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Trans. by B.DULGUUN<\/strong><\/p>\n Mongolian Buddhist temples and the Ulaanbaatar Mayor\u2019s Office are planning to organize Dashin Naadam\u2013Khuree Tsam at Khui Doloon Khutagt Field from August 8 to 9. Source: http:\/\/www.news.mn\/content\/219273.shtml<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Trans. by B.DULGUUN Mongolian Buddhist temples and the Ulaanbaatar Mayor\u2019s Office are planning to organize Dashin Naadam\u2013Khuree Tsam at Khui Doloon Khutagt Field from August 8 to 9. During this smaller Naadam festival, visitors will have the opportunity to watch the traditional Mongolian wrestling, horse racing and archery. On topRead More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[94],"tags":[108,112],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/natsagdorj.manbadatsan.mn\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/528"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/natsagdorj.manbadatsan.mn\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/natsagdorj.manbadatsan.mn\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/natsagdorj.manbadatsan.mn\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/natsagdorj.manbadatsan.mn\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=528"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/natsagdorj.manbadatsan.mn\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/528\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":530,"href":"http:\/\/natsagdorj.manbadatsan.mn\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/528\/revisions\/530"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/natsagdorj.manbadatsan.mn\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=528"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/natsagdorj.manbadatsan.mn\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=528"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/natsagdorj.manbadatsan.mn\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=528"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
\nDuring this smaller Naadam festival, visitors will have the opportunity to watch the traditional Mongolian wrestling, horse racing and archery. On top of this, many religious activities will be held in conjunction with the festival.
\nKhambo Lama (Buddhist archbishop) from Manbadatsan Temple, D.Natsagdorj, clarified some detail about this event in the following nterview.
\nThe Dashin Naadam\u2013Khuree Tsam 2015 will start very soon. Mongolians scattered all around the world are anticipating this event. Many people seemed to be glad that religious traditions and historical customs are returning. Can you share your comments on this?<\/strong>
\nThe Ulaanbaatar Mayor\u2019s Office, City Council, all Buddhist temples and monks in the country have joined together to organize Danshig Naadam and Khuree Tsam activities at a national level.
\nThrough this event, we will help people learn about the history of Buddhism and understand the meaning and significance of Danshig Naadam, which originated from when High Saint Zanabazar was five years old. Mongolians will begin taking action to introduce Mongolian heritages and culture to the public, as well as the world in the future. I\u2019d like to encourage everyone to actively participate in the events to be held from August 8 to 9 and get a spiritual reading.
\nWithin the scope of Dashin Naadam\u2013Khuree Tsam, 500 monks will gather at Chinggis Square for spiritual readings for the peaceful life of all Mongolians and the world, pray that everything we wish for during our daily lives would come true and that everyone may stay healthy and live a long life. The virtuous power of many monks united is truly great. Also, Jakhar Tsam and Khuree Tsam (religious dances) will be demonstrated to the public. Monks specially trained for performing these dances at the Gandantegchinlen Temple will be holding them.
\nMongolia was globally recognized through Ulaanbaatar. The beginning of this is connected to High Saint Zanabazar. The reason the Ulaanbaatar authorities decided to support our initiation for this event is deeply related to the Mongolian history. Mongolians should understand this event from the correct perspective.
\nCompletely inaccurate information is being disclosed, but you shouldn\u2019t worry about them. Peace and unity is necessary because this event was created by the spirit and power of the public. Moreover, those two days will introduce and increase the knowledge of Mongolians and foreigners about Mongolia\u2019s Buddhism as well as heritage and culture. This will allow people to carry the correct understanding and become the root for opening up to spirituality.
\nOn August 8, we will worship the Ochirvaani Deity for the good and wellbeing of Mongolians. We\u2019re all working hard to support these events and make them happen. I\u2019d like to welcome everyone to be part of these amazing spiritual events and learn more about Buddhism, as well as Mongolian heritage and culture.
\nYou said that the tradition of performing Khuree Tsam will be restored. Can you explain its meaning to the readers? Doesn\u2019t the Gandan Monastery and Dashchoilon Temple annually perform Khuree Tsam dance?<\/strong>
\nAll spiritual readings and activities of Mongolian Buddhist temples were closed from 1937 to 1938. The dance wasn\u2019t done since then until around 10 years ago, when Dashchoilon and Gandantegchinlen Temples recovered the dance and began performing it properly. Khuree Tsam is not only a special book that\u2019s aimed for the goodness of Mongolians and everyone else in the world but also a prosperous deed that\u2019s connected to the arts. The moves that the monks perform while spiritually reading the book are all related to meditation. Therefore, it\u2019s a very special and important act. People in this field, as well as monks are talking about how important it is to have Khuree Tsam registered in the UNESCO World Heritage Center in the near future. I\u2019m sure this issue will be settled eventually. Khuree Tsam is an extremely significant heritage of Mongolia\u2019s Buddhism. It\u2019s essential to promote it globally.
\nAnother thing I\u2019d like to underline is that the name Danshig of Danshig Naadam should be preserved just the way it is now. Currently, there are two to three temples holding Danshig Naadams, but the way they\u2019re organizing them isn\u2019t compliant to the traditional ways and customs.
\nThe Ochirvaani Deity, responsible for Mongolia, will be worshipped during Danshig Naadam. Can you tell us what the significance of worshipping Ochirvani is?<\/strong>
\nMany Buddhist scriptures have declared and approved that the indestructible and mighty Ochirvaani looks after Mongolia. In fact, people meet each other through fate, which means that we also created the closest nexus to Ochirvaani through fate. When 1,000 gods of the good times come, Ochirvaani sits next to all of them.
\nMongolia has a saying, \u201cThe state will revere religions and religions will respect the state\u201d. Yet some people are questioning why the state and religious organizations are uniting to organize a Naadam. Can you tell us why the event is happening in cooperation with a state organization?<\/strong>
\nActually, Mongolians should understand one thing. Since the Communist Repression, over 1,000 temples were destroyed. Everyone probably knows how much each deity in those temples is valued in monetary terms internationally. Yet, has Mongolia supported or helped Buddhist temples even once during these years? Mongolia didn\u2019t. Everyone is aware of this fact. Hence, people shouldn\u2019t be saying these nonsense or criticize. In the end, every other nationality supports and provides investment to Buddhist organizations. Yet, Mongolians aren\u2019t able to do the same. In other words, Mongolians only destroyed it rather than investing and flourishing it. People should stop spouting all sorts of things and just participate in the virtuous act. Also, Buddhism shouldn\u2019t be misunderstood. The state is also obliged to look after Mongolia\u2019s Buddhism, its temples, and the people involved with the religion. On behalf of every monk and Buddhist people, I\u2019d like to pass our sincere gratitude to the Mayor of Ulaanbaatar for supporting the Dashin Naadam\u2013Khuree Tsam 2015.
\nEven though Buddhist people are telling people to not view Buddhism from the wrong perspective, there are people who are intentionally spreading incorrect information such as the rumor that Danshig Naadam is a celebration that celebrates the loss of Mongolia\u2019s independence.<\/strong>
\nStarting from children to elders, everyone wanted independence 200 years ago. As a matter of fact, Danshig Naadam is a good will event that resolved conflicts between Mongolia\u2019s many lords of different provinces and helped them reach a unified view. Therefore, understanding about this event shouldn\u2019t be distorted. Distortion is achieved by intellectuals with small and narrow minds. If the wiser people aren\u2019t able to distinguish the truth and follow these less intellectual people, Mongolians will have become the most stupid people. We have to distinguish the false from the truth.
\nIn general, the first thing the public should appreciate is the fact that we have so much freedom. The second thing to appreciate is having the right to freely worship and have a religion. Lastly, people should start supporting and encouraging good will and good deeds.<\/p>\n