Comments on: LAMAS AND SHAMANS OF THE SACRED HIDDEN LAND https://sikkimproject.org/lamas-and-shamans-of-the-sacred-hidden-land/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=lamas-and-shamans-of-the-sacred-hidden-land The Land and Its People Sun, 12 Nov 2023 21:14:18 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 By: Eden Lepcha https://sikkimproject.org/lamas-and-shamans-of-the-sacred-hidden-land/#comment-191 Sun, 12 Nov 2023 21:14:18 +0000 https://sikkimproject.org/?p=3398#comment-191 It's well written, I am from sikkim and i was glued while reading,so detailed. Loved it. Few things i learned for sure.

]]> By: N. Choden https://sikkimproject.org/lamas-and-shamans-of-the-sacred-hidden-land/#comment-127 Tue, 10 May 2022 07:24:24 +0000 https://sikkimproject.org/?p=3398#comment-127 An insightful article which highlights the world of the Lamas and Shamans, and their interconnections with the wider society.

]]> By: Anna Balikci Denjongpa https://sikkimproject.org/lamas-and-shamans-of-the-sacred-hidden-land/#comment-126 Sun, 08 May 2022 04:17:18 +0000 https://sikkimproject.org/?p=3398#comment-126 In reply to Karma Choda Bhutia.

For more details about the relation between Lamas and pawo/nejum/bongthing in the context of Tingchim village between 1993 and 1996, and indeed with Bon, and the village's relation with the monasteries, please refer to my book "Lamas, Shamans and Ancestors" usually available at Rachna. For the various identities of Khangchendzonga, please refer to my article http://himalaya.socanth.cam.ac.uk/collections/journals/bot/pdf/bot_2002_02_01.pdf

]]> By: Zai Whitaker https://sikkimproject.org/lamas-and-shamans-of-the-sacred-hidden-land/#comment-125 Sat, 07 May 2022 15:52:56 +0000 https://sikkimproject.org/?p=3398#comment-125 Another unique and fascinating article...and the same adjectives can be applied to the Sikkim Project itself...and indeed, to Sikkim.

]]> By: Dr. Rieki Crins https://sikkimproject.org/lamas-and-shamans-of-the-sacred-hidden-land/#comment-124 Sat, 07 May 2022 05:48:40 +0000 https://sikkimproject.org/?p=3398#comment-124 Very good article and very much in line what I experienced in a village in West Bhutan in 1990 where I did research.

]]> By: Karma Choda Bhutia https://sikkimproject.org/lamas-and-shamans-of-the-sacred-hidden-land/#comment-123 Sat, 07 May 2022 03:47:22 +0000 https://sikkimproject.org/?p=3398#comment-123 After reading the entire articel my observation is that it is well documented, however the entire details pertain to one particular village that is Tingchim. The article depicts of Lamas and the Shamans sharing common contexts and as to how the same happened. Having done shamanic workshops and Buddhist workshops in Sikkim for three consecutive years and the research which o personally have done on the two topics I found out that the pawo and the nejum are shamans but the both are related to Bon Buddhism and the same can be found across Sikkim with most of the Buddhist families of Sikkim as each and every family do have a phola and mohla and this is entirely against the Nyingmapa and the Kagyudpa sect of Tibetan Buddhis. Every Sikkimey Buddhist in Sikkim follow these two sects of Buddhism (Lepchas,Bhots, Gurungs, Tamangs etc) and these two sects are the purified form of Buddhism or a part of modern Buddhism but Bon Buddhism was a shamanic form plus Kanchendzonga is Sikkim's guardian diety and not just a diety for riches. Written well with effort however the entire article misleads and a lot of errors can be found possible the research on the article pertained to just one village.

]]> By: Pratap Singh Rai https://sikkimproject.org/lamas-and-shamans-of-the-sacred-hidden-land/#comment-121 Fri, 06 May 2022 15:56:44 +0000 https://sikkimproject.org/?p=3398#comment-121 Very lucid.
20 years past but mostly still holds true.

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