A Collection of Studies on the Tibetan Bon Tradition \ An Extensive Introduction to BON – AUDIOBOOK
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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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