- zhag gi dge rgan/
- ID:
- T167188
- ཞག་གི་དགེ་རྒན (Tibetan, Tibetan script, Original)
- > zhag gi dge rgan/ (Tibetan, Latin script, Transliteration-THL Extended Wylie Transliteration)
- > zhakgi gegen (Tibetan, Latin script, Transcription-THL Simplified Tibetan Transcription)
Room teacher. In a large monastery, a teacher who lives with a group of students in their regional house (khang tshan). The room teacher is a worldly teacher worldly teacher (‘jig rten dge rgan) rather than an academic teacher, and oversees the daily lives and finances of young monks. This supervision lasts from the time a monk arrives in the monastery through ten years after the monk’s full ordination.
- language:
- English
- Author:
- Chris Hatchell
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