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A Collection of Studies on the Tibetan Bon Tradition

A Collection Of Studies On The Tibetan Bon Tradition. The ‘Bon’ religious tradition of Tibet is often misunderstood as just another branch or sect of Buddhism. The historical predominance of Buddhism in all aspects of Tibetan political and social culture since the seventh century is responsible for such misconceptions. ‘Bonpos’, the followers of Bon religion had to endure centuries of persecution and social and political marginalization at the hands of the Buddhist majority. Hindus, Buddhists and Bonpos alike, the Bonpos have their holy Bonri Mountain in the south of Tibet. The doctrine of Bon has many similarities with that of Tibetan Buddhism, believing as they do in the concept of ‘samsara’, as a world of suffering, the law of ‘las dras’ or the law of moral causality (karma) and the corresponding concepts of rebirth in the six states of existence; and the ideal of enlightenment and liberation from samsaric rebirth. From the book: “According to its own Bon historical perspective, Bon was introduced into Tibet many centuries before Buddhism and enjoyed royal patronage until it was finally supplanted by the ‘false religion’ (Buddhism) from India in the 8th century. It is claimed that Bon flourished in a land known as Zhangzhung until it was conquered and converted to Buddhism and assimilated into Tibetan culture. Although there is no agreement as to the exact location or extent and the ethnic and cultural identity of the Zhangzhung empire, its historical reality is no longer in doubt. Many believe that the Zhangzhung empire flourished in the present day Ngari region of Tibet centered round Mt Kailash in the west, concurrent with the empire of ‘Purgyal’ in central Tibet and the empire of ‘Sumpa’ in the east.”

CONTENTS

A BEGINNER’S GUIDE TO THE BON RELIGION by Tsering Dhundup 1

THE BON RELIGION – AN INTRODUCION by Per Kvaerne 6

The Bonpo tradition 11

The Founder of Bon and His Teachings 11

Three brothers 11

Tonpa Shenrab Miwoche 11

Tonpa Shenrab taught his doctrines in two systems 12

The Propagation of Bon in Zhang-Zhung and Tibet 14

Zhang-Zhung 14

Persecutions 14

Resurgence of Bon 15

Menri monastery 16

The Bon Pantheon and Religious Commitment 16

The Bon Pantheon 16

Religious Commitment 17

Monastic life 17

Ngagpas 17

Dzogchen 18

Chod 18

OLMO LUNGRING: THE IMPERISHABLE SACRED LAND by John Reynolds 20

BON – A HETERODOX SYSTEM by John Powers 26

Introduction 26

Animism in Tibetan Folk Religion 27

Types of Spirits 28

Bon Teachings and Practices 29

ANCIENT TIBETAN BONPO SHAMANISM by John Myrdhin Reynolds 30

SHAMANISM IN THE NATIVE BON TRADITION by Tenzin Wangyal Rinpoche 37

THE CONDENSED MEANING OF AN EXPLANATION OF THE TEACHINGS OF
YUNGDRUNG BON by Lopön Tenzin Namdak 43

Introduction 43

The Path of Renunciation 43

The Path of Transformation 44

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The Path of Liberation 45

The Cycle of Teaching 46

The five Science 46

The Nine Ways- the First Cycle 47

The Four Doors and the Treasury the Second Cycle 48

The Final Cycle 48

The four Causal Ways 49

THE MOTHER TANTRAS OF THE BON TRADITION by Marco Alejandro Chaoul 49

The structure of the Secret Mother Tantra 53

A SHORT BIOGRAPHY OF TAPIHRITSA by Lopön Tenzin Namdak 58

THE NINE WAYS OF BON by D.L. Snellgrove 60

The Bonpos 60

The Source of the 9 Ways of Bon 62

The Chapters of the gZi-brjid 63

Remarks On The 9 Ways Edition 65

I. The way of Shen of the Predicion (phyva-gshen theg-pa) 66

II. The way of Shen of the visual world (snang-gshen theg-pa) 66

III. The way of Shen of Illusion (hprul-gshen theg-pa) 67

IV. The way of Shen of existence (srid-gshen theg-pa) 67

V. The way of Shen of the virtuous adherers (dge-bsnyen theg-pa) 67

VI. The way of Shen of the great ascetics (drang-srong theg-pa) 68

VII. The way of pure sound (a-dkar theg-pa) 68

VIII. The way of the primeval Shen (ye-shen theg-pa) 68

IX. The surpreme way(bla-med theg-pa) 68

Bon - Classification of Ways 69

THE WAY OF THE SHEN OF PROTECTION by D.L. Snellgrove 70

BON - AS A PRE-BUDDHIST RELIGION OF TIBET 77

Bon - How it came to Tibet as a Religion 78

The four Portals and the Treasury as Fifth 80

THE BONPO TRADITIONS OF DZOGCHEN by John Myrdhin Reynolds 84

The Bonpo and Nyingma Traditions of Dzogchen 84

The Historical Development of Bon 86

The Origin of Dzogchen 89

The Three Traditions of Bonpo Dzogchen 93

1. A-khrid 93

2. rDzogs-chen 94

3 sNyan-rgyud 94


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