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The Bon Religion of Tibet

1995 Art
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Release : 1995
Genre : Art
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Book Synopsis The Bon Religion of Tibet by : Per Kværne

Download or read book The Bon Religion of Tibet written by Per Kværne. This book was released on 1995. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Bon religion claims to be the original and authentic religion of the Tibetan people, and to have been firmly established in the Land of Snows long before Buddhism was introduced in the seventh century AD. Although its adherents were gradually reduced to a minority, Bon has nevertheless continued to flourish in many areas up to the present day in Tibet, especially in the eastern and north-eastern regions where a reconstruction and renaissance is taking place, as well as within the Bon community in exile in India. The iconography of the Bon religion is presented through a series of thangkas, miniatures and bronzes from public and private collections in the West, as well as from communities within Tibet and in exile. With a few exceptions they are hitherto unpublished and date from the late fourteenth to mid-twentieth centuries. The peaceful, tutelary, protector and local deities as well as the Bon siddhas, lamas and dakinis are identified and fully described by means of excerpts from ritual or biographical texts which are translated here for the first time.

Bon - the Magic Word

2007-10-24 Religion
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Release : 2007-10-24
Genre : Religion
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Book Synopsis Bon - the Magic Word by : Samten Gyaltsen Karmay

Download or read book Bon - the Magic Word written by Samten Gyaltsen Karmay. This book was released on 2007-10-24. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Accepting everything, refusing nothing through the centuries, it is the one all-embracing form of Tibetan religion," as leading Tibetan scholar David L. Snellgrove once said of Bon. This book, the first of its kind to be dedicated solely to the art of Bon religion and culture, which to this day has been overshadowed by its Buddhist counterpart, aims to explore and reveal the many hidden treasures of this so far overlooked religion. Engaging with the great scholars of the field, in particular the revered Samten G. Karmay, the reader is invited to delve into the depths of this wonderful culture. Jeff Watt, curator of the Rubin Museum of Art, enlightens the reader by differentiating between Bon and Buddhist art, which it are so often confused. The other contributors look at specific topics within Bon, including its paintings, sacred geography and its founding and therefore set the beautiful art and artifacts within their context. The purpose of this book is to inspire, and in the process to enable the reader to appreciate the beauty of Bon art while simultaneously gaining an understanding of the ethos of Bon, from the time of its founding through to the more than one million practicing Bonpo of today.

Tibet Bon Religion

1985-01-01 Religion
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Release : 1985-01-01
Genre : Religion
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Book Synopsis Tibet Bon Religion by : Per Kværne

Download or read book Tibet Bon Religion written by Per Kværne. This book was released on 1985-01-01. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

The Religions of Tibet

2018-10-26 Religion
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Release : 2018-10-26
Genre : Religion
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Book Synopsis The Religions of Tibet by : Helmut Hoffmann

Download or read book The Religions of Tibet written by Helmut Hoffmann. This book was released on 2018-10-26. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book, first published in 1961, examines the old Tibetan Bon religion, the development of Buddhism in India and Tibet, and covers the religious struggles of the eighth and ninth centuries. It also describes the rise of the Lamaist sects and the priest state of the Dalai Lamas, and taken as a whole is a study of the development of the character of Tibet itself.

The Philosophical View of the Great Perfection in the Tibetan Bon Religion

2000-01-01 Religion
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Release : 2000-01-01
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Book Synopsis The Philosophical View of the Great Perfection in the Tibetan Bon Religion by : Donatella Rossi

Download or read book The Philosophical View of the Great Perfection in the Tibetan Bon Religion written by Donatella Rossi. This book was released on 2000-01-01. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Dzogchen, or the Great Perfection, is considered by both the Bonpos and the followers of the Nyigma school in Tibet to be the culmination of all spiritual teachings. The philosophical view of the Great Perfection introduces the individual to the knowledge of reality, which is one with the enlightened state of all beings. In this book the Dzogchen view is presented in two Bonpo texts belonging to the revered terma (treasure) and oral traditions, here for the first time translated and critically edited in their entirety.

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