Then, he was recognized as the tulku of Gyayag Rinpoche (Wylie: rGya yag rin po che), a Buddhist master of Gelug tradition from Kumbum Monastery, who visited Buryatia several times and died not long before Bidia was born.

As religion was suppressed by the Soviets, Dandaron was brought to court three times and spent a significant part of his life in prison camps.

There, he also had a number of Russian philosophers and other scholars, as well as Buryat lamas, to exchange opinions and gain knowledge of European philosophy and history he widely refers to in his writings.

He wrote extensively on Tibetan studies and translated religious and historical literature of Tibet into Russian, publishing over 30 articles and other works.

Having warned his neighbors, in the camp in Vydrino he experienced samadhi several times, stopping his heartbeat and breath at will for days.