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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 ...
4 wrz 2023 · Based on new evidence, the study uncovers the legacy of Buryats who advanced Buddhism beyond national frontiers, thereby creating a transnational community rooted in a shared cultural code, and reveals emerging trends and reconfigurations in the post-Soviet Buryat Buddhist renaissance.
As the article’s title says, the religion may be an instrument of colonization but can also help to preserve cultural distinctiveness. Text describes complex relations between these two dimensions of religion which shaped Buryat culture and identity starting from the turn of the 17th and 18th centuries till nowadays
The case I would like to consider in this context concerns the role of religion in Buddhist Buryat culture in the process of integration into the structure of the Russian state and the further functioning within its frameworks while maintaining and developing separate cultural identity1.
28 wrz 2022 · Buddhism in Buryatia is the northernmost extension of Vajrayana Buddhism in Central Asia. It is primarily the Gelug tradition from Tibet, although there are signs of influence from the Nyingma tradition as well.
We start with an overview of urban history in the Republic of Buryatia as well as the revival of traditional Buddhism after the collapse of the Soviet Union; further on, we define the major Buddhist communities who perform their activities within the urban space of Ulan-Ude.
