BĚLKA, Luboš. The Shambhala Myth in Buryatia and Mongolia. In Tomasz Gacek – Jadwiga Pstrusinska (Eds.) Proceedings of the European Society for the Central Asian Studies. Newcastle: Cambridge Scholars Publishing, 2009, 11 pp. ISBN 978-1-4438-1248-1.
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Original name The Shambhala Myth in Buryatia and Mongolia
Authors BĚLKA, Luboš (203 Czech Republic, guarantor, belonging to the institution).
Edition Newcastle, Tomasz Gacek – Jadwiga Pstrusinska (Eds.) Proceedings of the European Society for the Central Asian Studies, 11 pp. 2009.
Publisher Cambridge Scholars Publishing
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Original language English
Type of outcome Proceedings paper
Field of Study 60300 6.3 Philosophy, Ethics and Religion
Country of publisher United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
Confidentiality degree is not subject to a state or trade secret
RIV identification code RIV/00216224:14210/09:00049137
Organization unit Faculty of Arts
ISBN 978-1-4438-1248-1
Keywords in English Buryatia; Mongolia; Shambhala; Buddhism
Changed by Changed by: doc. PhDr. Luboš Bělka, CSc., učo 1764. Changed: 3/1/2011 21:42.
Abstract
In the 20th century, various utopian expectations started to occur in Buryatia, Mongolia and Tibet more often than ever in the past. Utopian narratives appeared both in oral and written forms, rarely were they expressed in a visual form. In Buryat monasteries thangkas and frescoes with the kingdom of Shambhala have been found depicting the Shambhala terminal battle where the winning troops of the Good were led by the ruler Rudra Chakrin. The recovery of the Shambhala myth in the first third of the 20th century in Buryatia had, like other features of religious life, two dimensions - an official i.e. monastic one, and unofficial, popular one. The former is based on monastic rituals and is more institutionalised. The popular version of the myth is looser, less bound to the official cult and ritual and is expressed by folk tales, narrations, legends, songs, prophecies etc. Rudra Chakrins cult in Buryatia is illustrated e.g. by votive xylographs with his depiction.
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GA401/08/0762, research and development projectName: Božstva tibetských náboženství v religionistickém přístupu
Investor: Czech Science Foundation, Deities of Tibetan Religions: Approach of the Academic Studies of Religions
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