Talk:Lama

message: A Lama is fundamentally a teacher.  But not just any teacher: he is a teacher trusted by his (Tibetan Buddhist) lineage to pass on accurate teachings.  The article needs to make this clear.John Allsup (talk) 07:04, 17 July 2011 (UTC)
replies: text: Agree completely. I added information to show the importance of teacher-student relationship from "Calling the Lama from Afar" text Badabara (talk) 04:17, 27 April 2020 (UTC)
thread_title:  Article is unclear 

message: The reference is offensive and bogus.  The view it expresses has been long since been discredited (and it has several spelling errors).
"Lamini" is almost certainly bogus.  I have never seen this word (and I would have, being a serious practitioner in a Tibetan lineage noted for female Lamas).  It combines a Sanskrit feminine (-ini) with a Tibetan word (Lama), which is extremely rare.
216.64.26.210 04:39, 19 February 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Dubious claims 

message: * The truth the mainland Chinese government doesn't want you to know...
Does anybody else think the external link above would be helpful?  I have posted it to this article, but it was removed by Hottentot.  Please give an opinion.  I personally, believe that the link is extremely relavent to the article.--FT in Leeds 02:15, 2 September 2005 (UTC)
replies: text: It's only tangentially related to this article. The correct place for it is in Gedhun Choekyi Nyima, where it currently resides. --Spudtater 16:13, 16 November 2005 (UTC)
thread_title:  External Link: The truth the mainland Chinese government doesn't want you to know 

message: For example
* La'maïsm [Tibetan, Blama, spiritual teacher]. The religion of Tibet and Mongolia, which is Buddhism corrupted by Sivaism and spirit-worship.  E. Cobham Brewer. Dictionary of Phrase and Fable. 1898. 
:Good one. Done Billlion 08:40, 18 November 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: Sources

message: Lama
"Not to be confused with Llama."
Best. Disambiguation. Ever.
99.237.118.206 (talk) 03:51, 15 July 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  I cracked a smile at this... 

message: There is a move discussion in progress on Talk:Lama (disambiguation) which affects this page. Please participate on that page and not in this talk page section. Thank you.  —RMCD bot 18:17, 16 July 2020 (UTC)
thread_title:  Move discussion in progress 

message: Some I found out about: 
* the Dalai Lama
* the Panchen Lama 
* the lama  Kirti Rinpoche
* there are some nuns, women lamas
* Kumari, or Kumari Devi, or Living Durga – Nepal, is the tradition of worshipping young prepubescent girls as manifestations of the divine female energy. When they reach puberty they divinity leaves their body and reincarnates into a new younger - non menstruating - child. There is a whole list of ex-Kumari who then continue to grow up as normal women however they keep some status as being a former Kumari.
So there's what - some 20 lama's, kirti, kumari and ex-kumari alive today? 
Thy, SvenAERTS (talk) 13:22, 18 January 2022 (UTC)
replies: text: This page is for discussing improving the article, not discussing the subject. However, you can find all the  reincarnating lamas that we have articles for at :Category:Tulkus. There are over 100 articles in that category and its subcategories. In general, every tulku is either living or being searched for. I personally know quite a few reincarnations, several of them in both this life and their last. Skyerise (talk) 13:32, 18 January 2022 (UTC)
thread_title:  How many of these reincarnating lama's are alive now?