Khambo Lama
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A Khambo Lama (
Standard Tibetan: མཁན་པོ་བླ་མ; Mongolian: Хамба лам; Russian: Хамбо-лама) is the title given to the senior lama of a Buddhist monastery in Mongolia and Russia. It is sometimes translated to the Christian title abbot
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It is the title of the spiritual leader of Buddhists in Buryatia (from the 18th century); the leaders of Buddhists in Tuva and Altai; and the head of Mongolian Buddhists.
It is derived from the Buddhist academic title Khenpo.
Current khambo lamas
Mongolia
- Khambo lama of Gandantegchinlen Khiid- Khamba Lama, Gabju Demberelyn Choijamts
Russia
- Damba Badmayevich Ayusheev
- Tuva - Kamba Lama V of Tuva - Saldum Baska (Tsultim Tenzin)
- Altai - Hambo Lama - Mergen Vasilyevich Shagayev
Gallery
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Khambo lama of the Tamchinsky datsan in 1886 -
Late 1800s photo of Khamba Lama of the Selenginsk
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See also
References
- Чимитдоржин, Г. Г. Институт Пандито Хамбо лам. 1764—2004: сборник биографической информации/Буддийская Традицион. Сангха России, Буддийский ин-т «Даши Чойнхорлин». Ин-т монголоведения, буддологии и тибетологии СО РАН. — Улан-Удэ: Изд-во буддийского ин-та «Даши Чойнхорлин», 2004. ISBN 5-94629-010-X