Krisztina Teleki

• Eötvös Loránd University

The 20th century brought different periods in the history of Mongolia including theocracy, socialism and democracy. This article describes what renouncing the world (especially the home and the family), taking ordination, and taking monastic vows meant at the turn of the 20th century and a century later. Extracts from interviews reveal the life of...

A tanulmány Mongólia egy 1736-ban jurtaszentélyként alapult kolostorának történetét mutatja be, amely 1937-ig a mai Xöwsgöl megye Tömörbulag járásában állt. A 16 szentélyt és ezer szerzetest számláló, tajgai kolostor könyvnyomtatásáról és fafaragásairól volt híres. Érdekessége, hogy egykori szerzetese, Süx Gotow (1915–2010) nemcsak, hogy részt vett...

This chapter introduces the life and activity of the Khalkha Zaya Paṇḍita, Luvsanprinlei (Tib. Blo bzang ‘phrin las, 1642–1719), briefly describes his sixteen smoke offering ritual texts, and provides a translation of selected five short texts dedicated to different geographical sites in the Khangai Mountain Range. The five texts reflect the Mongol...

The present article introduces a research work executed from 2014 to 2015 inMongolia in order to reveal the cult and current practices of Yamāntaka orVajrabhairava, one of the main tutelary deities of the Tibetan Gelug School.The article offers a Hungarian translation of the main visualization text of itsSolitary Hero form [Dpal rdo rje ʻjigs byed...

This article gives an overview of the three-hundred-year history of one ofthe largest Mongolian monasteries. During the Manchu period (1691–1911)and the sovereignty of the Mongols (1911–1921), it was the residence of theSain Noyon Khans, the rulers of Sain Noyon Khan Aimag. Although writtensources contain inconsistent data about its foundation, dev...

The present paper summarises the results of a survey executed in Mongolia in 2010 with the support of the Stein-Arnold Exploration Fund of the British Academy (SA100018). The aim of the survey was to study the present stage and heritage of the monasteries visited by the Russian scholar, A. M. Pozdneev (1851-1920) in the area of Mongolia in 1892-189...

Being the residence of the religious dignitaries of Mongolia, the camp, founded originally by Öndör gegeen Janabajar in the 17th century, moved several times until it finally settled down in 1855 in the present Ulaanbaatar basin. The present article describes the sources regarding the monastic city, gives a short overview about its history, and des...

The article presents a recovered text written by Buyandalai dooramba, bearing the title Buriyad aar-un burqan-u šasin ker metü delgeregsen kiged šasin bariči kedün blam-a-nar-un čadig tobči tedüi ögülegsen selte orosiba or How the Teaching of Buddha spread in the Buryat land, together with a brief account of some of the lamas who upheld the Teachin...