Erdne Ombadykow
Erdne Ombadykow | |
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Ombadykow in 2011 | |
| 19th Šajin Lama | |
| In office 1992 – 27 January 2023 | |
| Preceded by | Position re-established Lubsan Sharab Tepkin (1931) |
| Succeeded by | Mutul Ovyanov |
| Personal life | |
| Born | 27 October 1972 Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States |
| Religious life | |
| Religion | Tibetan Buddhism |
| Temple | Drepung Gomang Monastery |
| School | Gelug |
| Senior posting | |
| Period in office | c. 1979–present |
| Predecessor | Diluwa Khutugtu Jamsrangjab |
| Reincarnation | Tilopa |
Erdne-Basan Ombadykow (Oirat: Омбадһа Эрдн-Басң, romanized: Ombadha Erdn-Basñ, [ombadəˈɣa ɛrdˈnə baˈsəŋk], Russian: Эрдни Басангович Омбадыков, romanized: Erdni Basangovich Ombadykov, [ɪrdˈnʲi bɐˈsanɡəvʲɪt͡ɕ ɐmbəˈdɨkəf], born 27 October 1972), also known as Telo Tulku Rinpoche (Russian: Тэло Тулку Ринпоче), is a Kalmyk-American Vajrayana Buddhist lama who served as the 19th Šajin Lama (Oirat: Шаҗн лама, romanized: Şacn lama, [ʃaˈd͡ʒən ˈlama]) of Kalmykia from 1992 to 2023, when he left Russia following the Russian invasion of Ukraine. He received his formal training as a bhikkhu in India and was recognized by the 14th Dalai Lama as the current reincarnation of Tilopa.