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Egitský klášter v Burjatsku a jeho socha Santalového Buddhy

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Title in English Egita Monastery in Buryatia and the Sandalwood Buddha Statue
Authors

BĚLKA Luboš

Year of publication 2009
Type Article in Periodical
Magazine / Source Nový Orient
MU Faculty or unit

Faculty of Arts

Citation
Field Philosophy and religion
Keywords Buryatia; Tibetan Buddhism; Buddha; Egita Monastery
Description There exists almost thousand-year pilgrimage of a statue of the Sandalwood Buddha in Beijing. This statue is called in Buryat as Zandan Zhuu and recent depiction of the statue is located in Buryatia since 1901 in Egita Monastery in southeastern Siberia. This article is focused on recent religious history as well as the mythologic or legendary stories in Buryatia. From the standpoint of the history of religions, the situation about the statue is more complex, and at present, it is probably not possible to determine the exact and provable origin of Zandan Zhuu (ie. whether Beijing Sandalwood Buddha is identical with Zandan Zhuu). For common believers in Buryatia however is existence of their statue as the Sandalwood Buddha undoubtable and it is a part of the religious history of the Buddhist Buryatia.
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