January 29, 2013

བོན་སྣ་ཚོགས།


I am not a Bon specialist and hence have no idea about Bon religion and Bon history. But here are some types of Bon mentioned in certain Buddhist sources:

1. gNam-bon = b/rDol-bon? (bDud ’joms rgyal rabs, p. 16)
2. rGyu’i-bon (bDud ’joms rgyal rabs, p. 16)
3. ’Bras-bu’i-bon (bDud ’joms rgyal rabs, p. 16)
4. Phyi-bon (bDud ’joms rgyal rabs, p. 199)
5. Nang-bon (bDud ’joms rgyal rabs, p. 199)
6. gShed-bon (bDud ’joms rgyal rabs, p. 190)
7. bKru-bon (bDud ’joms rgyal rabs, p. 190)
8. Nag-bon (bDud ’joms rgyal rabs, p. 190)
9. Zhu-bon (bDud ’joms rgyal rabs, p. 190)
10. gShen-bon (bDud ’joms rgyal rabs, p. 190)
11. bShig-bon (bDud ’joms rgyal rabs, p. 190)
12. gSe-bon (bDud ’joms rgyal rabs, p. 190)
13. Grangs-bon (bDud ’joms rgyal rabs, p. 190)
14. Khrag-bon (bDud ’joms rgyal rabs, p. 190)

An important point is if the Bon-po sources themselves allude to such kinds of Bon.


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