Threefold Training

Translations of
triśikṣā
Englishthreefold training, three trainings, three disciplines
Sanskritत्रिशिक्षा (triśikṣā)
Palitisikkhā
Chinese三学
(Pinyin: sān xué)
Japanese三學
(Rōmaji: sangaku)
Khmerត្រ័យសិក្ខា
(UNGEGN: traisĕkkha)
Korean삼학
(RR: samhak)
Tibetanལྷག་པའི་བསླབ་པ་གསུམ།
(Wylie: lhag-pa’i bslab-pa gsum)
Tagalogtrisikga
Thaiไตรสิกขา
(RTGS: traisikkha)
Vietnamesetam học
Glossary of Buddhism

The Buddha identified the threefold training (Sanskrit: triśikṣā; Pali: tisikkhā; or simply śikṣā or sikkhā) as training in:

  • higher virtue (Pali adhisīla-sikkhā, Skt. adhiśīlaśikṣa)
  • higher mind (Pali adhicitta-sikkhā, Skt. samādhiśikṣa)
  • higher wisdom (Pali adhipaññā-sikkhā, Skt. prajñāśikṣa)