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<article xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xmlns:ali="http://www.niso.org/schemas/ali/1.0/" article-type="research-article" dtd-version="1.2" xml:lang="en"><front><journal-meta><journal-id journal-id-type="publisher-id">The Russian Journal of Vietnamese Studies</journal-id><journal-title-group><journal-title xml:lang="en">The Russian Journal of Vietnamese Studies</journal-title><trans-title-group xml:lang="ru"><trans-title>Вьетнамские исследования</trans-title></trans-title-group></journal-title-group><issn publication-format="electronic">2618-9453</issn><publisher><publisher-name xml:lang="en">Institute of China and Contemporary Asia of the RAS</publisher-name></publisher></journal-meta><article-meta><article-id pub-id-type="publisher-id">677558</article-id><article-id pub-id-type="doi">10.54631/VS.2025.91-677558</article-id><article-categories><subj-group subj-group-type="toc-heading" xml:lang="en"><subject>Scientific researches</subject></subj-group><subj-group subj-group-type="toc-heading" xml:lang="ru"><subject>Научные исследования</subject></subj-group><subj-group subj-group-type="article-type"><subject>Research Article</subject></subj-group></article-categories><title-group><article-title xml:lang="en">On the Phenomenon of the Incorruptible Bodies of the Vietnamese Buddhist Monks</article-title><trans-title-group xml:lang="ru"><trans-title>О феномене нетленных тел вьетнамских буддийских монахов</trans-title></trans-title-group></title-group><contrib-group><contrib contrib-type="author"><name-alternatives><name xml:lang="en"><surname>Chu</surname><given-names>Van  Tuan</given-names></name><name xml:lang="ru"><surname>Тю</surname><given-names>Ван Туан</given-names></name></name-alternatives><address><country country="VN">Viet Nam</country></address><bio xml:lang="en"><p>Ph.D. (History), Associate Professor, Director</p></bio><bio xml:lang="ru"><p>к. филос. н., доцент, директор</p></bio><email>tuancv.irs@vass.gov.vn</email><xref ref-type="aff" rid="aff1"/></contrib><contrib contrib-type="author"><contrib-id contrib-id-type="orcid">https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3922-7686</contrib-id><name-alternatives><name xml:lang="en"><surname>Gordienko</surname><given-names>Elena V.</given-names></name><name xml:lang="ru"><surname>Гордиенко</surname><given-names>Елена Витальевна</given-names></name></name-alternatives><address><country country="RU">Russian Federation</country></address><bio xml:lang="en"><p>Ph.D. in Cultural Studies, Senior Lecturer</p></bio><bio xml:lang="ru"><p>канд. культ., ст. преподаватель</p></bio><email>gordylena@gmail.com</email><xref ref-type="aff" rid="aff2"/></contrib></contrib-group><aff-alternatives id="aff1"><aff><institution xml:lang="en">Institute of Religious Studies, Vietnam Academy of Social Sciences</institution></aff><aff><institution xml:lang="ru">Институт религиоведения Вьетнамской академии общественных наук</institution></aff></aff-alternatives><aff-alternatives id="aff2"><aff><institution xml:lang="en">Center for the Study of Religions, Russian State University for the Humanities (RSUH)</institution></aff><aff><institution xml:lang="ru">Центр изучения религий РГГУ</institution></aff></aff-alternatives><pub-date date-type="pub" iso-8601-date="2025-04-08" publication-format="electronic"><day>08</day><month>04</month><year>2025</year></pub-date><volume>9</volume><issue>1</issue><issue-title xml:lang="en"/><issue-title xml:lang="ru"/><fpage>92</fpage><lpage>105</lpage><history><date date-type="received" iso-8601-date="2025-03-22"><day>22</day><month>03</month><year>2025</year></date><date date-type="accepted" iso-8601-date="2025-03-31"><day>31</day><month>03</month><year>2025</year></date></history><permissions><copyright-statement xml:lang="en">Copyright ©; 2025, Chu T.V., Gordienko E.V.</copyright-statement><copyright-statement xml:lang="ru">Copyright ©; 2025, Тю Т.В., Гордиенко Е.В.</copyright-statement><copyright-year>2025</copyright-year><copyright-holder xml:lang="en">Chu T.V., Gordienko E.V.</copyright-holder><copyright-holder xml:lang="ru">Тю Т.В., Гордиенко Е.В.</copyright-holder><ali:free_to_read xmlns:ali="http://www.niso.org/schemas/ali/1.0/"/><license><ali:license_ref xmlns:ali="http://www.niso.org/schemas/ali/1.0/">https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0</ali:license_ref></license></permissions><self-uri xlink:href="https://vietnamjournal.ru/2618-9453/article/view/677558">https://vietnamjournal.ru/2618-9453/article/view/677558</self-uri><abstract xml:lang="en"><p>The article highlights cases of preserving the bodies of Buddhist monks that did not decompose after death and that still are revered in Vietnamese monasteries: Vũ Khắc Minh and Vũ Khắc Trường who lived in the 17th century and Thích Minh Đức who lived in the 20th century. The article also describes the origins of practice of Buddhist monks’ saving bodies and examples of incorruptible bodies in Theravada, Tibetan and Chinese Buddhism, as well as the main narratives explaining the reasons for preserving the body (both rational and supernatural) and the goals pursued by Buddhists in creating mummies (veneration, pilgrimage, etc.).</p></abstract><trans-abstract xml:lang="ru"><p>В статье освещаются случаи сохранения тел буддийских монахов, неразложившихся после смерти и почитаемых во вьетнамских монастырях: Ву Кхак Миня, Ву Кхак Чыонга (Vũ Khắc Minh, Vũ Khắc Trường), живших в XVII в., и Тхить Минь Дыка (Thích Minh Đức), жившего в XX в. Описаны истоки практики сохранения тел буддийских монахов и примеры нетленных тел в тхераваде, тибетском и китайском буддизме, а также основные нарративы, объясняющие причины сохранения тела (как рациональные, так и сверхъестественные), и цели, преследуемые буддистами при создании мумий (почитание, паломничество и т. п.).</p></trans-abstract><kwd-group xml:lang="en"><kwd>Buddhism</kwd><kwd>Buddhist monks</kwd><kwd>incorruptibility</kwd><kwd>incorruptible bodies</kwd><kwd>mummification</kwd></kwd-group><kwd-group xml:lang="ru"><kwd>буддизм</kwd><kwd>буддийские монахи</kwd><kwd>нетленность</kwd><kwd>нетленные тела</kwd><kwd>мумификация</kwd></kwd-group><funding-group/></article-meta></front><body></body><back><ref-list><ref id="B1"><label>1.</label><citation-alternatives><mixed-citation xml:lang="en">Abeldil, M.F. (2000). Induizm [Hinduism]. SPb: Peterburgskoe vostokovedenie. (In Russian)</mixed-citation><mixed-citation xml:lang="ru">Абельдиль М. Ф. Индуизм. 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