Difference between revisions of "Abbot"

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Abbot — mkhan po,

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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-See also: [[The Light of Wisdom]] - ISBN 962-7341-37-1; Pg. 279
+Abbot — [[mkhan po]],
-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]
+*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
+[[Category:Key Terms]]
-[[Category: Key Terms]] [[Category: Mahayana]] [[Category: Sutra]] [[Category: Vajrayana]] [[Category: Teachings]] [[Category: Tantra]] [[Category: Dzogchen]]