- 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...
- 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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Gomchen Pema
Chewang Tamang (1918 – 13
March 1966) was a
Tibetan Buddhist scholar,
teacher and a
renounced practitioner. Born in Boomtar, Namchi, South...
- Samdup. In Lachen, she
lived for
several years close to one of the
greatest gomchens of whom she had the
privilege to be taught, and
above all, she was very...
-
monastic Lobdras,
where teachers received official stipends and
where gomchens (young lay priests) studied. By 2006,
there were also 10 nunneries, started...
-
which is held in the main temple, is
recited here in its
entirety by
gomchens who come here from
their meditation centre at Gogona, in the Phobjikha...
-
approximately 100
gomchens. They
perform periodical rituals and
other related religious rituals.
There is a
Meditation Center where many
Gomchens meditate for...
-
Eastern Tibet Pema
Trinle (1874–1950),
teacher of the
Sakya tradition Gomchen Pema
Chewang Tamang (1918–1966),
Sikkimese Buddhist scholar Pema Chödrön...
-
published a list of
fourteen categories of
religious personalities,
including gomchens, anims, trulkus, khenpos, latruels, pujariyas, and pandits, who were prohibited...
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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...
