噶举派

噶舉派

Gájǔpài

proper noun

Meanings

1 Kagyu, one of the four main schools of Tibetan Buddhism, popularly the White sect

Characters

Ka-, a sound syllable from Tibetan

-gyu, a sound syllable from Tibetan

Examples

HSK 7-9

噶举派俗称白教，因为早期的僧人穿白色僧衣。

Gájǔpài súchēng Báijiào, yīnwei zǎoqī de sēngrén chuān báisè sēngyī.

The Kagyu school is popularly called the White sect because its early monks wore white robes.

HSK 7-9

噶玛巴是噶举派最大的支系噶玛噶举的领袖。

Gámǎbā shì Gájǔpài zuì dà de zhīxì Gámǎ Gájǔ de lǐngxiù.

The Karmapa is the head of the Karma Kagyu, the largest branch of the Kagyu school.

Tips

history

The name means 'oral transmission'. The school goes back to the 11th-century translator 玛尔巴 and his disciple, the poet-hermit 米拉日巴. Its Karma branch started the practice of recognizing reincarnated lamas (活佛转世) with the Karmapas in the 13th century, a model the other schools later took up.

Stroke Order

噶 gá

举 jǔ

派 pài