- 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...
- 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...
-
Gomchen Pema
Chewang Tamang (1918 – 13
March 1966) was a
Tibetan Buddhist scholar,
teacher and a
renounced practitioner. Born in Boomtar, Namchi, South...
-
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...
-
monastic lobdras,
where teachers received official stipends and
where gomchens (young lay priests) studied. By 2006,
there were also 10 nunneries, started...
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Independent 2,010 42.52% Dil
Kumari Bhandari SSP 1,749 37.% 261 32
Sangha 31.88%
Namkha Gyaltsen SSP 383 52.32%
Lachen Gomchen Rinpochi INC 349 47.68% 34...
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Indian civil servant Chewang Rinchen (1931–1997),
Indian Army
officer Gomchen Pema
Chewang Tamang (1918–1966),
Tibetan Buddhist scholar Pema Chewang...
- 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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Party Candidate Votes % ±% SSP
Namkha Gyaltsen 383 52.32% New INC
Lachen Gomchen Rinpochi 349 47.68% New
Margin of
victory 34 4.64% 83.79
Turnout 732 31...
