Metaphysics and Cosmology in the Religious and Philosophical Teachings of Neo-Buddhism B. D. Dandaron: Features of Interpretation of the Concepts of Buddhist Philosophy

The article investigates the department of metaphysics and cosmology in the religious-philosophical doctrine of neo-Buddhism of B. D. Dandaron. The peculiarities of Dandaron's interpretation of the Buddhist concept of pratitya-samutpada in the optics of Western European philosophy (Neoplatonism) and natural-scientific theories of the 19th-20th centuries (Darwin's theory of evolution, Pavlov's theory of signaling systems) are exposed. It is drawn the conclusion that in Neo-Buddhism Dandaron departs from the traditional ideas of the Buddhist picture of the world to establish an original religious-philosophical doctrine of the 20th century and to spread Buddhism in the Soviet Union. Key words: neo-Buddhism, pratitya-samutpada, neoplatonism, theory of evolution, theory of signaling systems