ཏའི་སི་ཏུ་པ། | Glossary of Terms

ཏའི་སི་ཏུ་པ།

ta’i si tu pa

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Tai Situpa

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Tai Situpa

ཏའི་སི་ཏུ་པ།

ta’i si tu pa

Definition in this text:

A Chinese title, meaning “Great Preceptor.” It was conferred by the Chinese emperor in 1407 on Chökyi Gyaltsen (chos kyi rgyal mtshan), a prominent Karma Kagyü lama. Following his death there have been recognitions of continuous rebirths up to the present time.

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