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'''Geshe''' ([[Wyl.]] ''dge bshes'') is the Tibetan equivalent of the Sanskrit ''kalyāṇamitra'', which literally means 'virtuous friend', yet in common usage, it is a title awarded to scholars in the [[Gelugpa]] school of [[Tibetan Buddhism]] once they graduate from their studies. Different grades of geshe degree exist, the highest being [[Geshe Lharampa]]. | '''Geshe''' ([[Wyl.]] ''dge bshes'') is the Tibetan equivalent of the Sanskrit ''kalyāṇamitra'' (Tib. [[དགེ་བའི་བཤེས་གཉེན་]]), which literally means 'virtuous friend', yet in common usage, it is a title awarded to scholars in the [[Gelugpa]] school of [[Tibetan Buddhism]] once they graduate from their studies. Different grades of geshe degree exist, the highest being [[Geshe Lharampa]]. | ||
==Further Reading== | ==Further Reading== | ||
Revision as of 16:00, 22 November 2015
Geshe (Wyl. dge bshes) is the Tibetan equivalent of the Sanskrit kalyāṇamitra (Tib. དགེ་བའི་བཤེས་གཉེན་), which literally means 'virtuous friend', yet in common usage, it is a title awarded to scholars in the Gelugpa school of Tibetan Buddhism once they graduate from their studies. Different grades of geshe degree exist, the highest being Geshe Lharampa.
Further Reading
- Georges Dreyfus, The Sound of Two Hands Clapping: The Education of a Tibetan Buddhist Monk, University of California Press, 2003
- Tarab Tulku. A Brief History of Tibetan Academic Degrees in Buddhist Philosophy. Copenhagen, Denmark: Nordic Institute of Asian Studies, 2000.