A Buddhist monk of Tibet or Mongolia.
[Tibetan bla-ma, the upper one, lama, from bla, superior.]
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A Buddhist monk of Tibet or Mongolia.
[Tibetan bla-ma, the upper one, lama, from bla, superior.]
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The Dalai Lama is the head of Tibetan Lamaism.
Lama (Tibetan: བླ་མ་; Wylie: bla-ma) is a title for a Tibetan religious teacher. The name is similar to the Sanskrit term 'guru' (see Tibetan Buddhism and Bön). The title can be used as an honorific title conferred on a monk, nun or (in the Nyingma, Kagyu and Sakya schools) advanced tantric practitioner to designate their level of spiritual attainment and authority to teach, or may be part of a title such as Dalai Lama or Panchen Lama applied to a lineage of reincarnate lamas (Tulkus).
Perhaps due to misunderstandings by early western scholars attempting to understand Tibetan Buddhism, the term "Lama" was historically, and is still sometimes erroneously, applied to Tibetan monks generally. Similarly Tibetan Buddhism was referred to as Lamaism by early western scholars and travelers who did not understand that what they were witnessing was a form of Buddhism; they may also have been unaware of the distinction between Tibetan Buddhism and Bön. The term Lamaism is now considered derogatory.
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Nederlands (Dutch)
lama, spirituele leider van Tibetaans boeddhisme, priester in het boeddhisme
Ελληνική (Greek)
n. - λάμα (βουδιστής ιερέας)
Português (Portuguese)
n. - monge (budista) do Tibete
Русский (Russian)
лама (буддийский монах), лама (животное)
Svenska (Swedish)
n. - lama (buddistisk munk)
中文(简体) (Chinese (Simplified))
喇嘛僧, 美洲驼马
中文(繁體) (Chinese (Traditional))
n. - 喇嘛僧, 美洲駝馬
العربيه (Arabic)
(الاسم) اللاما, راهب بوذي لامي
עברית (Hebrew)
n. - לאמה (נזיר טיבטי)
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