Geviş getirenlerden, Güney Amerika'nın dağlık bölgelerinde yaşayan, yük hayvanı olarak kullanılan, karadan aka kadar türlü renklerde olabilen, tüyleri uzun, boyu yüksek, boynu uzun hayvan (Lama)
Teacher, or one who is revered Lotus Sutra A scripture of major importance to various schools within the Mahayana tradition It describes the virtues of the Bodhisattva, and emphasises that all sentient beings posses Buddha-nature and can attain Enlightenment (Nirvana)
In Tibetan Buddhism, considered a master of certain areas of Buddhism May be the head of one or more monasteries
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La means highest and ma means mother Properly applied, this term refers to one who has developed the highest qualities and therefore directly perceives all beings impartially with the selfless love and compassion of a mother for an only child
Teacher, especially of Tantra The word Lama pertains not only to the external teacher, but to the inner teacher or enlightened nature The Lama, therefore, is one who reflects the beginingless enlightened nature of their students
A Tibetan Buddhist teacher, often a monk A Tibetan Buddhist teacher, often a monk
A lama is a Buddhist priest or monk in Tibet or Mongolia. a Buddhist priest in Tibet or Mongolia (blama). In Tibetan Buddhism, a spiritual leader. Some lamas are considered to be reincarnations of their predecessors; others have won respect for their high level of spiritual development. The most honored of the reincarnate lamas is the Dalai Lama; second in spiritual authority is the Panchen Lama. The process of discovering the new incarnation of a lama, especially the Dalai Lama, is elaborate and exacting. Oracular messages, unusual signs during the lama's death or during a birth thereafter, and examinations of candidates identify a successor. The child thus identified as the lama's incarnation is given extensive monastic training from an early age
(Tib ) corresponds to Sanskrit guru but has a wider range of meanings in Tibetan Can mean (1) personal religious teacher, especially of Vajrayana (Tantric Buddhism); (2) head or leading figure within a spiritual community (gompa); (3) a properly qualified performer of Tantric ritual Note that the roles of lama and MONK are different Most monks are not lamas, and lamas are not necessarily monks
the Dalai Lama the leader of the Tibetan Buddhist religion. Head of the dominant Dge-lugs-pa order of Tibetan Buddhism. The first of the line was Dge-'dun-grub-pa (1391-1475), founder of a monastery in central Tibet. His successors were regarded as his reincarnations and, like himself, manifestations of the bodhisattva Avalokitesvara. The second head of the order established the 'Brasspungs monastery near Lhasa as its base, and the third received the title Dalai ("Ocean") from Altan Khan. The fifth, Ngag-dbang-rgya-mtsho (1617-1682), established the supremacy of the Dge-lugs-pa over other orders. The 13th Dalai Lama, Thub-bstan-rgya-mtsho (1875-1933), held temporal and spiritual power after the Chinese were expelled in 1912. The 14th and current Dalai Lama, Bstan-'dzin-rgya-mtsho (b. 1935), was enthroned in 1940 but fled in 1959 with 100,000 followers after a failed revolt against the Chinese, who had gained control of Tibet in 1950-51. His government-in-exile is in Dharmsala, India. A respected figure worldwide, he was awarded the 1989 Nobel Peace Prize in recognition of his "constructive and forward-looking proposals" for solving world problems
Any of the line of reincarnated lamas who head the Tashilhunpo Monastery in Tibet, traditionally second only to the Dalai Lama in spiritual authority in the dominant sect of Tibetan Buddhism. A Panchen Lama installed by the Chinese Nationalist government in 1949 later became an official under the Chinese communists. He remained in Tibet after the 14th Dalai Lama fled into exile in 1959 but was imprisoned in 1964 after criticizing the government. He was released in the late 1970s and died in 1989. The Dalai Lama and government subsequently chose different successors