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Record Nr.

UNINA9910817684103321

Autore

Tsyrempilov Nikolay

Titolo

Under the Shadow of White Tara : Buriat Buddhists in Imperial Russia / Nikolay Tsyrempilov

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Paderborn, : Brill | Schöningh, 2021

ISBN

3-657-76048-2

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (238 pages)

Collana

Eurasian Studies Library ; 16

Disciplina

261.72

Soggetti

Russian imperial policy

religious tolerance

confessional state

Dharma

Irkutsk

Buddhism

Informational works

History

Informational works.

Documents d'information

Bouriatie (Russie) Vie religieuse

Russia (Federation) Buri︠a︡tii︠a︡

Russia

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di contenuto

Introduction -- Building the church of the Lamas -- Dealing with the 'Lama issue' -- Learning to live together -- From Lamaism to Buddhism -- Conclusion

Sommario/riassunto

The book systematically explores the history of the Buddhist community in the Russian Empire. It offers an advanced overview of the relations that existed between the Buriat Buddhists and the Russian imperial authorities. Various institutions and actors represented Russian power: foreign and interior ministries, the Irkutsk general-governorship, the Orthodox Christian mission of East Siberia, local journalists and academic scholars. The book is focussing especially on



the evolution of imperial legislation and specific administrative mechanisms aiming at the regulation of Buddhist affairs. The author demonstrates how these actors responded to conflicting situations and collisions of interests. Thus the history of relations between Russia and her Buddhist subjects is shown as a complex process with participation of a number of actors with their own interests and motivations.