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Prayers in the Lhakgangh

Wish you a wonderful end of the week:)

HUGS

 

 

[In all, there were some 15,000 monks in Bhutan. There were also active congregations of nuns.

The hierarchy is headed by the Je Khenpo, who was assisted by five lopons or masters, each in charge of religious tradition, liturgy, lexicography, or logic and university.

The lonpon, one of whom, the Dorji Lonpon, normally succeeded the current Je Khenpo, had under them religious administrators and junior monastic officials in charge of art, music, and other areas.

 

Gelugpa monks were celibate, but Nyingmapas consist of not only monks but also householders, allowing them to marry, raise families, and work in secular occupations while performing liturgical functions in temples and homes.]

 

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