Dazan

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Sartul-Gegetui-Dazan

Ein Dazan ( Russian and Mongolian Дацан, English datsan ) is a Buddhist monastery university ( monastery with a teaching facility) in the Tibetan Gelug tradition in Mongolia , Tibet and Siberia .

organization

1904, Zogtschen-Dugan (цогчен-дуган) in Sartul-Gegetui-Dazan
1904, Zogtschen-Dugan, Sartul-Gegetui-Dazan

In pre-revolutionary Russia , Dazans existed only in the Buryat Territories that are now part of the Republic of Buryatia and the Transbaikalia Region (a number of Dazans were rebuilt or reopened in the early 1990s). There was a difference here from the Tibetan administrative principle: In Tibet, a significant part of the Dazane were training-centered parts of larger organizations, such as the Drepung , Ganden and Sera monasteries in the Gelug tradition. In Russia, Dazane were not part of a larger institution, but rather relatively independent training and religious centers. In Buryat Buddhism, the terms "Buddhist monastery" and "Dazan" are interchangeable, as other forms of monastery organization, as found elsewhere in Tibetan Buddhism, were not available.

Course offer

As a rule, a Dazan runs two faculties, one each for (Buddhist) philosophy and (Tibetan) medicine . In some cases a faculty for tantric practice is added, in which the monks can only study after completing their philosophical training.

Dugan

Individual temples honoring specific aspects of the Buddha on the Dazan compound are called Dugan . For example, a Mamba-Dugan for worshiping the Bhaisajyaguru , the "Buddha of Healing", may be present.

Dazane in Mongolia

  • Manba-Dazan ( Mongolian Мамба дацан, also Манба дацан; English Manba datsan , also Mamba datsan )

List of dazanes in Russia

Dazane were officially recognized in the Russian Empire in 1734. By statute of 1853 there were two recognized Dazans in Irkutsk Governorate and others in Transbaikalia Governorate . The first Dazan in Europe was the Gunsetschoinei-Dazan in Saint Petersburg .

Between 1927 and 1948, all 47 dazans in Buryatia and Transbaikalia were closed or destroyed. In 1945 the Ivolginsky Dazan was reopened, and much later the Aginer Dazan resumed its activities. The remaining dazans listed below were not reopened until 1989.

The Gunsetschoinei-Dazan in Saint Petersburg from the early 20th century
The Tseezhe-Burgaltay Dazan. Buryatia, Russia

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Home Page. Manba-Dazan, archived from the original on July 5, 2013 ; accessed on November 21, 2013 (English).