Description

Rituals that involve abstaining from food.

Example Texts

• thugs chen dpal mo lugs kyi smyung gnas cho ga (W1010)
• sgrol ma gnyer gcig pa'i smyung gnas cho ga
• See also TBRC topic T147 (smyung gnas)

Secondary Sources

Jackson, Roger. "A Fasting Ritual." In Religions of Tibet in Practice, edited by Donald Lopez, 271-292. Princeton: Princeton University Press, 1997.