DOI 10.30792/2949-5768-2025-10-93-97
BUDDHISM AND STATES IN CENTRAL ASIA
Yangutov Leonid Evgrafovich – Doctor of Philosophical Sciences, Professor, Chief Researcher at the Federal State Budgetary Institution of Science, Institute of Mongolian Studies, Buddhology and Tibetology, Siberian Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences (Ulan-Ude, Russia).
The article examines the principles of the relationship between Buddhism and state power in the countries of Central Asia – Tibet, Mongolia and the eastern part of Russia – Buryatia. The role of state power in the spread and development of Buddhism in these countries is considered. The relationship between Buddhism and local beliefs is analyzed, and the reasons for the success of Buddhism are revealed. The role of Princess Wen Cheng in spreading Buddhism in Tibet, the importance of Altan Khan’s policy in Mongolia to unite the Mongolian tribes, which played a huge role in establishing Buddhism in Mongolia, as well as the activities of the tsarist government that supported the spread of Buddhism among the Buryats are shown.
