A Buddhist teacher who has had stable realizations, who embodies the teachings in the sense of having integrated them into his or her life, and who confers vows on disciples.
Tibetan: དགེ་བའི་བཤེས་གཉེན། dge-ba'i bshes-gnyen
Sanskrit: kalyāṇamitra
J. Hopkins: Spiritual friend; Virtuous spiritual friend; Spiritual guide
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