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'''Root teacher''' (Tib. ''tsawé lama''; | '''Root teacher''' (Tib. རྩ་བའི་བླ་མ་, ''tsawé lama''; Wyl. ''rtsa ba'i bla ma'') — main teacher, especially the one who introduces you to the [[nature of mind]]. In ''[[Yeshe Saldrön]]'', his famous commentary on the practice of [[guru yoga]], [[Jamyang Khyentse Chökyi Lodrö]] writes: "The root lama is | ||
*the one from whom we receive complete [[empowerment]] into the great [[mandala]]s, or | *the one from whom we receive complete [[empowerment]] into the great [[mandala]]s, or | ||
*the one grant us the [[three sets of vows]], or, | *the one grant us the [[three sets of vows]], or, | ||
Revision as of 23:34, 23 February 2017
Root teacher (Tib. རྩ་བའི་བླ་མ་, tsawé lama; Wyl. rtsa ba'i bla ma) — main teacher, especially the one who introduces you to the nature of mind. In Yeshe Saldrön, his famous commentary on the practice of guru yoga, Jamyang Khyentse Chökyi Lodrö writes: "The root lama is
- the one from whom we receive complete empowerment into the great mandalas, or
- the one grant us the three sets of vows, or,
- most especially, the one who introduces us to the fundamental wisdom of the nature of mind."