Download History of Mongol Religion

By: Rhiannon Flinn
 1470
(Chingizid Kahn era)=Shamanism
 1543 (Althan Khan)=Tibetan Buddhism
introduction
 Fall of Yuan Dynasty leads to Shamanism
again
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Dark Ages
 Reformed
Buddhism after Dark Ages came
about, called Lamaism
Not that kind of
“bloodthirsty”
 growing
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dissatisfaction due to:
barbaric notions
bloody sacrifices
primitive cosmology
unattractive revelations of the world beyond
lack of organization
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useless as an instrument of political power
 Buddhism
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was accepted because:
People less “bloodthirsty”
More able to obtain political power
More of a purposeful life rather than
barbaric ways
 Superstructure
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Values and beliefs based on Tibetan Buddhism
ideas
 Social
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Structure
These religious ideas are basis of government and
the giving of social power
Religion looked at heavily when making political
decisions and other decisions
 Infrastructure
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Their economic system religion which has a
strong emphasis in gift giving
 Tibetan
most
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deny an “eternal creator God”
recognize that they have many devotional
elements that they target towards many divine
beings and their whole
basis of life is to prevent suffering through these
offerings.
 Values
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and Beliefs Include:
Gift Giving
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Buddhism is considered atheist by
Ex: water giving
 Performed with use of bowls
Non-harm to living beings
 The
Tibetan prayer wheel contains a roll of
printed mantras; to spin the wheel is to
release the prayers into the universe.
 Bells, drums, trumpets and horns are used
especially in esoteric Buddhism to symbolize
mantras, dispel evil, and send out the
Dharma.
 The
garb of Buddhist monks varies widely, from
the simple saffron robes of Thailand to the
elaborate robes and headdresses of Tibetan
lamas.
 The simple begging bowl is one of the very few
possessions of a Buddhist monk. It is used to
collect alms and symbolizes the Buddha's
teachings.
 Karma
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result of suffering and rebirth due
to the way they live their lives
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This is why they perform all the
rituals, prayers, and devotions within
their culture
~American’s Explanation of Karma~
 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v
=EUMC_raxpSc
 Two
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Nirvana
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Options: Taps Into Karma
Person dissolves into nothingness
Returned to Earth for Rebirth
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Rebirth into another
I think we should get water bottles or water of
some sort and use it as our means of gift giving
as part of our culture.
 We can also incorporate prayer wheels by just
getting note cards and punch a single hole in
them and putting them thru a ring or tying them
together with a string. Then people can write
their prayers on them. Could just be used as
relationships forming and trying to save peace
within the simulation.
 Religion plays probably the largest role in the
government so Monks and Dalai Lamas will be
looked up to as people with power, along with
the ruler.
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Anonymous. "Tibetan Buddhism". ReligionFacts. 17 January 2005.
Accessed 20 March 2010.
http://www.religionfacts.com/buddhism/sects/tibetan.htm.
Jagchid, Sechin. “Tibetan Buddhism, The Mongolian Religion”. 2 February
2010. Accessed 18 March 2010.
http://www.innermongolia.org/english/tibetan_buddhism.htm.
Morgan, David. The Mongols. New York: Knopf Books for Young Readers,
1986.
Mcdermott, James. Development in the Early Buddhist Concept of
Kamma/Karma. New York: Knopf Books for Young Readers, 2003.
Near-Death Experiences & the Afterlife.“Buddhist Afterlife Beliefs”.
2007. Accessed 18 March 2010. <http://www.neardeath.com/experiences/buddhism04.html>.
YouTube.com
**In Hale Library you may find The Mongol section located on the 4th level in
the stacks section DS**
**I also went to the Topeka Public Library, there you may find most of the
Mongol Books in the Adult Section with call numbers around 950.2**