- practices. In Bhutan, and some
other parts of the Himalayas, the term
gomchen is the term most
often used to
refer to this type of
Vajrayana practitioner...
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Gomchen Pema
Chewang Tamang (1918 – 13
March 1966) was a
Tibetan Buddhist scholar,
teacher and a
renounced practitioner. Born in Boomtar, Namchi, South...
- In late May, she went to Lachen,
where she met
Lachen Gomchen Rinpoche, the
superior (
gomchen) of the town's monastery, with the
improvised interpreter...
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Eastern Tibet Pema
Trinle (1874–1950),
teacher of the
Sakya tradition Gomchen Pema
Chewang Tamang (1918–1966),
Sikkimese Buddhist scholar Pema Chödrön...
- lay
clergy and lay
tantric specialists, such as
Ngagpas (Skt. mantrī),
Gomchens, Serkyims, and Chödpas (practitioners of Chöd).
According to Samuel, in...
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monastic Lobdras,
where teachers received official stipends and
where gomchens (young lay priests) studied. By 2006,
there were also 10 nunneries, started...
- The
abbot was the
religious head, but the
secular ruler was a
Gompa or
Gomchen. With rare
exceptions this was a
hereditary position within the
Kyura clan...
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Education Taktse Nyingma Institute,
Gangtok Sikkim,
India Other names
Gomchen Rinpoche Occupation Lama
Religious life
Religion Tibetan Buddhism School...
- of its seclusion,
there are no
resident monks/nuns in this monastery.
Gomchen Pema
Chewang Tamang from Boomtar, Namchi,
South Sikkim, was the main founder...
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approximately 100
gomchens. They
perform periodical rituals and
other related religious rituals.
There is a
Meditation Center where many
Gomchens meditate for...
