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'''Root teacher''' (Tib. ''tsawé lama''; [[Wyl.]] ''rtsa ba'i bla ma'') - main teacher, especially the one who introduces you to the [[nature of mind]].
'''Root teacher''' (Tib. རྩ་བའི་བླ་མ་, ''tsawé lama'', [[Wyl.]] ''rtsa ba'i bla ma'') main teacher, especially the one who introduces you to the [[nature of mind]]. In ''[[Yeshe Saldrön]]'', his famous commentary on the practice of [[guru yoga]], [[Jamyang Khyentse Chökyi Lodrö]] writes: "The root lama is  
In ''[[Yeshe Saldrön]]'', his famous commentary on the practice of [[Guru Yoga]], [[Jamyang Khyentse Chökyi Lodrö]] writes: "The root guru is (a) the one from whom we receive complete [[empowerment]] into the great [[mandala]]s, or (b) the one grant us the [[three sets of vows]], or, most especially, (c) the one who introduces us to the fundamental wisdom of the nature of mind."
*the one from whom we receive complete [[empowerment]] into the great [[mandala]]s, or  
*the one grant us the [[three sets of vows]], or,  
*most especially, the one who introduces us to the fundamental wisdom of the [[nature of mind]]."
 
==Teachings Given to the [[About Rigpa|Rigpa]] Sangha==
*[[Ringu Tulku Rinpoche]], [[Lerab Ling]], 11 July 2019


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Latest revision as of 13:39, 12 July 2019

Root teacher (Tib. རྩ་བའི་བླ་མ་, tsawé lama, Wyl. rtsa ba'i bla ma) — main teacher, especially the one who introduces you to the nature of mind. In Yeshe Saldrön, his famous commentary on the practice of guru yoga, Jamyang Khyentse Chökyi Lodrö writes: "The root lama is

Teachings Given to the Rigpa Sangha