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'''Lama''' ( | '''Lama''' (Tib. [[བླ་མ་]], [[Wyl.]] ''bla ma'' as the contraction of [[བླ་ན་མེད་པ་]], ''bla na med pa''; Skt. ''guru'') — a spiritual teacher in the [[Vajrayana]]. | ||
==Subdivisions== | ==Subdivisions== | ||
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*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:Tibetan Terms]] | ||
[[Category:Guru Yoga]] | |||
[[Category:Vajrayana]] | |||
Revision as of 11:06, 30 August 2017
Lama (Tib. བླ་མ་, Wyl. bla ma as the contraction of བླ་ན་མེད་པ་, 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 categories of teacher:
- the teacher who is a guide
- the mind-liberating teacher
- the teacher who grants pith instructions
- vow-restoring teacher
- teacher who gives empowerments and samayas
- general teacher
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.