Full Support or Quiet Resistance: Ukraine War Splits Russia’s Buddhists

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hesitation
from a makeshift podium installed on the snow-covered ground.Five soldiers dressed in winter gear stood behind the closed casket with
dare to attack our country
service for Lama Bair Darmaev in Poselye, republic of Buryatia.Ivolginskiy district administration / VKontakteDarmaev, 49, resided at the
In February 2023, Lama Khyshikto Tsybikov died from a shrapnel wound in Ukraine
philosophy, as it is the first among the five precepts foundational to Buddhist ethics
backed the full-scale invasion of Ukraine at its outset
of foreign interference, Russian imperial authorities set up an autonomous Buddhist community with a strict power vertical and its own
Without this, they could not be elected
monastic community and with donations from parishioners
Khurul
They faced criminal persecution, were sent to labor camps and even executed
faith in the republic, since the 1990s
supervising the construction of multiple temples and training new monks, Rinpoche actively worked to rebuild bridges with Mongolian and
The Moscow Times that Moscow repeatedly tried to pressure Zhoydak to voice his support for the war by using both threats and promises of