"Buddhism of Russia (Narthang Bulletin) №4 (1992)" - читать интересную книгу автораIII. News from Communities.1. The Buddhist Institute and Russian Monks. The higher Buddhist school is opened in Buryatia by the Central Buddhist Board. It has around 120 students and teachers. The teaching is carried out in Buryat language, but there is a group of 17 Russian-speaking students who are taught separately in Russian. There is a faculty of Tibetan medicine within the School where 40 students are educated. The education is free and students receive small scholarship from the Buddhist Board or their own communities. The teaching program is not finalized yet, but it is decided that all students shall be ordained. The first group of 15 students took monk vows this July. 4 Russian-speaking persons were in that group: two from Ukraine, one from Uzbekistan and one from Vladivostok city. The fact that there were ordained into Tibetan Buddhist Tradition people, not belonging to such classic Buddhist nations as Buryat, Kalmyk or Tuvinians, seems to be very important, marks the new stage of development of Buddhism on Russia. Before we had only two nontraditional monks from Baltics: the legendary Karl-August Tennison ordained in Transbaikalia at the end of XIX century and his pupil Fridrich Lustig. 2. Photo: The building of Great Stupa in Kizhinga today. 3. On the 24th of September 1992 Drikung Kagyu Dharma Chakra Center was registered in Riga. The Head of the Tradition is H.H. Drikung Kyabgon Chetsang Rinpoche - the 37th Head of the School. The Center's spiritual leader is Nuba Konchok Tenzin Rinpoche. The founder of the Center Ven.Lamchen Gyalno Rinpoche, having headquarters at Taiwan. The principal direction of the spiritual activities is the practice of Tibetan Buddhism. The Center will publish books, collaborate with Buddhist organizations, make charitable work. Address: Riga, Valdekyu 53-187. 4. Tibet Information Center in St.Petersburg. On the 9th of October the second meeting of the society of Friends of Tibet was held at the conference Hall of the Public Library named after Saltykov-Shchedrin. The main event on the agenda was a demonstration of the documentary "Compassion in Exile" about His Holiness the Dalai Lama by the American producer Mickey Lemke. The Dalai Lama's Representative in Russia Dr. Nawang Rabgyal was present at the meeting and answered numerous questions, having come to the city on this specific purpose. Dr. Rabgyal has also visited the Buddhist House, the St.Petersburg Buddhist Temple and the memorial flat of the Russian traveller P.K.Kozlov, where the Tibet Information Center is set up by the Society of Friends of Tibet. Its address is: Smolny pr., 6, apt. 32, tel.110-03-50. Various books, albums, printed, audio and video materials about Tibet, its history, geography, spiritual culture and contemporary status are collected here. The materials are still being gathered, and any help in this matter will be accepted with sincere gratitude. The Center is open for everyone interested in Tibet on Tuesdays and Thursdays from 11 A.M. till 4 P.M. Also several books about Tibet and Tibetan Buddhist culture in Russian are on sale here, in particular, the autobiography of His Holiness Dalai Lama "Freedom in Exile". Here in the Center we will be glad to answer your questions on Tibet and, if necessary, to help you establish contacts with the Tibetans and the cabinet of His Holiness the Dalai Lama, or with support groups for Tibet in other countries. |
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