Foundation for the Preservation of Yungdrung Bön / གཡུང་དྲུང་བོན་ཉར་ཚགས་རིག་མཛོད།

Tag: Dhami

Connections between Siberian Shamanism, Bön and Taoism

9th June 2024

This article is an adaptation of a talk given in Italian on 22nd January, 2023 for Tianwu – Scuola di Medicina Classica Cinese e Arti Taoiste. Thanks to Carol Ermakova for translating it into English.  Topics covered Introduction to the shamanism of Siberia and Central Asia Prehistoric Bön of Eurasia Bön as a multifaceted phenomenon. The word ‘bön’ Etymology of the word ‘bön’ Meaning of the word ‘bön’ Four types of Bönpo religions Prehistoric Bön Yungdrung Bön Doctrines of Yungdrung Bön New Bön Mixed Bön Bө Murgel Bön of the Deer Differences between Bө Murgel and Yungdrung Bön Possible vectors via…
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Conference Presentations in Print

8th April 2022

Two recent video presentations by Dmitry Ermakov, Foundation for the Preservation of Yungdrung Bön, UK, at the 5th International Conference on the Phenomenon of the Holy Mt. Kailash, Universitӓt Hamburg, 25-27 March 2022, are now published in written form. The Importance of Mt. Kailash in the Bön Religion can be read here: The Magical Duel between Milarepa and Naro Bönchung: Who Really Won? can be read here:

The Importance of Mt. Kailash in the Bön Religion

31st March 2022

Abstract: Being the most important sacred geographical feature of Zhang Zhung and Tibet, Mt. Kailash was venerated by Bönpos of various creeds from times immemorial. In this talk I will firstly give a brief discourse on the four types of Bön religions to set the scene. I will then examine how the Dhami tradition of Humla, Nepal is connected to the Kailash region. The rest of the talk will focus on the role Mt. Kailash plays in Yungdrung Bön teachings and history: the meaning of its name in the Zhang Zhung language; Mt. Kailash and Lake Mapang as la-receptacles of…
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