THE BUDDHIST CULTURE IS «ABSOLUTALY MORAL VALUE» — CONNECTING KALMYK AND MONGOLIAN PEOPLE AS A SISTEM OF EURASIAN CIVILIZATION

Abstract

Each culture has its own deep-seated trait that makes them unique and is the most valuable from that is brought in by her in world civilization. In every history and culture phenomenon it is possible to select something unique and to find its place in a common historical stream. The adoption of Buddhism by Oirat-Kalmyks marked a new stage in the development of culture, and thus in the formation of their ethnic identity. In the article there is an attempt to identify the place of Buddhist culture as absolute moral values, in the development of the ethnic identity of the Eurasian civilization.