Home > Books & Publications > Books by Title A-Z >

Nine Ways of Bon: Excerpts from gZi-brjid
By: David Snellgrove
Nine Ways of Bon: Excerpts from gZi-brjid
 
Our Price: $40.00
Members Price: $36.00
Author: David Snellgrove
Format: Paperback
ISBN: 9789745241114
Publication Date: 2010


Availability: Usually Ships in 24 Hours
Product Code: 15497
Qty:

Description
 
To practising bonpos, Bon simply means the true religion of Tibet, while to Tibetan Buddhists, Bon refers to the false teachings and practices that were prevalent before Buddhism finally succeeded in gaining a firm hold on the country.

The present study resulted from a period during which the author, a renowned scholar of Asian languages and cultures, was engaged in intense contact with practicing bonpos. It consists of the translation of fundamental texts of Bon, based on a manuscript of some 400 years of age, in which the entire Bon tantric practice is summarized. In many ways remarkably parallel to the early Buddhist teachings, much of the Bon tradition was subsequently incorporated back into Buddhism when that religion was formally adopted into Tibetan culture.

This important study, first published in the 1960s and long out of print, will be welcomed by all with interest in the religions of the Himalayas.

Nine Ways of Bon: Excerpts from gZi-brjid, David Snellgrove, Orchid Press, Paperback, 318 pp, $40.00

Share your knowledge of this product with other customers... Be the first to write a review

Browse for more products in the same category as this item:


Books & Publications > Books by Title A-Z
Books & Publications > Books by Subject > Books on Bon
Books
Books & Publications > Books by Subject
Books & Publications