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Buddhism in Buryatia, a region in Siberia, Russia, has a deep-rooted history dating back to the 17th century when Tibetan Buddhism first arrived in the area. Initially adopted by ethnic groups like the Selenga and Zede Buryats, Buddhism gradually spread throughout the Transbaikal region.
Buddhism in Buryatia is the northernmost extension of Mahayana Buddhism in Central Asia. It is primarily the Gelug tradition from Tibet, although there are signs of influence from the Nyingma tradition as well. Buddhist followers in Buryatia revere the founder of the Gelug school, the great guru Tsongkhapa (called Zonhobo in Buryat), on par ...
Buddhism might be considered as cultural, social and political field of negotiation between state and one of its culturally different regions. As the article’s title says, the religion may be an instrument of colonization but can also help to preserve cultural distinctiveness.
4 wrz 2023 · The article views the ethno-cultural map of the Eurasian space through the lens of Buryatia by focusing on its transnational living Buddhist tradition. It discusses the evolution of this tradition and the underlying forces that shaped Buryat Buddhist mobility amidst political and socio-economic transformations and intricate power dynamics.
Using the example of Buddhism in Buryatia, the article examines the problem of the post-Soviet return of religion from the periphery to the center of socio-cultural processes.
ALBERT JAWŁOWSKI. Institute of Applied Social Sciences, University of Warsaw. BUDDHISM IN BURYATIA – AN INSTRUMENT OF COLONIAL POLICY OR A FIELD OF PRESERVING CULTURAL DISTINCTIVENESS?
Buddhism assimilated local cults and beliefs giving rise to a regional syncretic form of the Buryat Buddhism with its own specific peculiarities, first of all connected with the history of the Russian state.
