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'''Bön''' ([[Wyl.]] ''bon'') — the ancient indigenous religion of Tibet. Although the term “Bön" is often used to refer to the pre-Buddhist religion of Tibet as David Snellgrove explains, this is historically misleading: | '''Bön''' ([[Wyl.]] ''bon'') — the ancient indigenous religion of Tibet. Although the term “Bön" is often used to refer to the pre-Buddhist religion of Tibet as David Snellgrove explains, this is historically misleading: | ||
:"The bon were just one class of priests among others, whose practices and beliefs are covered by the general term of lha-chos, which may be translated perhaps as ‘sacred conventions’. The term BON, as referring to a whole set of religious practices, would seem to have come into use at a later stage in deliberate opposition to the new use of CHOS which now had the meaning of Sanskrit dharma limited specifically to the religion of Śākyamuni. Thus there is probably no such thing as pre-Buddhist BON...."<ref>David L. Snellgrove, ''Four Lamas of Dolpo'' (Oxford: Cassirer, 1967), 20.</ref> | :"The bon were just one class of priests among others, whose practices and beliefs are covered by the general term of lha-chos, which may be translated perhaps as ‘sacred conventions’. The term BON, as referring to a whole set of religious practices, would seem to have come into use at a later stage in deliberate opposition to the new use of CHOS which now had the meaning of Sanskrit dharma limited specifically to the religion of Śākyamuni. Thus there is probably no such thing as pre-Buddhist BON...."<ref>David L. Snellgrove, ''Four Lamas of Dolpo'' (Oxford: Cassirer, 1967), 20.</ref> | ||
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==Further Reading== | ==Further Reading== | ||
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*[[Tulku Thondup]], ''Hidden Teachings of Tibet'' (Boston: Wisdom, reprint edition 1997), 'Appendix 1: Bon Rituals in Ter Teachings'. | *[[Tulku Thondup]], ''Hidden Teachings of Tibet'' (Boston: Wisdom, reprint edition 1997), 'Appendix 1: Bon Rituals in Ter Teachings'. | ||
*Snellgrove, David L. ''Four Lamas of Dolpo''. Oxford: Cassirer, 1967. | *Snellgrove, David L. ''Four Lamas of Dolpo''. Oxford: Cassirer, 1967. | ||
==External Links== | ==External Links== | ||
*[https://sites.google.com/site/tibetological/bon-bibliography Bön Bibliography by Dan Martin] | *[https://sites.google.com/site/tibetological/bon-bibliography Bön Bibliography by Dan Martin] | ||
Revision as of 13:37, 22 January 2018
Bön (Wyl. bon) — the ancient indigenous religion of Tibet. Although the term “Bön" is often used to refer to the pre-Buddhist religion of Tibet as David Snellgrove explains, this is historically misleading:
- "The bon were just one class of priests among others, whose practices and beliefs are covered by the general term of lha-chos, which may be translated perhaps as ‘sacred conventions’. The term BON, as referring to a whole set of religious practices, would seem to have come into use at a later stage in deliberate opposition to the new use of CHOS which now had the meaning of Sanskrit dharma limited specifically to the religion of Śākyamuni. Thus there is probably no such thing as pre-Buddhist BON...."[1]
Notes
- ↑ David L. Snellgrove, Four Lamas of Dolpo (Oxford: Cassirer, 1967), 20.
Further Reading
- Bon: The Magic Word—The Indigenous Religion of Tibet, edited by Samten G. Karmay and Jeff Watt, Philip Wilson Publishers, December 2007.
- Tulku Thondup, Hidden Teachings of Tibet (Boston: Wisdom, reprint edition 1997), 'Appendix 1: Bon Rituals in Ter Teachings'.
- Snellgrove, David L. Four Lamas of Dolpo. Oxford: Cassirer, 1967.