Six kinds of teacher

The six kinds of teacher/lama are:

1. the universal (or general) teacher
2. the teacher who gives access to the Dharma
3. teacher who gives empowerments and samayas
4. vow-restoring teacher
5. the mind-liberating teacher (who explains the tantras)
6. 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

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