სინკრეტიზაციის საკითხი აღმოსავლურ ფილოსოფიურ-რელიგიურ მოძღვრებებში
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2024-02-14
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ივანე ჯავახიშვილის სახელობის თბილისის სახელმწიფო უნივერსიტეტის გამომცემლობა
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While researching political, socio-economic, cultural or other issues,
it is very important to take into account the ideological aspect, as it has
always been directly related to the ongoing life processes in the country.
In the presented work, attention is focused on philosophical-religious
doctrines that emerged in the Asian region and their relations. As India
and China were the centers of an ancient civilizations of the region, it
was in their territories that the most important ideological doctrines of
world importance were formed, such as Buddhism, Hinduism, Confucianism,
Taoism, etc. Their study over the centuries clearly shows that
each of them was characterized by migration and settlement from one
country to neighboring territories, coexistence and dialogue between
each other in a parallel mode, as well as paying respect to each other’s
deities, mixing some rituals. In such cases, on the basis of a certain
consensus, syncretization processes took place between the religious
doctrines that entered a particular country from the outside and local
beliefs. However, the opposite events are recorded, when, as a result of a
conflict between religions, one of them retreated, disappeared or
completely merged with a more powerful religious system.
To illustrate the processes of religious syncretization in the study
region, first of all, the example of Buddhism is worth mentioning. It is a
paradox that in its homeland - India, Hinduism has narrowed down Buddhism
so much that among the religions spread in the country, it has the
most modest niche. However, this did not exclude individual facts of
syncretization between them. Instead, Buddhism has achieved great success beyond the borders of India not only as an ideology, but also as
a spreading segment of various branches of culture. After entering China
in the first century AD, it faced certain obstacles from Confucianism and
Taoism in the initial stage, but later, on the basis of consensus it gained
powerful leverage. China was covered with Buddhist temples and
pagodas, Buddhist holidays began to be celebrated, many temples were
simultaneously dedicated to Buddhist, Taoist and Hindu deities, some of
which were included in the pantheon of gods of different faiths. Similar
events took place in Korea, Japan and other Asian countries, where individual
segments of local and imported religious doctrines, pantheon of
gods, customs, architectural styles of iconic buildings and other elements
were being syncretized.
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თბილისის უნივერსიტეტის დაარსებისადმი მიძღვნილი სამეცნიერო კონფერენცია. თსუ 106, თეზისები, 2024, გვ.: 36-39 / Scientific conference dedicated to the foundation of Tbilisi University. TSU 106, Abstracts, 2024, pp.: 36-39