Lama Pema Chewang Gomchen | |
|---|---|
| Personal | |
| Born | Ratnaman Tamang 1918 (Year of Horse) Boomtar, Namchi, South Sikkim, Kingdom of Sikkim |
| Died | 13 March 1966 Boomtar, Namchi, South Sikkim, Kingdom of Sikkim |
| Resting place | Alley Dichae Choling Gumpa, Namchi, South Sikkim, India |
| Religion | Buddhism |
| Nationality | Sikkimese |
| School | Tibetan |
| Sect | Nyingma |
| Notable work(s) | Founder- Tendong Gumpa, Co-Founder member of Namgyal Institute of Tibetology |
| Dharma names | Péma Chewang |
| Organization | |
| Institute | Namdroling Gumpa, Kharag, Tibet |
| Senior posting | |
| Teacher | Khempo Vangda Vajra, Lama Zerap Zanjapo |
| Initiation | Karma Choye Kyab (Father's brother) |
Gomchen Pema Chewang Tamang (1918 – 13 March 1966) was a Tibetan Buddhist scholar, teacher and a renounced practitioner.
Born in Boomtar, Namchi, South Sikkim of erstwhile Sikkim Princely State, he was the main founder and head lama of Tendong Dichhen Salhun Gumpa. He did his spiritual studies in Tibet and acquired the title of ‘Gomchen’ (the great meditator) from an eminent Rimpoche Yongzi Dangi Wongpo of Namdroling Gumpa of Tibet. In the monastery, one of his classmates happened to be Maharani Kunzang Dechen, wife of Maharaja Sir Tashi Namgyal of Sikkim. Being a brilliant student and from her own kingdom, she had a cordial relation with Gomchen Pema Chewang Lama. Maharaja & Maharani later extended great help in building the monastery. He was also one among the Twenty-four founder members of the world-famous Namgyal Institute of Tibetology which is situated at Deorali, Gangtok. He possessed multi-talented personality, yet calm, gentle and simple, spent most of his time meditating in loneliness and sometimes helping the society of all spheres in their spiritual needs.[1]