The cultural and ethical potential of asceticism ("Pact of peace" by Nikolai Roerich as an example)

The content basis of the article is to understand the spiritual and moral foundations of asceticism as a specific type of socio-cultural activity aimed at solving the problems of humanization of everyday life in the planetary, from the point of view of Nicholas Roerich, scale. Through the prism of the “Pact of peace” developed by the world-famous artist and thinker, the specificity of the phenomenon of cultural asceticism and its humanistic essence are revealed and analyzed. Special emphasis is placed on the fact that the selfless work of N. Roerich had sought these sources, like the artistic work of the painter, his experience Miro-postranecky his interest of anthropo-centrism and value-semantic space of the “Living Ethics”. The article notes and such a significant moment expanding the boundaries of the selfless activities of N. Roerich as his direct participation in scientific expeditions- the Central Asian (1923-1928), Manchurian (1934-1935 biennium). The result of research and artistic and creative work was the creation of 500 paintings and a number of essays with cognitive value in terms of understanding the phenomenon of ethnic and cultural diversity. In connection with the “iconic” articles N. K. Roerich on the cultural and philosophical and ethical issues, and especially with the “Covenant of peace” reveals a humanistic potential manifestivetion and justification of ideas of the modality of improvement of inter-ethnic and inter-state relations based on the connections between sacred and fundamental price-bilities of the culture and planetary cooperation of the countries and peoples.