Kyabje; 怙主, 尊者, 皈依主 (嘉傑); Tibetan: སྐྱབས་རྗེ (kyab je); Wylie: skyabs rje;
Kyabje is a mark of respect reserved for the senior most lamas whose realization and powers are extraordinary. The term means lord (je, རྗེ) of refuge (kyab, སྐྱབས), signifying someone who, on account of his or her extraordinary realization, has the capacity to protect us from the suffering of samsara and its causes, the disturbing emotions.
怙主 / 皈依主 是對證悟能力非凡的最高上師的尊稱, 他有能力保護我們免於輪迴及其成因 (煩惱情緒) 所帶來的痛苦。藏文 སྐྱབས (kyab, 嘉) 意思是皈依, རྗེ (je, 傑) 意思是上師.