The film introduces the ritual of worship of Buddhists of the Buryat Autonomous Republic and tells about the international relations of Soviet Buddhists.
Views of Buryatia: forest, mountains, steppes, herds of cows and horses, flocks of sheep. Lake Baikal. General view of railway electrification work. Views of Ulan-Ude, the capital of Buryatia: streets, buildings, people on the streets. General view of the Ivolginsky Buddhist Temple, the residence of the head of the USSR Buddhists, Lama Zhambal Dorzhi Gomboev. Worship in the temple. Buryat artists work on making religious items for Buddhist temples. View of the library in the Ivolginsky Temple. Buddhist monks read sacred books in the library. Festive service - khural in the datsan. Meeting of the spiritual administration of Buddhists. General view of the Aginsky Datsan. Religious dispute in the temple (synchronously). Funeral rite of northern Buddhists. Prayer service in one of the Buryat houses on the occasion of the birth of a child. Lama reads a prayer (synchronously). The holiday "Mandariyn-khural" - the holiday of the coming Buddha: lamas read prayers, beat drums, plates, distribute grain. Procession around the datsan. Meeting in Buryatia of the Bandido Khambo-Lama of Mongolia. Signing of a joint appeal.
The head of the Buddhists of the Soviet Union, Bandido Khambo Lama Zhambal Dorzhi Gomboev, performs a religious ceremony in a temple – various.
Sculpture of Buddha in a temple - kr.
Landscapes of Buryatia - medium square, panorama with a/t (winter, summer).
Herd of horses in a pasture - general.
Herd of cows in a pasture - general.
Flock of sheep in a pasture - medium, kr.
Buryat village - medium.
Tractors plow the land, a Buryat at the controls of a tractor – medium, kr.
Lake Baikal - autumn, snow lies all around - general.
Buryat fishermen pull nets to the shore - medium.
Installation of a power line on a railroad in Siberia – various.
A freight train passes by on the railroad.
Builders are installing a power line over the railroad.
Buryats go to work at an industrial enterprise.
Open-hearth furnaces; flames are blazing from the furnaces - medium.
Liquid metal is boiling - kr.
Buryat metallurgist at work in a workshop - kr.
One of the streets of Ulan-Ude - Wed.
University students - Buryat boys and girls - at a practical lesson in a chemistry lab.
A young Buryat woman, a researcher, at a microscope - kr.
A Buryat female surgeon is preparing for an operation - kr.
Newborns are being wheeled around on a gurney in a maternity hospital - kr.
Buryat children are playing and dancing in a kindergarten - general, kr.
Streets, squares, buildings in Ulan-Ude - misc.
Buryat girls in fashionable short dresses are walking down the street.
A monument to those who died in the struggle for Soviet power, erected in the center of Ulan-Ude - kr.
A Buryat woman with a baby carriage is walking along the city boulevard.
A baby in a baby carriage - kr.
Theater buildings, Aeroflot agency in Ulan-Ude - kr.
Ivolginsky Buddhist temple - various.
Temple decoration details (exterior).
Interior decoration in the Ivolginsky temple - various.
The head of the Buddhists of the Soviet Union Bandido Khambo Lama Zhambal Dorzhi Gomboev talks about the Buddhist faith and Buddhists of Buryatia (synchronously) Morning prayer in a Buddhist temple - men and women at prayer.
Hands fingering beads - kr.
Ritual of worship of northern Buddhists of the Mahayana school (synchronously in Tibetan)
A cult object, a khurda, near a Buddhist temple.
Believers, passing by the temple, turn the khurda, addressing a prayer to Buddha.
Suburgan is a peace pagoda built in Buryatia in 1963 (exterior) – various.
Believers at the suburgan.
Galdan Lenkhoboev, a sculptor and woodcarver who took part in decorating the peace pagoda, at work.
Finished products made of wood and other materials created by Lenkhoboev.
A model of a suburgan created by Lenkhoboev. G. Lenkhoboev is working on a book about the medicinal herbs of his region.
Lenkhoboev's books on the architecture and interior decoration of temples - categorical.
Goose Lake in Buryatia - moderate (summer).
Gusinoozersky Buddhist temple on the shore of the lake – categorical, moderate.
The exterior decoration of the temple after restoration – Wed, kr.
The library of the Buryat branch of the Siberian branch of the USSR Academy of Sciences.
A scientist works in the library – pan, Wed, kr.
A lama goes to the library of the Ivolginsky temple.
Religious literature in different languages in the library - kr, general.
Lamas read manuscripts and woodcuts in the library.
Unique manuscripts decorated with gold ornaments and miniatures in the library – Wed, kr.
A sacred tree in the Ivolginsky temple.
A lama waters a tree grown from a seed donated to our delegation in India.
The beginning of the festive service – khural.
Religious rite of khural.
Believers with children at khural.
Meeting of the Central Spiritual Administration of Buddhists headed by Bandido Khambo Lama Zhambal Dorzhi Gomboev.
The Achinsk Buddhist Temple where Bandido Khambo Lama Zhambal Dorzhi Gomboev was ordained – panorama, red, general.
Believers on the temple grounds.
The interior of the temple, its decoration, and ornaments made by believers.
The author of many ornaments and religious items, woodcarver Ayur Gomboev, working on a model of the Aryavalo Temple.
Model of the Aryavalo Temple – panorama, red.
Model of the Aryavalo Temple created by Gomboev.
The abbot of the Achinsk Khambo Lama Temple Galsan-Zhimba Gonchikov is heading to a religious debate.
Religious debate in the temple (synchronously in Tibetan).
Image of Buddha in the temple.
Panel painting on the wall of the temple – panorama, red.
Religious rite at the funeral of a Buryat Buddhist (synchronously in Tibetan).
Landscape of Buryatia with a river - general (summer).
Religious ceremony in the house where a child was born - a lama reads a prayer (synchronously in Tibetan).
The mistress of the house - a noble milkmaid of Buryatia at the child's christening ceremony.
Photos of the days of the milkmaid's stay in Moscow, in the Kremlin.
A milkmaid milks a cow in a collective farm herd.
Milkmaids pour milk into cans - Wed, kr.
A lama washes children with "holy water" - Wed, kr.
The annual summer solemn ceremony "Mandariynkhural" - the holiday of the coming Buddha.
Believers in the temple and on the square listen to the prayer, pray.
Hands sort through the beads - kr.
Lamas read prayers, beat on various objects, play various religious wind instruments - trumpets, shells, etc. (synchronously).
Continuation of the religious service in the temple in honor of the celebration of "Mandariyinkhural".
Lamas leave the temple.
A ceremonial procession around the temple.
Foreign guests at a ceremonial prayer service.
Photos about the stay of foreign Buddhists in the USSR. Vice-President of the World Brotherhood of Buddhists Professor Sanja Dylykov speaks about the international relations of Soviet Buddhists (synchronously).
Photos of Bandido Khambo Lama Zhambal Dorji Gomboev - various.
Photos about the stay in the USSR of the famous Ceylon Buddhist figure, Laureate of the International Lenin Peace Prize Saranankara Thero - medium, small.
Photos about the stay in Buryatia of the Secretary General of the Ceylon Society "Sri Lanka Buddhist Congress" Vipulasar Thero.
Newsreel Prominent Buddhist figure from Nepal Amratanada delivers a sermon in the Ivolginsky Temple - various.
Khambo Lama Gomboev and members of the Sikka Buddhist delegation at the Rossiya Hotel.
Buryat Buddhists meet Bandido Khambo Lama of Mongolia Gombojava.
Gombojava at a temple during prayer.
Bandido Khambo Lama Gomboev and Gombojava during a conversation.
Photo: The heads of the Buddhists of the USSR and Mongolia sign an appeal to all Buddhists of the world calling for an immediate end to the war in Vietnam.
Bandido Khambo Lama Gomboev, a member of the Soviet Peace Committee, speaks about the struggle of Buddhists against war (synchronously).
A Buryat woman performs morning prayer at home - Wed, kr.