM) [or one who is honest (AMD)], sa cha gtsang ma/  clean or beautiful places (e.g. Tibet), or things, (e.g. a wind that is clean and crisp (KTM). sman khang de'i nang la nyal khri dang nyal chas gtsang ma 'dug the beds and facilities in that hospital were clean (DPD), mi gtsang ba'i dri ma ngan pa/  a bad smell of uncleanness (TRC 270), khor yug mi gtsang ba/  a polluted environment (SLR 14); 2) pure, free from moral faults: spyod pa gtsang ma/  pure habits or practices (KTM), dam tshig gtsang ma'i mi/  one who follows his commitments (KPU 11), mi gtsang ba la gtsang bar 'dzin pa/  apprehending the unclean as clean (TRC 284).

    Secular: gtsang sbra/  public sanitation (SLR 14).

    Proverbs: dam tshig gtsang chu bzhin du gtsang gcig dgos/  your commitment should be as pure as the River Tsangpo (KPU 3).

    Cognates: 1) rgyal po zas gtsang /  King Setsang [lit. "clean food"] father of the Buddha (SGN 1); 2) dri ma/  blemish; 3) nyes pa/  moral fault or offense; 4) skyon/  fault (KTM).

  2. gtsang bar byed/ 

    [hon. mdzad/ ] [lit. clean + do]

    Biblical: to clean or make clean: ma shi ka'i bka' dang chu'i khrus kyis chos tshogs gtsang bar mdzad do/  making the church clean by means of washing with water and Christ's word (Eph. 5:26-27).

  3. dag

    [var. 'dag]

    Biblical: to be pure or clean, be washed clean: ngas smras pa'i bka' yis khyed dag pa yin/  you are already clean because of the word I have spoken to you (Jn. 15:3), rang gi sngar kyi sdig pa 'dag pa de brjed do/  [he] has forgotten that he was cleansed from his past sins (2 Pet. 1:9).

    Buddhist: pure, without adulteration: btang snyoms yongs su dag pa/  pure equanimity (KBT 105), dran pa yongs su dag pa/  pure mindfulness (KBT 105), dag pa bzhi/  the four total purities: lus dag pa/  pure body, dmigs pa dag pa/  pure objectives, sems dag pa/  pure mind, ye shes dag pa/  pure wisdom (TRI 130). See also justification, righteousness, perfection.

    Cognates: dag par byed/  to clean mdze can dag par byos/  cleanse those who have leprosy (Mt. 10:8), sngar phor pa dang sder ma'i nang dag par byos/  first clean inside the bowl and the dish (Mt. 23:26).

  4. sbyong / 

    p. sbyangs/  f. sbyang /  imp. sbyongs/ 

    Biblical: to wash, to clean chu'i khrus kyis de sbyangs nas/  made clean by washing with water (Eph. 5:26 SV).

  5. dri ma med pa/ 

    [lit. spotless]

    Biblical: completely pure or clean, holy: na bza' dri ma med pa/  clean clothing (Rev. 15:6 SV), ka shi ka dkar po dri ma med pa gon pa rnams/  dressed in fine linen, white and clean (Rev. 19:14 SV), dkon mchog gi sras dri ma med par/  children of God without fault (Phil. 2:15).

    Buddhist: 1) dri ma med pa/  is one of the names given to the Buddha. It suggests that the mind of Buddha is completely and utterly pure and without any defilement (KTM); 2) unadulterated: sangs rgyas kyi bstan pa dri ma med pa/  the pure teaching of the Buddha (TCR 153), bka' gdams pa'i bzhed srol dri ma med pa/  the pure system of the Kadampas (TRC 139), rgya gar gyi nang bstan dri ma med pa/  pure Indian Buddhist teachings (MLP 320); 3) spotless or stainless: dri ma med pa/  one of the ten boddhisattva grounds: the "stainless ground" (TRI 137); 4) free from defilement: dri ma med pa/,,dri ma dang bral ba med pa/  no defilement and no separation from defilement (HSU 167).