2(11) — Buddhist studies

IN MEMORIAM. TO THE 75TH ANNIVERSARY OF L. E. YANGUTOV
A. V. Chebunin, S. P. Nesterkin L. E. YANGUTOV – PHILOSOPHER, BUDDHOLOGIST, ORIENTALIST	8
M. V. Orbodoeva, A. P. Lugavtsova FOUR DECADES OF SCIENTIFIC ACTIVITIES OF PROFESSOR LEONID EVGRAFOVICH YANGUTOV	14
M. Gantuyaa JOINT RESEARCH DEVELOPMENT ON BUDDHIST PHILOSOPHY BY BURYAT AND MONGOLIAN SCHOLARS	36
PHILOSOPHY AND SOTERIOLOGY
Yangutov L. E. “HUMANISTIC BUDDHISM” OF TAI XU AND SOCIAL INVOLVEMENT OF BUDDHISM IN THE CONTEMPORARY REALITIES OF CHINA	43
Yangutov L. E. SYNCRETISM OF CONFUCIANISM, TAOISM AND BUDDHISM (SAN JIAO) IN THE SPIRITUAL TRADITION OF CHINA	50
A. V. Chebunin THE CONCEPT OF ARHATSHIP IN EARLY BUDDHISM	63
HISTORY
M. Gantuyaa, R. Dao THE HISTORICAL EVOLUTION OF BUDDHIST SHAOLIN MARTIAL ARTS: FROM THE SUI DYNASTY TO THE MING ERA	70
E. V. Turley TIBETAN STUDIES COLLABORATION BETWEEN A EUROPEAN RESEARCHER AND FORMER TIBETAN MONKS FROM THE DIASPORA IN INDIA: THE CASE OF G. ROERICH	79
SOURCE STUDIES, TRANSLATIONS, MANUSCRIPTS
A. A. Bazarov SOCIO-POLITICAL REASONS FOR THE MASS DISTRIBUTION OF KANGYUR SETS IN BURYATIA (18^TH – 19^TH CENTURIES)	97
BUDDHISM IN SOCIAL AND POLITICAL CONTEXT
S. P. Nesterkin, M. V. Orbodoeva THE ROLE OF BUDDHISM IN THE FORMATION OF A TRANSBORDER SOCIOCULTURAL SPACE	105