Directory 13 of 238 offices
Offices — Buddhist traditions
The offices filed under Buddhist traditions.
A seat outlasts
whoever sits in it.
Offices and their holders
Offices in Buddhist traditions
India, Sri Lanka, Southeast Asia, Tibet, China, Korea and Japan, roughly 500 BCE to the present.
13 offices
Most linked first
Ordered by how many Wikipedias have an article on each — a measure of how widely a subject is written about, not of its importance to any tradition.
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Dalai Lama Tibetan Buddhist spiritual teacher -
South Asian traditions guru Teacher, expert, counsellor, spiritual guide or leader, often in Hindu, Jain, Buddhist or Sikh traditions -
Lama Honorific title for a teacher of the Dharma in Tibetan Buddhism -
Panchen Lama Priest in Tibetan Buddhism - South Asian traditions samaṇa An ascetic in the Indian tradition, particularly within Hinduism, Buddhism, and Jainism
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Karmapa Head of the Karma Kagyu, a sect of Tibetan Buddhism - Jebtsundamba Khutuktu Lineage
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Ganden Tripa Title of the spiritual leader of the Gelug school of Tibetan Buddhism -
Sakya Trizin Buddhist Lama -
Shabdrung Title used when referring to or addressing great lamas in Tibet, particularly those who held a hereditary lineage -
Christianity abbot Buddhist title in English-speaking countries - Sixteen Arhats List of the Buddha's disciples in South and East Asian tradition
- Phagpa Lha
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Theravāda, Mahāyāna and Vajrayāna, their figures, sutras, lineages and monasteries.