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Latest revision as of 09:12, 23 April 2024
The six kinds of teacher/lama are:
- 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
Source
- The Elucidation of Samaya
Further Reading
- Buddhist Ethics, page 497, note 261
- Longchen Yeshe Dorje, Kangyur Rinpoche and Jigme Lingpa, Treasury of Precious Qualities Book Two (Shambhala, 2013), page 199
Teachings Given to the Rigpa Sangha
- Khenpo Namdrol, Lerab Ling, 20 July 1995