by Timothy Miner | Sep 15, 2024 | Bon, Buddhism, Folk Religion, History, Tibetan Buddhism, Tibetan Religious History
When I first traveled to Tibet, my Tibetan teachers and friends taught me that Bon was the indigenous religion of Tibet. According to them, Bon gradually absorbed Buddhist ideas and practices over the centuries, evolving into a tradition that, today, closely resembles...
by Timothy Miner | Aug 15, 2024 | Folk Religion, History, Missiology, Tibetan Missiology, Tibetan Religious History
While many believe Bon to be Tibet’s indigenous pre-Buddhist religion, recent scholarship suggests a more nuanced picture (Kvaerne & Rinzin Targyal, 1993; Miner, 2024). Believing that Bon is Tibet’s indigenous religion links Bon to the core of Tibetan...
by Timothy Miner | Aug 8, 2024 | Bon, Buddhism, Folk Religion, General, History
Many are familiar with the history of Tibetan Buddhism; fewer understand the other religious streams in Tibet. Several years ago when I began to seriously study the religions of early Tibet, I found that I was woefully out of touch with the thinking of modern...
