‘Alien’ Lamas: Russian Policy towards Foreign Buddhist Clergy in the Eighteenth to Early Twentieth Centuries
‘Alien’ Lamas: Russian Policy towards Foreign Buddhist Clergy in the Eighteenth to Early...
Tsyrempilov, Nikolay
2012-01-01 00:00:00
This article analyses the Russian policy towards foreign Buddhist clergy who penetrated into the Russian Empire from Mongolia and Tibet between the eighteenth and early twentieth centuries. Drawing on archive materials, the origins of this policy are identified. The attitude of the official Buddhist administration of East Siberia led by Khambo Lama to the so- called alien lamas is discussed.
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‘Alien’ Lamas: Russian Policy towards Foreign Buddhist Clergy in the Eighteenth to Early Twentieth Centuries
This article analyses the Russian policy towards foreign Buddhist clergy who penetrated into the Russian Empire from Mongolia and Tibet between the eighteenth and early twentieth centuries. Drawing on archive materials, the origins of this policy are identified. The attitude of the official Buddhist administration of East Siberia led by Khambo Lama to the so- called alien lamas is discussed.
Journal
Inner Asia
– Brill
Published: Jan 1, 2012
Keywords: Tibet–Mongol Buddhism; Russian Empire; religious policy; Khambo Lama administration; Buddhist clergy
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