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'''Lama''' ( | '''Lama''' (Tib. [[བླ་མ་]], [[Wyl.]] ''bla ma'' as the contraction of Tib. [[བླ་ན་མེད་པ་]], Wyl. ''bla na med pa''; Skt. ''guru'') — a spiritual teacher in the [[Vajrayana]]. | ||
== | ==Subdivisions== | ||
There exists several categorizations, such as the [[four kinds of teacher]]: | |||
{{:Four kinds of teacher}} | {{:Four kinds of teacher}} | ||
Or the [[six kinds of teacher]]: | |||
{{:Six kinds of teacher}} | |||
==Alternative Translations== | ==Alternative Translations== | ||
*spiritual mentor (Wallace) | *spiritual mentor (Wallace) | ||
==Teachings Given to the [[About Rigpa|Rigpa]] Sangha== | |||
*[[Sogyal Rinpoche]], Paris, 31 October 2011 | |||
*Sogyal Rinpoche, Paris, 13 November 2016 | |||
==Internal Links== | ==Internal Links== | ||
*The practice of [[guru yoga]] | *The practice of [[guru yoga]] | ||
*[['The Guru Question']]—[[Drukchen Rinpoche]] explains in an interview that was carried out for Rigpa's [[View magazine|''View'' magazine]] in 1997, what the guru or lama really is from the [[Vajrayana]] point of view. | *[['The Guru Question']]—[[Drukchen Rinpoche]] explains in an interview that was carried out for Rigpa's [[View magazine|''View'' magazine]] in 1997, what the guru or lama really is from the [[Vajrayana]] point of view. | ||
[[Category:Key Terms]] | [[Category:Key Terms]] | ||
[[Category:Titles]] | [[Category:Titles]] | ||
[[Category:Tibetan Terms]] | |||
[[Category:Guru Yoga]] | |||
[[Category:Vajrayana]] | |||
Latest revision as of 09:40, 19 June 2019
Lama (Tib. བླ་མ་, Wyl. bla ma as the contraction of Tib. བླ་ན་མེད་པ་, Wyl. bla na med pa; Skt. guru) — a spiritual teacher in the Vajrayana.
Subdivisions
There exists several categorizations, such as the four kinds of teacher:
- the individual teacher who is the holder of the lineage (Tib. གང་ཟག་བརྒྱུད་པའི་བླ་མ་, gangzak gyüpé lama, Wyl. gang zag brgyud pa'i bla ma)
- the teacher which is the word of the buddhas (Tib. རྒྱལ་བ་བཀའ་ཡི་བླ་མ་, gyalwa ka yi lama, Wyl. rgyal ba bka' yi bla ma)
- the symbolic teacher of all appearances (Tib. སྣང་བ་བརྡ་ཡི་བླ་མ་, nangwa da yi lama, Wyl. snang ba brda yi bla ma)
- the absolute teacher, which is rigpa, the true nature of mind (Tib. རིག་པ་དོན་གྱི་བླ་མ་, rigpa dön gyi lama, Wyl. rig pa don gyi bla ma)
Or the six kinds of teacher:
- the universal (or general) teacher
- the teacher who gives access to the Dharma
- teacher who gives empowerments and samayas
- vow-restoring teacher
- the mind-liberating teacher (who explains the tantras)
- the teacher who grants pith instructions
Alternative Translations
- spiritual mentor (Wallace)
Teachings Given to the Rigpa Sangha
- Sogyal Rinpoche, Paris, 31 October 2011
- Sogyal Rinpoche, Paris, 13 November 2016
Internal Links
- The practice of guru yoga
- 'The Guru Question'—Drukchen Rinpoche explains in an interview that was carried out for Rigpa's View magazine in 1997, what the guru or lama really is from the Vajrayana point of view.