The Tubden Shedubling (Russian: Тубден Шедублинг, Standard Tibetan: ཐུབ་བསྟན་ཆོས་འགྲུབ་གླིང) is a Buddhist temple complex in Otradnoye District, Moscow, and the first in the Russian capital.

Tubden Shedubling
  • Standard Tibetan: ཐུབ་བསྟན་ཆོས་འགྲུབ་གླིང
  • Russian: Тубде́н Шедубли́нг
The small temple in January 2023
Tubden Shedubling is located in Moscow
Tubden Shedubling
Location within Moscow
DenominationBuddhism
People
Founder(s)religious organization "Moscow Buddhist Society"
Architecture
ArchitectTeryoshkin P.G., Ryazanov N., Arzhayeva V.D.
Groundbreaking2002
Site
LocationNovovladykinskiy Proyezd, ow. 15, Otradnoye District, Moscow
CountryRussia
Coordinates55°51′16.6″N 37°35′26″E / 55.854611°N 37.59056°E / 55.854611; 37.59056
Public accessPartially open to public
Other informationmetro station Vladikino / Otradnoye
Websitehttp://moscowbuddhatemple.ru

Content of the project

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Buddhism has for several centuries been a major religion in several regions of Russia, including the republics of Tuva, Buryatia, and Kalmykia, and an important part of these cultures and identity.[1]

 
The temporary stupa in 2008

The temple complex is intended as a religious object, a center of social, cultural, research and publishing life (named "The Cultural-and-Educational Center"), and to enhance cooperation between the representatives of different nationalities and confessions. The Cultural-and-Educational Center will comprise a conference-hall, a library, as well as a charitable cafeteria, a medical center and a smaller temple for enshrinement of holy relics.

The temple complex will be located near the existing Orthodox Church with a chapel, the Muslim mosques Yardyam [ru] and Inam [ru], and the Jewish synagogue, as part of the Spiritual and educational complex of Russian traditional religions [ru].

General specifications

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The Paradise Pagoda [ru], consecrated in 2015
 
The Stupa of Enlightenment [ru], opened in 2017

When completed the total area built on is intended to be 1,186.5 m2 (12,771 sq ft) , on a plot of land with an area of 2,875.5 m2 (30,952 sq ft). The complex will include:

Use Area
Prayer rooms 600.6 m2 (6,465 sq ft)
Conference hall 293.9 m2 (3,164 sq ft)
Medical center 334.6 m2 (3,602 sq ft)
Library 222.2 m2 (2,392 sq ft)
Charitable cafeteria 471.4 m2 (5,074 sq ft)

Development

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The Moscow Buddhist Society performed a wide scope of works for implementation and coordination of the whole project having filed all applications for obtaining the Building Construction Permission for the Buddhist temple with a stupa to be built at: Moscow, Novovladykinsky Proezd, ow. 15.

The order of the Mayor of Moscow dated 26.10.2000 № 1117-РМ «On the construction of a Buddhist Temple on the site located at Novovladykinsky Proezd, 15 in the North-Eastern Administrative District of Moscow» has become a basic document for drafting permission documentation. The Contract of Lease № М-02-510122, dated 6.09.2004, was signed on the basis of this order.

In 2005, the Moscow Buddhist Society managed to almost double the territory of the construction, therefore, the Order of the Government of Moscow dated 28.12.2005 № 1109-PP «On amendments and additions to the Order of the Mayor of Moscow dated 26 October, 2000 № 1117-РМ» was issued with the following amendments in clause 1.1: «To permit the Moscow Buddhist Society to construct a Buddhist Temple at the address: Novovladykinsky Proezd, ow. 15, of the total maximum area of 3,000 sq.m (including the construction site of 2,100 sq.m.) on the surface area of 0.6027 ha».

Along with the above-mentioned papers, the pre-project and project documentation has been developed. The scope of the project documentation has been elaborated by the LLC "Personal Creative Workshop of Architect Tereshkin P.G." under the guidance of architect Tereshkin P.G.

On 1 October 2014, the Moscow Buddhist Society obtained the Building Construction Permission № RU77175000-010023.

The Moscow Buddhist Society negotiated with potential sponsors. The contractor was determined and the "preliminary" stage of construction works was finished.

On 19 February 2015, the completed Paradise Pagoda [ru] was consecrated by two lamas from the central khurul of Kalmykia, in a ceremony attended by the ambassadors of Mongolia, Vietnam, Myanmar, and Sri Lanka, and representatives of the Russian republics, where Buddhism is traditionally practiced; Tuva, Kalmykia and Buryatia.[2] On 15 May 2015, People's Artist Joseph Kobzon attended a ceremony for the start of construction on the complex's temple.[3] On 27 October 2016, work began on the Stupa of Enlightenment [ru].[4]

References

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  1. ^ "Сад познания буддийской философии и нравственности" появится в Отрадном [There will be a "Garden of Knowledge of Buddhist Philosophy and Morality" in Otradnoye] (in Russian). Звёздный бульвар. 1 November 2016. Archived from the original on 26 April 2017. Retrieved 8 December 2016.
  2. ^ Первая в Москве "Пагода рая" появилась у буддистов в Сагаалган [The first "Pagoda of Paradise" in Moscow among Buddhists in Sagaalgan] (in Russian). RIA Novosti. 19 February 2015. Retrieved 7 July 2022.
  3. ^ Иосиф Кобзон посетил стройку первого в Москве буддийского храма [Joseph Kobzon visited the construction site of the first Buddhist temple in Moscow] (in Russian). RIA Novosti. 15 May 2015. Retrieved 7 July 2022.
  4. ^ Строительство первого в Москве буддийского храма началось в Отрадном [Construction of the first Buddhist temple in Moscow began in Otradnoye] (in Russian). RIA Novosti. 27 October 2016. Retrieved 7 July 2022.