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Mongolia and Buryatia
In Mongolia the Medicine Buddha is called Оточ Манла (Otoch Manla) or Манла бурхан; in Buryatia, Отошо (Otosho). He is found in the monasteries of Mongolia, Buryatia and Kalmykia, and in the bronzes of the Zanabazar school.
Articles
Mongolia: Otoch Manal and the monastery medical schoolsOn the steppe the Medicine Buddha has a name in Mongolian, and monasteries had their own medical colleges.Zanabazar and his school: the Medicine Buddha in Mongolian bronzeMonk, sculptor and inventor of a script, Zanabazar gave Mongolia a recognisable bronze style, in which Otoch Manla has his place.Traditional Mongolian medicine: a cultural historyFrom monastery medical colleges to today’s hospitals: how Otoch Manla became the patron of a learned tradition.
Buddhist Russia: Buryatia, Kalmykia and TuvaThree Russian republics with a Buddhist tradition, linked to the Mongolian and Tibetan world; in Buryatia the Medicine Buddha is called Otosho.Monasteries and museums
- Манба Дацан Manba DatsanУлаанбаатар Ulaanbaatar
- Гандантэгчэнлин хийд GandanУлаанбаатар Ulaanbaatar
- Чойжин ламын сүм музей Choijin Lama Temple MuseumУлаанбаатар Ulaanbaatar
- Занабазарын нэрэмжит Дүрслэх урлагийн музей Zanabazar Museum of Fine ArtsУлаанбаатар Ulaanbaatar
- Богд хааны ордон музей Bogd Khaan Palace MuseumУлаанбаатар Ulaanbaatar
- Эрдэнэ Зуу хийд Erdene ZuuХархорин Kharkhorin
- Иволгинский дацан Ivolginsky DatsanВерхняя Иволга Verkhnyaya Ivolga
- Агинский дацан Aga DatsanАгинское Aginskoye
- Национальный музей Республики Бурятия National Museum of BuryatiaУлан-Удэ Ulan-Ude
- Золотая обитель Будды Шакьямуни Golden Abode of Buddha ShakyamuniЭлиста Elista
- Хурээ Цеченлинг TsechenlingКызыл Kyzyl
Festivals and rituals
Day of Manla (Шинийн найм), Manba Datsan, UlaanbaatarEvery month, on the 8th lunar day
Selected pieces
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Illustrative image: see the real photo on the shop’s websiteWikimedia Commons · PD
Illustrative image: see the real photo on the shop’s websiteWikimedia Commons · PD