喇嘛

要学习和静修20到25年才有资格成为喇嘛。

It takes twenty to twenty-five years of study and meditation to qualify as a lama .

亚历克斯：他可能是一位喇嘛或权威。

Alexei : He 's probably a lama or a guru .

碑文讲的是喇嘛教史。

The inscription on the stele tells the history of Lamaism .

你在喇嘛庙玩得如何？

How was your visit to the Lama Temple ?

喇嘛庙是个有趣的地方，建筑很美。

The Temple is such an interesting place and the buildings were very beautiful .

喇嘛教在蒙古帝国有其特殊地位，享有蒙古人的国家保护。

A special place in the Mongol empire was reserved for Lamaism . Lamaism enjoyed state protection .

寺庙例事在哲蚌寺，喇嘛完成每天清晨的早课后，依然在沉思。

Monastery Ritual Monks remain deep in thought after an early morning prayer meeting at Drepung Monastery .

受争议的“呜呜组啦”仍然占据媒体头条。因为这种喇嘛吹出的声音占据着整个足球赛事的声道。

The controversial vuvuzela continued to headlines just as noise from the monotonal horns has dominated the sound track of this football festival .

这个建筑群建于17世纪，最初是一位皇子的宅邸，后来逐步改建成一座喇嘛庙，如今它是北京香火最旺、最华美的佛寺之一。

Built as a prince 's home in the 17th century , the complex was gradually transformed into a lamasery and is today one of the most active - and colorful - Buddhist temples in the city .

各类宗教的兼蓄并容与喇嘛教的地位：和唐朝时期一样，当来自西方和亚洲内陆的各种宗教传人中国的时候，元朝总是敞开大门，欢迎这些来自西方的、具有不同宗教信仰的商人。

The intermingling of different religions and the position of Lamaism ： Like the Tang Dynasty , when many religions came to China from the West and from the inland of Asia , Yuan China as open to the merchants coming from the West , who had different religious beliefs .

在拉萨哲蚌寺，身穿绛红僧袍的喇嘛们仪式性地辩论经文奥义——何为“真实”的本质，巧不巧——他们这样做实际上是迫于执政者的要求，只要能赚到美元，后者就乐于鼓励旧习俗。

Those red-robed monks practicing ritual debating - on the nature of reality , no less - at the Drepung monastery in Lhasa are in fact doing so at the behest of their rulers in faraway Beijing , happy to encourage old customs so long as those will bring in dollars .