The Supreme Lama of Kalmykia resigned after being recognized as a foreign agent
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The Supreme Lama of Kalmykia Telo Tulku Rinpoche (Erdni Ombadykov) left his post. On the eve of the Ministry of Justice acknowledged his foreign agent. The lama said he served “the Kalmyk people and Buddhists throughout Russia.” His words are quoted in a statement published on site Central Khurul of Kalmykia.
The Supreme Lama of Kalmykia delegated all powers to the rector of the Kalmyk central Buddhist monastery “Geden Sheddup Choi Korling” Geshe Tendzin Choidak (Mutul Ovyanov) and the gelong administrator Yonten Lodoy (Sergey Kirishov).
“I wish the people of Kalmykia and all followers of Buddhism in these difficult times to maintain courage, steadfastness and adherence to the ideals of compassion, love and non-violence, on which the Buddha’s Teaching we profess is based,” Lama said.
Telo Tulku Rinpoche has been the Supreme Lama of Kalmykia since the early 1990s, as well as the official representative of the leader of Tibetan Buddhism, the Dalai Lama XIV in Russia, Mongolia and the CIS. In October 2022, he condemned the fighting in Ukraine. This was the first public criticism of a military operation from a Russian religious leader.
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