A Khambo Lama ( bo, མཁན་པོ་བླ་མ; mn, Хамба лам; russian: Хамбо-лама) is the title given to the senior

lama Lama (; "chief") is a title for a teacher of the Dharma in Tibetan Buddhism. The name is similar to the Sanskrit term ''guru'', meaning "heavy one", endowed with qualities the student will eventually embody. The Tibetan word "lama" means "hi ...

of a Buddhist monastery in

Mongolia Mongolia; Mongolian script: , , ; lit. "Mongol Nation" or "State of Mongolia" () is a landlocked country in East Asia, bordered by Russia to the north and China to the south. It covers an area of , with a population of just 3.3 million, ...

and

Russia Russia (, , ), or the Russian Federation, is a List of transcontinental countries, transcontinental country spanning Eastern Europe and North Asia, Northern Asia. It is the List of countries and dependencies by area, largest country in the ...

. It is sometimes translated to the Christian title

abbot Abbot is an ecclesiastical title given to the male head of a monastery in various Western religious traditions, including Christianity. The office may also be given as an honorary title to a clergyman who is not the head of a monastery. The fem ...

. It is the title of the spiritual leader of Buddhists in

Buryatia Buryatia, officially the Republic of Buryatia (russian: Республика Бурятия, r=Respublika Buryatiya, p=rʲɪsˈpublʲɪkə bʊˈrʲætʲɪjə; bua, Буряад Улас, Buryaad Ulas, , mn, Буриад Улс, Buriad Uls), is ...

(from the 18th century); the leaders of Buddhists in

Tuva Tuva (; russian: Тува́) or Tyva ( tyv, Тыва), officially the Republic of Tuva (russian: Респу́блика Тыва́, r=Respublika Tyva, p=rʲɪˈspublʲɪkə tɨˈva; tyv, Тыва Республика, translit=Tyva Respublika ...

and Altai; and the head of Mongolian Buddhists. It is derived from the Buddhist academic title

Khenpo The term khenpo (Tib. མཁན་པོ། mkhen po), or khenmo (in the feminine) is a degree for higher Buddhist studies given in Tibetan Buddhism. In the Nyingma, Kagyu, and Sakya traditions, the title is awarded usually after a period of 1 ...

Current khambo lamas

Mongolia

*Khambo lama of

Gandantegchinlen Khiid The Gandantegchinlen Monastery ( mn, Гандантэгчинлэн хийд, ''Gandantegchinlen khiid'', short name: Gandan mn, Гандан) is a Mongolian Buddhist monastery in the Mongolian capital of Ulaanbaatar that has been restored and r ...

- Khamba Lama, Gabju Demberelyn Choijamts Hamba Choijamts

Russia

- Pandito Hambo Lama XXIV -

Damba Badmayevich Ayusheev Damba Badmaevich Ayusheev (born on September 1, 1962 in Bursomon, Krasnochikoysky District, Chita Oblast, USSR)—the XXIV Pandito Khambo Lama—a Head of the Buddhist Traditional Sangkha of Russia. Biography In 1980 Damba Ayusheev graduated ...

- Kamba Lama V of Tuva - Saldum Baska (Tsultim Tenzin) * Altai - Hambo Lama - Mergen Vasilyevich Shagayev

Gallery

File:Hambo Lama.jpg, Khambo lama of the

Tamchinsky datsan The Tamchinsky datsan ( bua, Тамчын дасан, ''Tamchyn Dasan''), also called the Tamchinskii datsan or Gusinoozyorsk Datsan, is a Buddhist monastery founded in the mid-18th century in the village of Gusinoye Ozero, located on the south-w ...

in 1886 File:Late 1800s photo of Khamba Lama of the Selenginsk Datsan (cropped).png, Late 1800s photo of Khamba Lama of the Selenginsk

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 Tibetan Buddhist titles Buddhism in Buryatia Buddhism in Mongolia Gelug Lamas

Current khambo lamas

Mongolia

Russia

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