The article focuses on the environmental consequences of abandoning rural life, increasing urbanization and the problem of deforestation in the Baikal region, Russia. Specifically, it analyzes a recently proposed “Social Flock” project of the Buryat Buddhist community for the revival of nomadic cattle breeding in the districts of Buryatia, and its potential impact on the environment. We argue that taking into consideration the global value of the Lake Baikal, the “Social Flock” project can not only satisfy the practical needs of people and reduce the social aspects of environmental problems in Buryatia, but also potentially contribute to dealing with environmental problems of global importance.
The article deals with the issues of anthropogenic impact on natural landscapes of the Baikal region through mining and agricultural development of the region. A brief description of environmental problems of the region is given, the impact of human activities on the environment of the Baikal region is assessed. The authors take into consideration specific cases of harmful environmental management that can lead to ecological disbalance and landscape degradation. In such a way, the scale and nature of mining increased significantly in recent years. In order to preserve the natural landscape, it is necessary to carry out geological work with minimum losses, and perform thorough environmental and geochemical expertise. In agriculture, harsh natural conditions of Transbaikalia (sharp continental climate, low rainfall) necessitate more efficient farming methodsmelioration, which is aimed at radical improvement of land, however, fails at times.
The increase of ethnocultural and ethnoconfessional interactions in the context of modern cultural and religious diversity of Russia demands modernization of learning process according to the existing educational policy of multicultural education and defines the relevancy of the article. The purpose of the article is to analyze retrospectively the functioning of Buddhist religious education system in the Republic of Buryatia taking into account the multicultural component. The central methods in this research along with analysis, synthesis, abstraction, induction, deduction, generalization are the analysis of interactive documents and the method of case-study, an active problem-contextual analysis. The article briefly characterizes the main stages of Buddhist education development and the current religious situation in the Republic of Buryatia, reveals the peculiarities of introducing the subjects studying the basics of religious cultures and secular ethics in educational process, defines national and territorial characteristics of Buddhist education implementation in secular schools in the Republic of Buryatia, justifies its preventive educational potential for multicultural society. The study material can be useful for orientalist scholars and also both theorists and practitioners of general pedagogics, Buddhist and multicultural education.
Buddhism and Urbanism in Post-Soviet BuryatiaWith the collapse of the Soviet Union the traditionally Buddhist regions of Russia, including the Republic of Buryatia, experienced the revival of religion. Along with the traditional Gelug school of Mahayana Buddhism existing on the territories around Lake Baikal for more than three hundred years, the globalized model of Buddhism started to spread quickly in Buryatia in the 1990s. Tibetan Buddhist teachers started to establish new Buddhist organizations in Buryatia and thus to transform the urban landscape of Ulan-Ude, the capital of the republic. The article traces how global and local Buddhist organizations become represented in the urban landscape of Ulan-Ude and considers the anti-urban position of Khambo Lama Damba Ayusheev. Зүблэлтэ үеын удаадахи Буряадай Буддизм ба хотожолтоЗүблэлтэ гүрэнэй задаран унаhаар Росси уласай уламжлалта буддын шажанта орон нютагууд, энээнэй дотор Буряад Улас, шажинаа дахин hэргээжэ эхилhэн түүхэтэй. Гурбан зуу гаран жэлэй туршада Байгал нуур оршомой нютаг дэбисхэр дээрэ оршон тогтожо байhан Махаяна буддизмын уламжлалта Гэлэгба hургуулиин гадна, 1990-ээд онhоо Буряад нютагуудта бурхан шажанай даяаршаhан загбар хурдан таража эхилбэ. Түбэдэй бурхан шажанай багшанар Буряад нютагуудта буддын шажанай шэнэ эмхинүүдые байгуулган, Буряад уласай Улаан-Үдэ нийслэлэй хото h уурин дүрсые хубилгажа эхилбэ. Энэ үгүүлэл дэлхэйн болон орон нютагай буддын шажанай эмхинүүдэй Улаан-Үдэ хотодо хэрхэн түлөөлэгдэжэ байhание харуулhан ба Хамбо лама Дамба Аюшеевын хотожохо ябадалые бууруушаhан hанамжыень абажа үзэнэ.Buddyzm a urbanistyka w poradzieckiej BuriacjiWraz z upadkiem Związku Radzieckiego w tradycyjnie buddyjskich regionach Rosji, w tym w Republice Buriacji, zaczyna się proces odrodzenia religijnego. Wraz z tradycyjną szkołą gelug buddyzmu mahajany, funkcjonującej na terytoriach wokół jeziora Bajkał od ponad trzystu lat, w Buriacji rozprzestrzenia się nowy zglobalizowany model buddyzmu. Tybetańscy nauczyciele buddyjscy w okresie poradzieckim zaczęli zakładać nowe organizacje buddyjskie i przekształcać w ten sposób miejski krajobraz stolicy republiki, Ułan-Ude. Autorzy artykułu stawiają pytanie, w jaki sposób globalne i lokalne organizacje buddyjskie są reprezentowane w miejskim krajobrazie Ułan-Ude, oraz rozważają antyurbanistyczne stanowisko Khambo Lamy Damby Ayusheeva.
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