The Tragedy of Bidiya Dandaron as a Reflection of the Fate of Buddhism in Russia after the National Catastrophe of 1917

• Main Author: Maria Morozova
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: St. Philaret’s Christian Orthodox Institute 2017-05-01
• Series: Вестник Свято-Филаретовского института
• Subjects: dandaron; buddhism during the period of repression; neobuddhism; buddhist sangha in the ussr; дандарон; буддизм в годы репрессий; необуддизм; буддийская сангха в ссср
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• ISSN: 2658-7599; 2713-3141

The article deals with the life and work of Bidiya Dandaron, an outstanding Soviet scholar, Orientalist, Buddhologist and spiritual teacher who largely contributed to the religious life of the Russian Buddhist Sangha as well as to the development of Soviet Oriental studies and Buddhology. Dandaron’s tragic fate is an example of how the Soviet policy affected believers in the Buryat Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic and in the entire USSR.