| Term | refuge preceptor |
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| Tibetan | |
| Sanskrit | |
| Pali | |
| Definition | A spiritual mentor who has kept one of the sets of pratimoksha vows purely for a certain number of years and in whose presence spiritual seekers formally take refuge (put a safe direction in their lives), thus committing themselves to the Buddhist path. |
| German | Zufluchts-Präzeptor / die Zufluchten gebende Präzeptor |
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