leadership role within a community

“Lama” means teacher or master, and a lama is essentially a monk who has achieved some renown and taken on a leadership role within a community. There are thought to be hundreds of lamas within Tibetan Buddhism, which incorporates tenets of both traditional Buddhism and shamanistic practices that preceded its creation. Worshippers consider the Dalai Lama to be the manifestation of Avalokiteshvara the Buddhist source of compassion. The current Dalai Lama, Tenzin Gyatso, is the 14th in a line that began in 1391. Tibetans believe that when he dies he will be reborn to continue his role as spiritual leader. หนังใหม่2025