David L. Snellgrove - 1967 - The Nine Ways of Bon - Exceprts and translations of gZi-brijid (336p).pdf

David L. Snellgrove - 1967 - The Nine Ways of Bon - Exceprts and translations of gZi-brijid (336p).pdf

Series: London Oriental Series
Paperback: 312 pages
Publisher: Great Eastern Book Co (April 1980)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0877737398
ISBN-13: 978-0877737391

This is a very rare and expensive edition.

A fascinating glimpse into the original pre-Buddhist religion of Tibet. It is a religion similar to Siberian Shamanism . Bon was said to have been brought to Tibet in ancient times from a land to its west. The text "The Nine Ways of Bon" however dates as being approximately 400 years old long after Buddhist missionaries first appeared in Tibet so we are uncertain how much of the original Bon ways were influenced by Buddhism when this text was originally written. Certainly Tibetan Buddhism was itself influenced by Bon. Bon did go through periods of persecution in Tibet by the Buddhists hundreds of years ago but now but Bonpos and Buddhist lamas often work together. There are still Bonpos praciticing in Tibet and through out the world today.

David Snellgrove, Ph. D., D. Litt., was elected Fellow of the British Academy in 1968. For a five year period he was Consultant for Buddhism at the then newly established Vatican Secretariat for non-Christian Religions. The author of numerous books and articles on Himalayan and Southeast Asian religions, he has been widely recognized for his extensive contributions to Asian scholarship.