Archive for April, 2014

Photos from Tulip Festival

Tulip Festival [ Ru | Fr ] In the unforgettable Republic of Kalmykia, in the south of Russia, the three-day Festival of tulips which took place with support of the Ministry of tourism of the Republic of Kalmykia (Gederim Alexander Vitalyevich) comes to the end.

Tourists from all regions of Russia visited the Festival of tulips to find peace of mind on boundless open spaces of the Kalmyk steppes and to take unique pictures for memory of natural miracles of the Earth. Read the rest of this entry »

The Venerable Tenzin Priyadarshi will read comments to “Lotus Sutra” in Kalmykia

Dear pilgrims!

From 13 to 16 April the Venerable Tenzin Priyadarshi will read comments to “Lotus Sutra” in the Elista, capital of the Republic of Kalmykia.

The Lotus Sutra presents itself as a discourse delivered by the Buddha toward the end of His life. The tradition in Mahayana states that the sutra was written down at the time of the Buddha and stored for five hundred years in a realm of snake gods (nagas). After this they were reintroduced into the human realm at the time of the Fourth Buddhist Council in Kashmir. The sutra’s teachings purport to be of a higher order than those contained in the agamas of the Sutra Piṭaka, and that humanity had been unable to understand the sutra at the time of the Buddha, and thus the teaching had to be held back.
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International Tulip Festival 2014

Tulip Festival Dear Friends!

Republic of Kalmykia and Olympic champion Alina Makarenko invites to the International Tulip Festival!

April, 18-20.
Concerts, entertainment, ecology and famous stars of Kalmykia!

Welcome to Republic of Kalmykia!
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