Mandala Dandarona : Vizualnaja reprezentacija istorii neoficialnoj burjatskoj buddijskoj sangchi sovětskogo perioda

BĚLKA, Luboš. Mandala Dandarona : Vizualnaja reprezentacija istorii neoficialnoj burjatskoj buddijskoj sangchi sovětskogo perioda (Mandala of Dandaron : a visual representation of the history of the unofficial Buryat Buddhist Sangha of Soviet period). Tartaria Magna. 2012, roč. 2, č. 1, p. 148-169. ISSN 2224-9559.

Basic information

• Original name: Mandala Dandarona : Vizualnaja reprezentacija istorii neoficialnoj burjatskoj buddijskoj sangchi sovětskogo perioda
• Name (in English): Mandala of Dandaron : a visual representation of the history of the unofficial Buryat Buddhist Sangha of Soviet period
• Authors: BĚLKA, Luboš (203 Czech Republic, guarantor, belonging to the institution).
• Edition: Tartaria Magna, 2012, 2224-9559.

Other information

• Original language: Russian
• Type of outcome: Article in a journal
• Field of Study: 60300 6.3 Philosophy, Ethics and Religion
• Country of publisher: Russian Federation
• Confidentiality degree: is not subject to a state or trade secret
• RIV identification code: RIV/00216224:14210/12:00059799
• Organization unit: Faculty of Arts
• Keywords in English: Bidia D. Dandaron; Buryatia; Buddhism; Soviet Union; Tibet
• Tags: International impact, Reviewed

Abstract

Bidija Dandaron javljalsja odnim iz vydajuščich issledovatělej buddzima v Sovětskom Sojuze šestiděsjatych godov prošlovo věka. No on byl tože buddistom. Statja posvjaščona istorii odnoj očen intěresnoj mandaly - Mandaly inemi Dandarona, kotoruju narysoval v 1971 godu ego učenik Železnov. Mandala sosredotočajetsja na prediduščeje žizni Dandarona, kogda on jalvjalsja tibetskim učonym, lamoj i tak dalee. Mandala prjamo svjazanna s sekretnoj sangchoj v Burjatii, u stolicii respubliky Ulan-Ude, kotoraja suščestvovala do 1972 goda. Dandaron skončalsja v sibirskoj tjurme - Vidrino, 26-oro Oktjabrja 1974.

Abstract (in English)

As a case-study of the history of Buddhism in Russia this paper discuss the founding of a new form of Buddhism within the traditional Buryat sangha. In the mid 1960s a small but important, Buddhist community originated in Ulan-Ude. An unofficial or clandestine micro-sangha formed around Bidia D. Dandaron, a Buryat Buddhist scholar, which existed until 1972, the year of Dandaron's imprisonment. Subsequently he was sentenced to five years in the prison, where he died in 26th October 1974. One of his first disciples was Alexandr I. Zheleznov, who painted the Vajrabhairava mandala which was both untraditional and innovative. This Dandaron Mandala may be perceived as the visual part of the collective memory of one particular group of Buddhists in Buryatia. This group includes both the members of Dandaron's group who got acquainted with the mandala shortly after its origination and its present interpreters.