Lama (CloudMonk.io)
Lama (Tib. བླ་མ་, Wyl. bla ma as the contraction of Tib. བླ་ན་མེད་པ་, Wyl. bla na med pa; Skt. guru) — a spiritual teacher in the Vajrayana.
Subdivisions
There exists several categorizations, such as the four kinds of teacher:
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Or the six kinds of teacher:
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Alternative Translations
*spiritual mentor (Wallace)
*Sogyal Rinpoche, Paris, 31 October 2011
*Sogyal Rinpoche, Paris, 13 November 2016
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*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.
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