Dashi-Dorzho_Itigilov

Dashi-Dorzho Itigilov

Dashi-Dorzho Itigilov

Buddhist lama (1852–1927)

Dashi-Dorzho Itigilov[lower-alpha 1] (13 May 1852 – 15 June 1927)[2] was a Buryat Buddhist lama of the Tibetan Buddhist tradition.[3]

Quick Facts 12th Pandito Khambo Lama, Preceded by ...

Born in the countryside of Buryatia, Itigilov's parents left him at an early age, forcing him to pursue sheep-herding to make ends meet. When he was 15, Itigilov joined the Anninsky Monastery, where he learned to read Tibetan and Sanskrit, enabling him to read Buddhist texts and serve in the Buddhist community. After becoming the religious leader of Russian Buddhists, Itigilov raised money to provide food, clothing, and medical care to World War I soldiers, among other philanthropic acts. In 1927, he died while in a Lotus position. After he was buried in a pine box, Itigilov was exhumed in 1957, showing an intact body. After a change of clothes, a reburial, and a second exhumation in 1973, it was decided in 2002 that Itigilov would remain above ground permanently.

The exhumed body of Itigilov

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Notes

  1. Buryat: Этигэлэй Дашадоржо, romanized: Etigelei Dashadorjo; Russian: Даши-Доржо Итигэлов

References

  1. [1]
    Fedorovich, Nastya (9 November 2023). "Говорят, что мертвые не потеют. Почему Хамбо Лама, который умер в 1927 году, выглядит лучше, чем многие из нас по утрам?" [They say the dead aren't sweating: Why does the Khambo Lama, who died in 1927, look better than so many of us in the morning?]. TechInsider (in Russian). Retrieved 10 February 2024.
  2. [2]
    "В главном Буддийском храме России в Бурятии пройдёт праздник Хамбо ламы Этигэлова" [Khambo Lama Itigilov celebration to be held in Russia's main Buddhist temple]. Eastern TeleInform (in Russian). 13 September 2018. Retrieved 10 February 2024.
  3. [3]
    Quijada, Justine Buck (2019-02-15). Buddhists, Shamans, and Soviets: Rituals of History in Post-Soviet Buryatia. Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0-19-091681-7.
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