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Root guru? Mother sentient beings?

Posted: Wed May 14, 2014 1:29 pm
by saraswati
Dear friends: could someone give me the Tibetan (or even Sanskrit) terms for the above concepts?

I still don't understand the difference between guru/root guru/lama, but that is a topic for another subforum, maybe. But knowing the terms when they appear in chants would help.

Thank you in advance. And, happy Wesak to all!

Re: Root guru? Mother sentient beings?

Posted: Wed May 14, 2014 1:31 pm
by Malcolm
saraswati wrote:Dear friends: could someone give me the Tibetan (or even Sanskrit) terms for the above concepts?

I still don't understand the difference between guru/root guru/lama, but that is a topic for another subforum, maybe. But knowing the terms when they appear in chants would help.

Thank you in advance. And, happy Wesak to all!

rtsa ba'i bla ma

ma gyur sems can

Re: Root guru? Mother sentient beings?

Posted: Wed May 14, 2014 1:56 pm
by saraswati
Thank you! :namaste:

Does the concept of mother sentient being come from the Indian Mahayana tradition? Is there a Sanskrit term for this?