Lama
/ˈlɑːmə/noun
A type of long-necked mammal from South America, often used for carrying things.
The farm in the valley is home to sheep, alpacas, and lamas.
Often appears as...
- wild lama
- domesticated lama
noun
A Buddhist spiritual teacher.
The Dalai Lama is the spiritual leader of Tibetan Buddhism.
Often appears as...
- dalai lama
- high lama
Usage tips
Academic,Religious
noun
A type of long-necked mammal from South America, often used for carrying things.
The farm in the valley is home to sheep, alpacas, and lamas.
Often appears as...
- wild lama
- domesticated lama
noun
A Buddhist spiritual teacher.
The Dalai Lama is the spiritual leader of Tibetan Buddhism.
Often appears as...
- dalai lama
- high lama
Usage tips
Academic,Religious
Definition 1 of 2
Pro Tip 1/3South American Origin
Understand that in the animal context, a 'lama' specifically refers to a creature native to South America.
In South America, you might see a lama in the Andes Mountains.
Pro Tip 2/3Load Carriers
'Lamas' are known for carrying loads; recall this fact to remember their use.
On our hike, the lama carried our supplies.
Pro Tip 3/3Not a Camel
Though similar to camels, 'lamas' are distinct; they lack humps.
Unlike camels, lamas do not have humps on their backs.
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The moral roots of...
out in which everybody does think they're right and everybody at least has some reasons even if you disagree with them everybody has some reasons for what they're doing step out if you do that that's the essential move to cultivate moral humility to get yourself out of this self-righteousness which is the normal human condition think about the dalai lama think about
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Safari Live - Day 178 PIPE...
morning the obviously come out of that block I said see that the lama was playing on the road and then all of a sudden picked up turned his track so she came to connect them and they walked along Central and I didn't know if they were in south or if they had gone further east I think that they may have gone through the east and like I said
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Wade Davis: Into the...
this monastery has been there for thousands of years it was actually built in the early 1900s by a remarkable lama zopa rinpoche and one of the things that I did in this book was tell the stories from the tibetan side and one of the ways that i did it was to go and live months in the monastery of his spiritual heir
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Sky Caves of Nepal, Part...
caves that are may be used for grain storage for for hay for whatever the crop is they're just sort of they don't even think about it and we ask the questions like Pete said how did people used to get into those and they say well you know the lamas fly you're like cool I wish I wish I could do that because
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Sky Caves of Nepal, Part...
project that brought these things back out that is part of our project as well and you can see the effects of the looting that have taken place here what you're looking at is a what's called the Cobham it's a shortened or a reliquary that had once the remains of an important personage probably a lama
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Safari Live - Day 340 PIPE...
most tv shows and so she's filling that role i was saying that i'm sure a few weeks ago we were talking about this and i was saying that i'm sure la lama is going to be here a lot this winter given how dry it is and so hopefully that's going to be the case hopefully mom doesn't push her away and
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Searching for the...
young men to run it themselves after a year they held a public event where the participants presented their claims the men agreed that each person had to swear on a photo of the dalai lama that it was in fact a snow leopard that killed his animals and then they started giving money and
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Inside Saddam's...
Lamas aha Shama dropping her boniva she is aware that the Harbottle Mafia Charlie me a bill me in the nose what I asked him okay tell me your mistakes and he told me he had not I asked him
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See Potala Palace, the...
it also includes Norbulingka once the dalai lama's summer residence conflict led to the exile of the Dalai Lama from Tibet in 1959 and the grounds became a museum but the potala palace
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Safari Live - Day 194 PIPE...
is about growing the lepers they can grow and the way the fully grown ones can weigh up to 90 kilograms SOTA lama has got a long way to grow she is still very much young so let me see
Video examples
The moral roots of...
out in which everybody does think they're right and everybody at least has some reasons even if you disagree with them everybody has some reasons for what they're doing step out if you do that that's the essential move to cultivate moral humility to get yourself out of this self-righteousness which is the normal human condition think about the dalai lama think about
Video examples
Safari Live - Day 178 PIPE...
morning the obviously come out of that block I said see that the lama was playing on the road and then all of a sudden picked up turned his track so she came to connect them and they walked along Central and I didn't know if they were in south or if they had gone further east I think that they may have gone through the east and like I said
Video examples
Wade Davis: Into the...
this monastery has been there for thousands of years it was actually built in the early 1900s by a remarkable lama zopa rinpoche and one of the things that I did in this book was tell the stories from the tibetan side and one of the ways that i did it was to go and live months in the monastery of his spiritual heir
Video examples
Sky Caves of Nepal, Part...
caves that are may be used for grain storage for for hay for whatever the crop is they're just sort of they don't even think about it and we ask the questions like Pete said how did people used to get into those and they say well you know the lamas fly you're like cool I wish I wish I could do that because
Video examples
Sky Caves of Nepal, Part...
project that brought these things back out that is part of our project as well and you can see the effects of the looting that have taken place here what you're looking at is a what's called the Cobham it's a shortened or a reliquary that had once the remains of an important personage probably a lama
Video examples
Safari Live - Day 340 PIPE...
most tv shows and so she's filling that role i was saying that i'm sure a few weeks ago we were talking about this and i was saying that i'm sure la lama is going to be here a lot this winter given how dry it is and so hopefully that's going to be the case hopefully mom doesn't push her away and
Video examples
Searching for the...
young men to run it themselves after a year they held a public event where the participants presented their claims the men agreed that each person had to swear on a photo of the dalai lama that it was in fact a snow leopard that killed his animals and then they started giving money and
Video examples
Inside Saddam's...
Lamas aha Shama dropping her boniva she is aware that the Harbottle Mafia Charlie me a bill me in the nose what I asked him okay tell me your mistakes and he told me he had not I asked him
Video examples
See Potala Palace, the...
it also includes Norbulingka once the dalai lama's summer residence conflict led to the exile of the Dalai Lama from Tibet in 1959 and the grounds became a museum but the potala palace
Video examples
Safari Live - Day 194 PIPE...
is about growing the lepers they can grow and the way the fully grown ones can weigh up to 90 kilograms SOTA lama has got a long way to grow she is still very much young so let me see
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Dalai Lama
Tibetan Leader
I have done one thing that I think is a contribution: I helped Buddhist science and modern science combine. No other Buddhist has done that. Other lamas, I don't think they ever pay attention to modern science. Since my childhood, I have a keen interest.
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William Hartnell
English Actor
I saw the Doctor as a kind of lama, one of those long-lived old boys out in Tibet who might be anything up to eight hundred years old but only look seventy-five.
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Dalai Lama
Tibetan Leader
I have done one thing that I think is a contribution: I helped Buddhist science and modern science combine. No other Buddhist has done that. Other lamas, I don't think they ever pay attention to modern science. Since my childhood, I have a keen interest.
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William Hartnell
English Actor
I saw the Doctor as a kind of lama, one of those long-lived old boys out in Tibet who might be anything up to eight hundred years old but only look seventy-five.
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