From the Faith of Lamas to Global Buddhism: The Construction of Buddhist Tradition in Russian Trans-Baikal from the Eighteenth to the Early Twentieth Century

From the Faith of Lamas to Global Buddhism: The Construction of Buddhist Tradition in Russian Trans-Baikal from the Eighteenth to the Early Twentieth Century

The article invites readers to reconsider the history of Buddhism in Russian Trans-Baikal as a gradual process of negotiation and redefinition that involved different actors: lamas, Russian imperial officials of various levels, Orthodox missionaries, Buriat national activists, Saint Petersburg Orien...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Nikolay Tsyrempilov
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: CERES / KHK Bochum 2019-05-01
Series:Entangled Religions - Interdisciplinary Journal for the Study of Religious Contact and Transfer
Subjects:
Buddhism
Buriats
Russia
Trans-Baikal
tradition
reinterpretation of tradition
Online Access:https://er.ceres.rub.de/index.php/ER/article/view/8302

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