People at Sera

by José Ignacio Cabezón

March 1, 2004

Section 2 of 3

Glossary

Note: These glossary entries are alphabetized by their English translations. Columns of information for all entries are listed in this order: THL Extended Wylie transliteration of the term, THL Phonetic rendering of the term, the English translation, the Sanskrit equivalent, associated dates, and the type of term. To view the glossary sorted by any one of these rubrics, click on the corresponding label (such as “Phonetics”) at the top of its column.

Extended Wylie	Phonetics	English	Sanskrit	Date	Type
mkhan po	khenpo	abbot			Term
brtsi bzhag	tsizhak	accounting			Term
		a commentary on the vinaya	nidāna		Doxographical Category
		a commentary on the vinaya found in the Tengyur	vinayasūtra		Text
las sne pa	lenepa	administrator			Term
rdo rams pa	dorampa	a geshé degree granted by Drepung Monastery			Term
dge bshes lha ram pa	geshé lharampa	a geshé degree granted by the Tibetan government in public examinations			Term
tshogs ram	tsokram	a geshé degree granted by the Tibetan government in public examinations			Term
lha ram	lharam	a geshé degree granted by the Tibetan government in public examinations			Term
rigs ram	rikram	a geshé degree granted internally by one of Sera’s two philosophical colleges			Term
rigs ram pa	rikrampa	a geshé degree granted internally by one of Sera’s two philosophical colleges			Term
gling gseb	lingsep	a geshé degree granted jointly by Sera’s two philosophical colleges			Term
bla brang	labrang	a lama’s household			Term
dgong bcad	gongché	a monastic who fasts in the evening			Term
skyid sdug	kyiduk	a monk officially “on the books”			Term
bla ma	lama	anyone who serves as the spiritual mentor of anyone else, recognized incarnation	guru		Term
		ascetic	śramaṇa		Term
		a text containing the Theravāda Buddhist vows	patimokkha		Text
		a type of Buddhism practiced in most of Southeast Asia	theravāda		Doxographical Category
pe cin	Pechin	Beijing			Publication Place
tshogs ’du	tsokdu	board of governance			Term
spyi rgan	chigen	chief elder			Term
grwa tshang	dratsang	college			Term
drung yig	drungyik	college secretary			Term
’grel pa	drelpa	commentary			Term
grwa rgyun	dragyün	continuing monks			Term
bla kha bcu	Lakha Chu	Council of Ten Lamas			Term
dge bkod	gekö	disciplinarian			Term
sgo gnyer	gonyer	door keeper, temple attendant			Term
chos gzhi	chözhi	endowment			Term
spyi pa	chipa	financial officer			Term
sdom pa	dompa	formal vows			Term
gling ka	lingka	fraternal unit of dopdops; park			Term
dge slong	gelong	fully ordained monk			Term
dge slong ma	gelongma	fully ordained nun			Term
dge bshes rab brtan	Geshé Rapten	Geshe Rabten			Person
dge bshes bzod pa	Geshé Zöpa	Geshe Sopa			author
tshogs chen	Tsokchen	Great Assembly Hall			building
chen mo lags	chenmolak	great one, chant master			Term
smon lam chen mo	Mönlam Chenmo	Great Prayer Festival			festival
gdan sa	densa	great seat			Term
har gdong khang tshan	Hamdong Khangtsen	Hamdong Regional House			place
gzhi dgon	zhigön	home monastery			monastery
shag	shak	household			Term
shag tshan	shaktsen	household			Term
rgyal sprul ho thog thu	Gyeltrül Hotoktu	incarnation of a previous king/regent			Term
rig pa	rikpa	intellect			Term
grwa tshang byes	Dratsang Jé	Jé College			monastery
byes	Jé	Jé College			monastery
gnyer tshang	nyertsang	keeper of the stores			Term
kong po khang tshan	Kongpo Khangtsen	Kongpo Regional House			monastery
grwa tshang gi bla ma	dratsanggi lama	lama of the college			Term
tshogs chen gyi bla ma	tsokchengyi lama	lama of the Great Assembly			Term
khang tshan gyi bla ma	khangtsengyi lama	lama of the regional house			Term
bla spyi	lachi	lama society			Term
		lasting happiness, permanent peace	nirvāṇa		Term
dbu mdzad	umdzé	leader, chant master			Term
rigs che chung tshogs langs	rik chechung tsoklang	Lesser and Greater Lineage Debuts			Term
zhal ngo	zhelngo	lieutenant			Term
rig pa chung chung	rikpa chungchung	little by way of intelligence			Term
yongs ’dzin	yongdzin	live-in tutor			Term
byams smon sgrub mchod	Jammön Drupchö	Maitreya Prayer/Offering Festival			festival
sde gnod	denö	major subdivision of the Buddhist canon	piṭaka		title collection
grwa tshang smad	Dratsang Mé	Mé College			monastery
smad	Mé	Mé College			monastery
’gyed	gyé	monetary donations (for the monastic assembly)			Term
grwa	dra	monk			Term
grwa pa	drapa	monk			Term
rab tu byung	raptujung	monk			Term
grwa log	dralok	monks who leave the monkhood			Term
shag chas	shakché	monk’s share (of the estate)			Term
rol dbyangs pa	rölyangpa	musician			Term
mi rigs dpe skrun khang	Mirik Petrünkhang	Nationalities Publishing House			publisher
lo gsar	Losar	New Year Festival			festival
rig pa mi ’dug	rikpa minduk	no intelligence at all			Term
dge tshul	getsül	novice			Term
a ni	ani	nun			Term
sgrigs zhugs	drikzhuk	official membership			Term
grwa pa dkyus ma	drapa kyüma	ordinary monk			Term
khungs	khung	organizational affiliation			Term
lha bris pa	lhapripa	painter			Term
gnas ’khor mkhan	nekhorkhen	pilgrim			Term
spyi gso	chiso	provost, “caretaker of (the monks) in general”			Term
ldob ldob	dopdop	punk monk, worker monk			Term
gso sbyong	sojong	purification/confession ritual			Term
sprul sku	trülku	recognized incarnation			Term
yang srid	yangsi	recognized incarnation			Term
khang tshan	khangtsen	regional house			Term
khang tshan dge rgan	khangtsen gegen	regional house “teacher”			Term
chos mdzad	chöndzé	religious devotee			Term
rab byung	rapjung	renunciate			Term
nges ’byung	ngenjung	renunciation			Term
gzims khang sde pa	zimkhang depa	representative to the Tibetan government; “government official in charge of the rooms”			Term
zhib ’jug byed mkhan	zhimjuk jenkhen	researcher			Term
rwa sgreng rin po che	Radreng Rinpoché	Reting Rinpoché			Person
sku zhabs	kuzhap	reverend			Term
las	lé	ritual action			Term
bsam blo khang tshan	Samlo Khangtsen	Samlo Regional House			place
slob phrug	lopdruk	school children			Term
thang ka	tangka	scroll painting			Term
lha bzo ba	lhapzowa	sculpter			Term
se ra khri pa	Sera Tripa	Sera Throne Holder			Term
dmigs gsal	miksel	special, exceptional treatment			Term
go sa	gosa	status			Term
dbyar chos pa	yarchöpa	summer session staff			Term
stag brag khri sprul	Takdrak Tritrül	Takdrak Rinpoché		1874-1952	Person
sngags pa	Ngakpa	Tantric College, Ngakpa College			monastery
sngags pa grwa tshang	Ngakpa Dratsang	Tantric College, Ngakpa College			monastery
bkra shis tshe ring	Trashi Tsering	Tashi Tsering			Person
ja ma	jama	tea master			Term
yig cha	yikcha	textbook			Term
dpe cha ba	pechawa	textualist			Term
bstan ’gyur	Tengyur	the commentarial portion of the Tibetan Buddhist canon			title collection
’dul ba	Dülwa	the corpus of monastic rules	vinaya		Doxographical Category
rwa sgreng rin po che sku phreng lnga pa	Radreng Rinpoché Kutreng Ngapa	the Fifth Radreng Rinpoché		d. 1947	Person
		the first text of the vinaya	vinayavastu		Text
dge snyen	genyen	the five basic vows of a layman	upāsaka		Term
pham pa	pampa	the four defeats			Term
tshogs gtam chen mo	tsoktam chenmo	The Great Exhortation			Term
		the Jé College tutelary deity	hayagrīva		buddhist deity
bshad sgrub zung ’brel gling	Shedrup Zungdrel Ling	The Place for Combining Study and Practice			place
		the vinaya which Chinese Buddhists follow	mahāsāṃghika vinaya		Doxographical Category
		the vinaya which Theravāda Buddhists follow	theravāda vinaya		Doxographical Category
		the vinaya which Tibetan Buddhists follow	mūlasarvāstivāda vinaya		Doxographical Category
dge ’dun lhag ma bcu gsum	gendün lhakma chuksum	thirteen community-residue			Term
dga’ ldan khri pa	Ganden Tripa	Throne Holder of Ganden			Term
grwa tshang stod pa	Dratsang Töpa	Töpa College			monastery
stod pa	Töpa	Töpa College			monastery
log	lok	to return, to turn away from; a mistake			Term
lta skor ba	takorwa	tourist			Term
bka’ ’gyur	Kangyur	translated words of the Buddha, the Tibetan Buddhist canon			title collection
phyag mdzod	chandzö	treasurer			Term
tre hor	Trehor	Trehor Regional House			place
gtsang pa khang tshan	Tsangpa Khangtsen	Tsangpa Regional House			monastery
chab ril	chapril	water bearers, assembly monitors			Term
brtson ’grus	tsöndrü	will, diligence			Term
’jang dgun chos	jang günchö	winter logic debate			Term
las byed pa	lejepa	worker			Term
mchod mjal ’gro mkhan	chönjel dronkhen	worshipper			Term
bla ma che khag	lama chekhak	“great” lama			Term
bla ma ’bring khag	lama dringkhak	“medium” lama			Term
bla ma cung khag	lama chungkhak	“small” lama			Term
khams	Kham				place
khri zur lhun grub brtson ’grus	Trizur Lhündrup Tsöndrü				Person
mkhan zur blo bzang tshe ring	Khenzur Lopsang Tsering				Person
mkhan rin po che blo bzang don yod	Khen Rinpoché Lopsang Dönyö				Person
dga’ ldan	Ganden				monastery
dge lugs	Geluk				organization
dge bshes	geshé				Term
dge bshes bstan dar	Geshé Tendar				Person
dge bshes ye shes dbang phyug	Geshé Yeshé Wangchuk				author
dge bshes lhun grub thabs mkhas	Geshé Lhündrup Tapkhé				Person
rgan byams pa	Gen Jampa				Person
ngag dbang gsung rab mthu stobs	Ngawang Sungrap Tutop			1874-1952	Person
thub bstan ’jam dpal ye shes bstan pa’i rgyal mtshan	Tupten Jampel Yeshé Tenpé Gyeltsen			d. 1947	Person
dung dkar rin po che	Dungkar Rinpoché				author
dwags po	Dakpo				place
sde dge	Degé				organization
sde srid sang rgyas rgya mtsho	Desi Sanggyé Gyatso				author
nor bu gling kha	Norbu Lingkha				building
po ta la	Potala				building
’phan po	Penpo				place
bai ḍūrya ser po	Baidurya Serpo				Text
byang	Chang				place
byams chen chos rje	Jamchen Chöjé			1354-1435	Person
’bras spungs	Drepung				monastery
mon	Mön				place
tsong kha pa	Tsongkhapa				Person
tshe dbang rin chen	Tsewang Rinchen				editor
tshe smon gling	Tsemönling				monastery
rwa sgreng	Radreng				monastery
shar pa sprul sku	Sharpa Trülku				Person
shar pa bla brang	Sharpa Labrang				organization
se ra	Sera				monastery
se ra theg chen gling	Sera Tekchen Ling				Text
ser smad thos bsam nor bu gling grwa tshang gi chos ’byung lo rgyus nor bu’i phreng ba	Sermé Tösam Norbuling Dratsanggi Chöjung Logyü Norbü Trengga				Text
ser smad dpe mdzod khang	Sermé Pendzökhang				publisher
lha sa	Lhasa				place
a mdo	Amdo				place
			gandhara		place

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