VAJRAYANA BUDDHISM IN RUSSIA

VAJRAYANA BUDDHISM IN RUSSIA: TRADITIONS AND INNOVATIONS

Russian Association of Buddhists of Diamond Way Karma Kagyu Tradition

Astrakhan State Technical University

Astrakhan Reserve Museum

Astrakhan State University

Philosophy Institute at St. Petersburg State University

CENTRE FOR PHILOSOPHICAL COMPARATIVE STUDIES AND SOCIAL-HUMANITARIAN RESEARCH OF THE INSTITUTE OF PHILOSOPHY OF SAINT PETERSBURG STATE UNIVERSITY

UNESCO Chair for Comparative Studies of Spiritual Traditions, Their Specific Cultures and Interreligious Dialogue

Dear Colleagues!

We invite you to take part in

the fourth international scientific and practical conference

VAJRAYANA BUDDHISM IN RUSSIA:
TRADITIONS AND INNOVATIONS

that will be held on October 10-13, 2014 in Astrakhan
in Astrakhan State Technical University
at the address: 16,Tatishcheva Street

MAIN OBJECTIVES OF THE CONFERENCE:

• Carrying out interdisciplinary dialogue
• Research of Vajrayana Buddhism and its interactions with other Buddhist traditions
• Association and support of Vajrayana researchers and practitioners

SUBJECTS FOR DISCUSSION:

• Buddhism in the history of Russia and adjacent countries
• Buddhism in the global world
• Problems of Russian Buddhist education
• Buddhism and contemporary socio-cultural practices
• Forms of reception of Buddhism in the West and Russia
• Past and contemporary lay Buddhism
• Buddhism in the light of contemporary natural science knowledge
• Buddhism in Russian philosophy, literature and art
• Mutual interaction of various Buddhist traditions in the context of their history
• Vajrayana methods and development of a person’s intellectual and creative abilities

The conference will include panel discussions on topics: “Monks, yogis, lay practitioners (transformation of cultural and social status)”, led by Anatoliy Kolesnikov, DSc in Philosophy (Saint Petersburg) and “Buddhist education in Russia: yesterday and today” – led by Elena Leonteva, PhD in History (Moscow).

THE ORGANIZING COMMITTEE CO-CHAIRPERSONS:

• Natalia Lvovna Zhukovskaya, DS in History, Professor (Ethnology and Anthropology Institute of Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow)
• Anatoly Alexeyev-Apraksin. DSc in Cultural Studies (Saint Petersburg State University, Saint Petersburg)
• Director of the state budgetary oblast institution of culture "Astrakhan Museum Reserve" Tatyana Vasilchenko (Astrakhan)

THE ORGANIZING COMMITTEE MEMBERS:

• V.P. Androsov, DSc in History, Professor (Moscow)
• N.G. Artemyeva, PhD in History (Vladivostok)
• V.N. Badmayev, DSc in Philosophy, Professor (Elista)
• L.V. Baeva, DS in Philosophy, Professor (Astrakhan)
• E.P. Bakayeva, DSc in History (Elista)
• S.G. Batyreva, DSc in Arts (Elista)
• E.V. Gainutdinova, PhD (Astrakhan)
• Yu.I. Yelikhina, PhD in History (St. Petersburg)
• A.P. Zabiyako, DSc in Philosophy, Professor (Blagoveshchensk)
• B.I. Zagumyonnov, PhD (St. Petersburg)
• B.U. Kitinov, PhD in History, Associate Professor (Moscow)
• A. Sh. Koybagarov (St. Petersburg), President of the Russian Association of Diamond Way Buddhists of Karma Kagyu Tradition
• A.S. Kolesnikov, DSc in Philosophy, Professor (St. Petersburg)
• L.M. Korotetskaya, PhD (Novosibirsk)
• A.A. Kurapov, PhD in History (Astrakhan)
• E.V. Leonteva, Ph.D. in History, chief editor of Orientalia Publishing House (Moscow)
• S.Yu. Lepekhov, DSc in Philosophy, Professor (Ulan-Ude)
• A.V. Lesnov, PhD, Associate Professor (Magadan)
• E.V. Malyshkin, PhD, Associate Professor (St.Petersburg)
• Doctor of Philosophical sciences, Professor, K.A. Nadneeva (Elista)
• Candidate of Political sciences, N.G.Ochirova (Elista)
• D.L. Spivak, DSc in Philology, Professor (St.Petersburg)
• K.Sh. Khafizova, member of the Kazakh National Academy of Natural Sciences, DSc in History, Professor (Almaty, Kazakhstan)

COORDINATORS:

• Vera Dronova, e-mail: veradronova@gmail.com.
  tel.: +7 962 683 07 00; +7 911 921 20 43
• Anatoly Sokolov, e-mail: toleksokolov@gmail.com,

CONFERENCE WORKING LANGUAGES: Russian and English

The conference programme provides plenary and section sessions.
For participating in the conference please send the following materials until August, 1, 2014 to the organizing committee, veradronova@gmail.com:

1. Your PAPER (ready for publication) in an electronic version, format Word for Windows;
   the font should be Times New Roman, font size 14, line spacing 1,5, the margins 2,5 cm. The
   volume of your paper is expected to be maximum 15000 symbols. Please specify your full name
   and the city in parentheses before the title in the right top corner. For example: I.I. Ivanov
   (Moscow). The title should be placed in the center of the next line. References should be placed
   in the text, in square brackets, and contain the surname of the author of the quoted work, the
   publication year and the page number, all separated by commas. For example: [Ivanov, 2005, 214].
   The Reference List has to be placed after the end of the text alphabetically. Headers, page
   numbers and footnotes containing references are not allowed. Semantic clarification remarks are
   given in parentheses in the text. For example: Truth State (Sanskrit: Dharmakaya).
2. The ABSTRACTS in size of maximum 500 symbols in English (in a separate file).
3. APPLICATION (in a separate file, in the subject line: Application – surname of participant) DOWNLOAD
4. The author’s personal information: full name, scientific degree, academic title, work position, company, e-mail, postal address, contact phone.
5. ADDITIONAL INFORMATION.
   • need for accommodation for the period of the conference;
   • need for daily lunch (in addition to free coffee-breaks). It costs 200-300 rubles;
   • need for official invitation from the Organizing committee;
   • need for special devices for presentations.

Application form is on the website: vajra-conference.buddhism.ru

INFORMATION FOR THE PARTICIPANTS

The payment for participants of conference is 500 rubles (conditions and payment details will be
reported to participants after receiving of application and texts).
Traveling and living expenses are to be covered by the delegating organization.
After the conference a collection of articles will be published.
The right to select materials for publication is reserved to the Organizing committee.

THE ADDRESS OF THE ORGANIZING COMMITTEE: 190068, St. Petersburg, Nikolsky Pereulok, 7-26

THE WEBSITE OF THE CONFERENCE: vajra-conference.buddhism.ru