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Lama

(1) A highly advanced spiritual teacher, with unsurpassable good qualities; (2) a tulku, the recognized reincarnation of a highly advanced tantric practitioner.

Tibetan: བླ་མ། bla-ma

Sanskrit: guru

Pali: garu


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