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+### Practice element lists: use noun forms
+
+When translating lists of Buddhist practice elements — especially the five
+essentials (皈依、发心、戒律、正见、止观) or similar enumerated components —
+render each as a noun phrase, not a gerund. "Refuge, aspiration, precepts,
+right view, śamatha-vipaśyanā" — not "taking refuge, arousing aspiration."
+These are named components of a system, not actions being described. The same
+applies to any catalog-style listing (三学, 八正道 components, etc.).
+
 ### Terminology decisions: user is the source of truth

 When the user proposes a non-standard rendering (e.g. "人间佛教 should be