Akhaldaev, Lubsan-Zhimba

He was the son of Akhalday from the Khatagin family, who arrived in the Russian state, in the area of ​​Tamcha, from the Sayn-Noyon-Khanov aimag of Mongolia . He was born in the Khoninoy Nuga area ( Rus. Barany meadow ) south of Selenginsk , near the current village of Povorot, Selenginsky district of Buryatia , on the western side of the Kyakhtinsky tract , on the left bank of the Chikoy river.

In 1721, Lubsan-Jimba was sent to Urga in Khuree Khalkha Jebdzun Damba-Hutuhta , where he received a Buddhist education under the leadership of Manjushri Mergen hambo nomun-khan. In the annals of J. Lombotsyrenova this event is described as follows:

A representative of the Selenginsky Undercity from the otoka Khatagin Lubsan Jimba Akhaldain went to study the Buddhist creeds in Urga to Jebzundamba hutuhta. As a student of Manjushiri Mergenhamba, he mastered the dogmas of the Lamaist religion, returning, began to preach its teachings on the Urgin model, being a clergyman in the Gusinoozersky (Khul-Nursky) datsan.

Soon after returning from Mongolia, in 1741, Akhaldaev, together with the founder of the Undercity clan Andahai and his cousin Sanji Lama, set up a felt dugan on the right bank of the Temnik River in the territory of Undar Shikhoy. At the same time, by the decree of the Chikoy administration, Akhaldaev was awarded the title of “centurion of the dalama under the nightmare datsan.” Subsequently, the datsan was transferred to the Goose Lake , at the foot of the Khongor-uula (Tsogto-Khongor) mountain, and in 1750 one of the first stationary Buddhist temples in Buryatia was built here from wood.

Gusinoozersky datsan very soon acquired great importance. With the resettlement of six Bulagat clans from the Prebaikal to the north of Gusinoye Lake, the number of its parishioners exceeded the number assigned to the main, by that time, Tsongolsky datsan . Selenginsk commandant V.V. Jacobi , trying to avoid contention among the datsans, limited the influence of Akhaldaev and ordered: “ To be Akhaldaev in everything under the authority and direction, in obedience to the Tsongol main lama, not to repair anything without the knowledge of this lama, in which uluses nor were ” ^[1] .

In 1776, Akhaldaev was approved in the rank of Erdeni Pido and became shireete (rector) of five datsans on the left bank of the Selenga River : Gusinoozersky, Atsaysky (main 1743), Dyrestuysky (main 1749), Ichetuysky (main 1773) and Burgaltai (main 1773). 1707). In 1780, during the existence of two religious centers, the Gusinoozersky and Tsongolsky datsans, he was elected the Pandito Khambo Lama of the left - bank datsans. Since 1783, the Gusinoozersky datsan, which was led by Akhaldaev, de facto becomes the residence of Pandido Khambo Lam.

In 2007, in the Khonin Nuga area near the Kyakhtinsky tract, near the village of Povorot, the Selenginsky district of Buryatia, the stupa suburban Zhanchup Choddon was erected, dedicated to the third Pandito Khambo-lama Lubsan-Zhimba Akhaldaev.

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• Chimitdorzhin G.G. Institute of Pandito Hambo Lam. 1764-2004. - Ulan-Ude, 2004 .-- S.51-119.
• Badmarinchinov N. Rebel Akhaldaev. - The newspaper "Buryatia-7", March 27, 2013.