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Dashichoiling Temple


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Video

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Authors

Bulag, Uradyn E. 
Burjigin 
Burunsain, Borjigin 
Dorjraa 

Abstract

The video is about the history of Buddhist monasteries in Ejine and the regular activity of the Dashchoilin Monastery.Gunga used to be an administrative lama in Baruun Süm (western monastery or Janchuvnamjil Monastery) for about ten years until the great Torghut migration in 1958. He said that there were about 70 in the Dambaldarja monastery and the Dashcholin monastery, but after the Commune movement in 1958, only about 20 eldest lamas were allowed to remain, and the rest were sent to work in farms. The monasteries were completely destroyed during the Cultural Revolution period. Religious activities resumed in the 1980s when a few lamas and local religious people built some rugged houses of worship. The government rebuilt the Dashchoilin Monastery in 2014.Currently, prayer meetings happen on the 8th, 15th and 19th of each month when local Mongolians often come and pray.

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Keywords

Dashchoilin Monastery, administrative lama, the Cultural Revolution, new monastery

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Publisher

Kalmyk Cultural Heritage Documentation Project, University of Cambridge

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Sponsorship
Sponsored by Arcadia Fund, a charitable fund of Lisbet Rausing and Peter Baldwin

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