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Abbot — [[mkhan po]],
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See also: [[The Light of Wisdom]] - ISBN 962-7341-37-1; Pg. 279
  
*In general the transmitter of the monastic vows. This title is also given to a person who has attained a high degree of knowledge of Dharma and is authorized to teach it. [AJP] from The Great Image ISBN 1-59030-069-6
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causal teachings are explained thus: "Having fully turned the three successive Dharma Wheels of the [[causal teachings]] of the philosophical vehicles, which apply the causes for a [[buddhahood]] which is not a fruition in the present situation, [the Buddha prophesied] this: the short path of the resultant Vajra Vehicle, which applies the fruition of [[buddhahood]] in the present situation, 'will appear twenty-eight years after I have passed into nirvana'" [RY]
  
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See also: The Light of Wisdom - ISBN 962-7341-37-1; Pg. 279

causal teachings are explained thus: "Having fully turned the three successive Dharma Wheels of the causal teachings of the philosophical vehicles, which apply the causes for a buddhahood which is not a fruition in the present situation, [the Buddha prophesied] this: the short path of the resultant Vajra Vehicle, which applies the fruition of buddhahood in the present situation, 'will appear twenty-eight years after I have passed into nirvana'" [RY]