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'''Lama''' ('' | '''Lama''' (Skt. ''guru''; [[Wyl.]] ''bla ma'') a spiritual teacher. | ||
==The four kinds of teacher (''lama nampa shyi'')== | ==The four kinds of teacher (''lama nampa shyi'')== | ||
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Revision as of 10:25, 12 June 2008
Lama (Skt. guru; Wyl. bla ma) a spiritual teacher.
The four kinds of teacher (lama nampa shyi)
- Gangzak gyüpé lama - the individual teacher who is the holder of the lineage
- Gyalwa ka yi lama - the teacher which is the word of the buddhas
- Nangwa da yi lama - the symbolic teacher of all appearances
- Rigpa dön gyi lama - the absolute teacher, which is rigpa, the true nature of mind