RLB56 Buddhism in Russia

Faculty of Arts
Spring 2004
Extent and Intensity
1/1/0. 3 credit(s). Type of Completion: k (colloquium).
Teacher(s)
doc. PhDr. Luboš Bělka, CSc. (lecturer)
Guaranteed by
PhDr. Dalibor Papoušek, Ph.D.
Department for the Study of Religions – Faculty of Arts
Contact Person: Lucie Čelková
Timetable
Tue 16:40–18:15 34
Prerequisites (in Czech)
RLA10 Buddhism I && RLA11 Buddhism II || RLKA10 Buddhism I && RLKA11 Buddhism II
Course Enrolment Limitations
The course is only offered to the students of the study fields the course is directly associated with.

The capacity limit for the course is 30 student(s).
Current registration and enrolment status: enrolled: 0/30, only registered: 0/30
fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
Course objectives
The course offers an outline, history and presence of Buryat Buddhism (a northern branch of Tibetan Buddhism. The first lectures inform about the history and presence of academic Buryatology, literature in Czech and other languages, including information on the internet sources. Follows information about periods in the historical, cultural and religious development of respective Buryat Buddhist traditions. In the main part of the course students gain the historical and factual outline of the political and religious history of Buryatia, i.e.the history and current state of Buddhism in Buryatia, Kalmykia, Tuva and Russia; the relationship to Russian Orthodox Church; the minority role of Buddhism in Russia (St. Petersburg and Moscow especially); geopolitical relationships with Mongolia, China and Tibet. Some space is devoted to the aspects of life and culture around the Lake Baikal.
Literature
  • Galdanova G. R. et al. (1983) Lamaizm v Burjatii. Struktura i social'naja rol' kul'tovoj sistemy. Novosibirsk: Nauka, 235 s.
  • Snelling J. (1993) Buddhism in Russia. The story of Agvan Dorzhiev, Lhasa's emissary to the Tsar. Shaftesbury, Dorset: Element, 320 s.
  • Batchelor S. (1994) The awakening of the west. The encounter of Buddhism and western culture. London: Aquarian, 416 s.
  • Andrejev A. I. (1992) Buddiiskaja svatynja Petrograda. Ulan-Udé: EkoArt, 125 s.
  • Kuleshov N. S. (1996) Russia's Tibet file. Dharamsala: Library of Tibetan Works and Archives, 144 s.
  • BĚLKA, Luboš. Tibetský buddhismus v Burjatsku (Tibetan Buddhism in Buryatia). 1. vyd. Brno: Masarykova univerzita, 2001, 348 pp. Religionistika, sv. 10. ISBN 80-210-2727-4. info
  • KOLMAŠ, Josef, BSTAN-'DZIN-RGYA-MTSHO, Dušan ZBAVITEL and Ivana GROLLOVÁ. Svět tibetského buddhismu. Photo by Pavol Breier - Zdeněk Thoma - Josef Ptáček. 1. vyd. Praha: Brabapress 93, 1996, 141 s., [4. ISBN 80-85871-88-2. info
  • CYBIKOV, Gonbožab Cebekovič. Cesta k posvátným místům Tibetu : podle deníků vedených v letech 1899 až 1902. Translated by Josef Kolmaš. Vyd. 1. Praha: Vyšehrad, 1987, 373 s. info
Assessment methods (in Czech)
Podmínky kolokvia: referát odevzdaný v písemné podobě.
Language of instruction
Czech
Further comments (probably available only in Czech)
The course is taught once in two years.
Information on course enrolment limitations: Zápis mimo religionistiku je podmíněn souhlasem vyučujícího.
The course is also listed under the following terms Spring 2002, Autumn 2005, Autumn 2007, Autumn 2009, Autumn 2011, Autumn 2013, Autumn 2015, Autumn 2017, Autumn 2019, Spring 2022.
  • Enrolment Statistics (Spring 2004, recent)
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