New Buddhists, ‘Treasure’ Discoveries and (Re)constructed Protective Deities of Kalmykia

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Inner Asia Pub Date : 2019-04-15 DOI:10.1163/22105018-12340116

V. Gazizova

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Abstract

This article investigates how a number of Buddhist groups in Kalmykia, a republic in the southwest of Russia where Buddhism is historically practised by most of its titular population, try to create what they perceive as elements of the local form of Buddhism. Based on interviews with non-monastic Buddhist specialists, the article focuses on the introduction of the worship of two protective deities in several Kalmyk Buddhist centres. Central to the discussion is the deployment of the Tibetan practice of ‘treasure’ discoveries in this renewal.

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新佛教徒，“宝藏”的发现和(重新)建造的卡尔梅克保护神

这篇文章调查了卡尔梅克共和国的一些佛教团体是如何试图创造他们认为是当地佛教形式的元素的。卡尔梅克是俄罗斯西南部的一个共和国，历史上大多数名义上的人口都信奉佛教。基于对非寺院佛教专家的采访，本文重点介绍了几个卡尔梅克佛教中心对两位保护神的崇拜。讨论的核心是在这次更新中对西藏“宝藏”发现实践的部署。

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期刊介绍： The Inner Asia Studies Unit (MIASU) was founded in 1986 as a group within the Department of Social Anthropology to promote research and teaching relating to Mongolia and Inner Asia on an inter-disciplinary basis. The unit aims to promote and encourage study of this important region within and without the University of cambridge, and to provide training and support for research to all those concerned with its understanding. It is currently one of the very few research-oriented forums in the world in which scholars can address the contemporary and historical problems of the region.