Tourist route - Datsan "Baldan-Braybun" - the cradle of  Route:  DATSAN "BALDAN-BRAIBUN" - LITTLE BUDDHISM OF  Full title:  Datsan "Baldan-Braybun" - the cradle of  Geographical route:  Far-Eastern Federal District, Republic of , Kyakhta district  Nomination participant  • Excursion route (duration 1 day)  Route category  • Sightseeing tours Route: Ulan-Ude- Tarbagatai-Podlopatki-Okino- Kluchi-Murochi. Distance- 210 km Journey time is – 2 h 50 min Municipal highway (dirt road) Route: Ulan-Ude – Gusinoozersk - Novoselenginsk- Kyakhta - Murochi Distance – 228km Travel time - 2 h 45 min Federal highway. Comfortable road, stops for rest in Gusinoozersk, Novoselenginsk, Kyakhta (visit to the Museum of Decembrists, regional museum in Kyaсhta)  Murochinsky datsan (Baldan Breybun) is located near the village of Murochi on the right bank of the Chikoy River on the Bichura-Kyakhta highway. Datsan is the first Buddhist temple - the center of Lamaism in Western Transbaikalia. In 1741, 12 versts from the current Temple, a huge felt tent was erected in the Khilgantui area for holding services, in which the first services began to be held. In 1758 a wooden Congre datsan was built here as part of the main Tsokuli- Dugan and six small temples - sume. A datsan was built according to the Hambo Lama's project; Buryat masters of temple painting and Russian carpenters participated in its construction. The buildings of the temple stood out for their size. At the beginning of the XIX century. Four more small temples were built, and a monastic village appeared near the datsan. Datsan has the name "Baldan-Braybun", which in approximate translation from Tibetan into Russian means "Perfect Collection of Fruits" of Buddhist teachings.

 Not far from the main temple complex near the sacred rock in the area of ​​Ranjur, on which the prayer inscription “Om mani padme hum” appears, built the dugan “Aryabala”, in which services are also held. This inscription was discovered by the first abbot of the datsan more than 200 years ago, and the place became the target of the pilgrimage of Buddhists from all over Central Asia and Transbaikalia. This is one of two unique places-shrines of Buddhism in the world, in which the Buddha left his mark. The second such place is in Nepal. At the cliff nowadays meditations are held daily. Datsan is open to the public.

 Not far from the main temple complex near the sacred rock in the area of ​​Ranjur, on which the prayer inscription “Om mani padme hum” appears, built the dugan “Aryabala”, in which services are also held. This inscription was discovered by the first abbot of the datsan more than 200 years ago, and the place became the target of the pilgrimage of Buddhists from all over Central Asia and Transbaikalia. This is one of two unique places-shrines of Buddhism in the world, in which the Buddha left his mark. The second such place is in Nepal. At the cliff nowadays meditations are held daily. Datsan is open to the public.

 On the territory of this datsan there is a tower of a long and smooth log with a round wooden barrel at the top. Such a construction is not found in any of the datsans of Buryatia. Local old-timers say that when the lamas converted the local population to Buddhism, they gathered all the shamans in this place and convinced them to accept the Buddhist faith. All diamonds and shaman costumes were burned. Sacred relics and silver coins were placed in a barrel and raised up so that the Buddha could see the gifts. The sand at the site of the landing Khan Shargai is considered holy. It is widely believed that the sand, taken by a man, gives him strength.

 In the middle of the 18th century, according to one source - in 1738, in another way - in 1741, in the Khilgantui district, a huge felt yurt was first installed, in which the first Buddhist services were held.  The history of the Tsongol datsan is closely connected with the name of Damba-Dorz Zayayev - the first Buryat monk scholar who received a full classical Buddhist education in the largest Buddhist monastery-university "Baldan Braybunling" in , and the authority to spread the Dharma personally from the Dalai Lama.  Damba-Darjay Zayayev, returning home, put a lot of effort to spread Buddhism in Ara-Mongol, gradually seeking permission for the legal activities of datsans from the Russian authorities.

 In 1741, he was able to achieve an audience with Empress Elizabeth Petrovna, who favorably responded to his request for permission to disseminate Buddhism among Buryat tribes. In the same year, Elizaveta Petrovna legalized 10 existing datsans and 150 llamas and khuvaraks who were with them. With them were levied duties and taxes. They were allowed to teach Buddhism to local nomads. This was the first important step in the recognition of Buddhism in Russia.  The next step, which was conceived by Lama Zayayev, was the creation of a large monastic and university complex, a datsan, which existed in and Tibet, which would become the center of the development of Buddhism among .

 On March 5, 1741, with the permission of the Collegium of Foreign Affairs, the first felt Khilgantuysky, or else the Mongolian datsan, was installed "the main idol of Baikal". In 1746, the year of the fire tiger, a wooden datsan was built on the shores of Chikoy, and its first superior was approved by a lama from the Tibetan monastery Chzhone - Aghvan-Puntsok.  According to the Travel Notes, "in 1753, everyone, both lamas and laity, appealed to higher authorities with the request to appoint Dambu-Darzhaya Zayayeva as head monastery, to which it was extended through the office of the Selenga voevode. This was the beginning of the appointment of the Buryat Shiretevs. "  Emperor Peter III, the grandson of Peter I, during his short reign created a number of important and advanced laws for Russia at that time. Among them, he declared the freedom of religion for all his subjects: "Let them pray, to whom they want, but - not to have them in a shame or a curse." After the number of khuvaraks and monasteries in Buryatia increased, in 1755, His Highness Peter III issued a decree that all datsans were headed by a shiratom [and] tsorji. In 1758, the year of the earth hare [1759], a petition was sent through the office of the Selenga voevoda to build a datsan, to which His Highness gave a reply authorizing the construction of the temple. This was the first decree authorizing the construction of datsans in Buryatia. Datsan built in the area Hilagantuy. "

 Dorzhi Zayayev Dam, becoming the rector of the datsan, drafted a Charter regulating life in the monastery, following the example of Goman datsan in Tibet. In 1758, the wooden main temple Tsogchen- Dugan was built in the Mongol datsan, and six small temples - sume.  Datsan was built by the project of Hambo Lama, Buryat masters painted the temples, and Russian carpenters built it. In 1760, the male year of the iron dragon, the foundation of the stone temple was laid.  It became the first significant monastery-university complex, named after the Tibetan monastery, where Zayayev studied - "Baldan Braybungling", and was popularly known as Khilgantuysk datsan, in accordance with the Khilgantui locality. It became the first major center of Buddhism in the Buryat steppes.  The datsan was built according to the project of Khambo-lama DD Zayayev, the temples were painted by the Buryat masters, and built by Russian carpenters.  The construction of the new temple was completed in the year of the fiery dog, in the fifty-sixth year of the life of Saint Lama Zayayev [1766]. On the 15th of the sixth month of this year, the temple was consecrated and granted the name Baldan Braybung-ling.

Lama Datsan

 • Pandido Khambo-Lama Damba Badmaevich Ayusheev, born in the village of Bursomon in the Krasnochikoy District of the Chita Region. From 1991 to 1994, he was the Sharatete Lama of the Datsan Baldan-Braybun. Now the head of the Buddhist Traditional Sangha of Russia.  • Damchoy-Zhamts Lama - Shatoev Bato Dashinimayevich, born in the village of Enkhe-Tala, graduated from Ulan Bator Buddhist University named after Dzanabazar. is shareete lama datsan.  • Agvan-Nima Lama - Bair Mikhailovich Batomunkuev, a native of the village of Murochi. Graduated from Ulan Bator Buddhist University named after Dzanabazar. is korzhi-lama datsan.  • Damchoy-Galag Lama - Gombozhapov Zorigto Valerievich, a native of the village of Ust-Kyakhta, graduated from Ulan Bator Buddhist University named after Dzanabazar. is in the position of umzad lama.  • Danzan-Choympel Lama - Tsybenov Gennady Purbaevich, a native of the village of Shergoldzhin, Krasnochachy district of the Chita region. Graduated from Ulan Bator Buddhist University named after Dzanabazar.  • Lubsan Lama - Bat Zhargal, a native of Ulan Bator. Graduated from Ulan Bator Buddhist University named after Dzanabazar.  • Zhalva-Zhamtso Lama - Gennady Badmatsyrenov, a native of the village of Noehon, graduated from the Ivolginsky Buddhist Institute "Dashi-Choynhorlin". He is the father superior in the village of Noehon.  • Sanjay-Zhamtso Lama - Dayndarov Solbon Sergeevich, a native of Kharlun village. He graduated from the Ivolginsky Buddhist Institute "Dashi-Choinhorlin." Slademot in position gebgy lamas.  • Tsyden-Dorzhe Lama - Nikolay Mitapovich Garmayev, a native of the village of Burduny. Graduated from Ulan Bator Buddhist University named after Dzanabazar.  • Yeshi-Jimba Lama - Vitaliy V. Rantapov - a native of p. Kudara- Somon, graduated from the philosophy department of Goman- datsan in India.  • Bair Lhasaranzhapovich Erdyneev - a native of Kyakhta, graduated from the Iconographic Department of the Zanabazar University of Ulan Bator. He is a full-time artist datsan.  • Bainov Sambu Martovich - born in the village of Hilgantuy, graduated from the Dashi-Choinhorlin Buddhist University at the Ivolginsky datsan.