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1076-9005 Volume 26, 2019 Western Buddhism in the Local Context of the Russian
Federation: The Case of the Russian Association of Diamond Way Buddhists of the
Karma Kagyu Tradition Valentina Isaeva Saint-Petersburg State University How
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ISSN 1076-9005
Volume 26, 2019
Western Buddhism in the
Local Context of the Russian Federation: The Case of the Russian
Association of Diamond Way Buddhists of the Karma Kagyu Tradition
Valentina Isaeva
Saint-Petersburg State University
How Buddhist
organizations adapt to new environments appears to be the key question
defining their activities and the possibility that they will attract
new followers. This article considers the case of the Russian
Association of Diamond Way Buddhists of the Karma Kagyu tradition in
the context of the social and cultural milieu of the Russian
Federation. In particular, it looks at significant features of
historical development and legislative regulation of the religious
sphere in Russia and how Diamond Way as a Western Buddhist organization
has implemented culture politics to correlate its ethics with the local
environment and to create cultural coherence with the broader Russian
society. The research explicates four main guidelines of the culture
politics of Diamond Way: (1) integration into the sociocultural
environment of the city and the country; (2) assertion of its
traditionality on the territory of the Russian Federation; (3)
political neutrality in the public sphere; and (4) a variety of
leadership styles.Read article
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