Great Bönpo Khandro Choza Bönmo is now included in The Treasury of Lives!
An article on the great Bönpo Khandro Choza Bönmo is now included in The Treasury of Lives, an online biographical encyclopedia of Tibet, Inner Asia and the Himalayan region:
NEW BIO, NEW AUTHOR!
Known as one of the Six Female Bon Siddhas, Choza Bonmo is positioned in Bon histories as one of the most important female practitioners of Yungdrung Bon. According to traditional Bon narratives, not only was she instrumental in preventing the destruction of Yungdrung Bon in central Tibet in the eighth century but she also played a key role in its restoration.
Learn more in bio by Dmitry Ermakov
From: The Tresury of Lives Facbook post @ 19/06/24 14:56
The pith instructions of this great yogini who achieved Rainbow Body in 8th century AD can be found in the Heart Essence of the Khandro, Experiential Instructions on Bonpo Dzogchen. This book has recently been translated into Russian and is due to be published there next month.
Cover image:
Left tsakali: courtesy of Prof. Charles Ramble.
Right tskali: a fragment of Yethri Thasel Mogyu thangka by @ Geshe Monlam Wangyal painted for the Heart Essence of the Khandro, Experiential Instructions on Bonpo Heart Essence of the Khandro: Experiential Instructions on Bonpo Dzogchen.