title: Spiritual Feat in the History of Buddhism of Russia
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metadata.value: Ershova, Galina G.
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metadata.name: dc.date.accessioned
metadata.value: 2018-12-27T15:14:53Z
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metadata.name: dc.date.available
metadata.value: 2018-12-27T15:14:53Z
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metadata.name: dc.date.issued
metadata.value: 2018-12
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metadata.name: dc.identifier.citation
metadata.value: Ershova G. G. Spiritual Feat in the History of Buddhism of Russia. Vestnik of Saint Petersburg University. History, 2018, vol. 63, issue 4, рp. 1156–1176.
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metadata.value: 10.21638/11701/spbu02.2018.410
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metadata.value: http://hdl.handle.net/11701/15212
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metadata.name: dc.description.abstract
metadata.value: The article analyzes a unique socio-historical and religious phenomenon related to the deliberate
  preservation of his body by the Buddhist monk Dashi-Dorzho Itigelov in 1927 in
  Buryatia. An unusual phenomenon was perceived by Buddhists of Buryatia as a “miracle”,
  which was the “message” of the former head of the Buddhist community. Particular emphasis
  is placed on the identification of the psychophysiological basis of the phenomenon, which,
  in particular, proves its authenticity. The results of two forensic medical examinations are
  compared — made immediately after exhumation and repeated, two years later. The author
  considers the data of the instrumental analysis carried out within the framework of the examination,
  allowing to reconstruct the physiological mechanism of body preservation. The article
  contains the body state assessment. The cultural-historical context within which the intention
  of Itigelov was formed and completed is being analyzed. Data are collected on similar cases
  of body preservation in world historical practice — intentional and spontaneous. Attention
  is also paid to the attitude of believers to the remains of saints and, especially, imperishable
  remains, which is reflected in various historical documents. Particular attention is paid to the
  reaction of the population of Buryatia to the appearance of the preserved body of Itigelov and
  the formation of mythologems that accompany the presence of a unique phenomenon in the
  Ivolginsky Datsan. The author comes to the conclusion that in Buddhism, despite the attempts
  at preservation of bodies by monks in different periods of history, such practices have not
  become routine. This is due both to the difficulty of their physical implementation, and to the
  lack of canonical justifications within the framework of religious doctrine.
metadata.lang: en_GB
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metadata.value: ru
metadata.lang: en_GB
metadata.name: dc.publisher
metadata.value: St Petersburg State University
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metadata.name: dc.relation.ispartofseries
metadata.value: Vestnik of St Petersburg University. History;Volume 63; Issue 4
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metadata.name: dc.subject
metadata.value: Dashi-Dorzho Itigelov
metadata.lang: en_GB
metadata.name: dc.subject
metadata.value: Buryatia
metadata.lang: en_GB
metadata.name: dc.subject
metadata.value: Tantric Buddhism in Russia
metadata.lang: en_GB
metadata.name: dc.subject
metadata.value: body preservation
metadata.lang: en_GB
metadata.name: dc.subject
metadata.value: phenomenon of miracle
metadata.lang: en_GB
metadata.name: dc.subject
metadata.value: religious consciousness
metadata.lang: en_GB
metadata.name: dc.title
metadata.value: Spiritual Feat in the History of Buddhism of Russia
metadata.lang: en_GB
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metadata.value: Article
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