The population, numbering roughly 300, 000 at the time and largely nomadic, adhered mainly to Tibetan Buddhism ( " Lamaism " ) and Tengrism, and lived under monk.
22.
In Volume 1, Bataille introduces the theory and provides historical examples of the functioning of general economy : human sacrifice in Aztec society, the monastic institutions of Tibetan Lamaism, the Marshall Plan, and many others.
23.
The book reveals that roots of a lot of traditions and ceremonies of Turkic peoples that were thought to be derived from Islam, Christianity and Lamaism were actually the same and related to shamanism and they continue their existence under current religious beliefs.
24.
During the Second Plenary Session of the Central Committee of the party in 1929 the right-wing leadership, which had intended to retain Lamaism as a state religion in the old sense, in contradiction to the proclaimed constitution, was completely destroyed.
25.
Buddhist lamas play an important role in the daily life of the Kinners, and young monks of Upper and Middle Kinnaur are trained from a young age in conducting religious ceremonies, devoting their lives to Lamaism and learning to read Tibetan scriptures and Buddhist doctrines.
26.
Despite this Prime Minister Donduk enacted distinctly non-Soviet policies, heavily leaning towards theocracy in opposition to the state atheism of the contemporary USSR . In 1928 a law was passed making Lamaism the official state religion, and legally restricting the production and distribution of anti-religious propaganda.
27.
The Baron was a mystic who was fascinated by the beliefs and religions of the Far East such as Buddhism and Lamaism and " who believed himself to be a reincarnation of Kangchendz�nga, the Mongolian god of war . " Ungern-Sternberg's philosophy was an exceptionally muddled mixture of Russian nationalism with Chinese and Mongol beliefs.
28.
This sweetly intimate scene between mother and son is followed shortly by revelations of the boy's reincarnated identity ( " this is mine ! " he yells, grabbing beads that belonged to a previous Dalai Lama, or high priest of Lamaism ), his education and coming-of-age as the spiritual and practical leader of Tibet.
29.
The extreme character of the line to be taken against religion is described : All religions, no matter how much they'renovate'and cleanse themselves, are systems of idea . . . profoundly hostile to the ideology of . . . socialism . . . Religious organizations . . . are in reality political agencies . . . of class groupings hostile to the proletariat inside the country and of the international bourgeoisie . . . Special attention must be paid to the renovationist currents in Orthodoxy, Islam, Lamaism and other religions . . . These currents are but the disguises for more effective struggle against the Soviet power.
