Bon
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Bon or Bön, also known as Yungdrung Bon, is the indigenous Tibetan religion which shares many similarities and influences with Tibetan Buddhism but retains elements from earlier Tibetan religious trad
The Bon monastery of Nangzhik Gompa in Ngawa, Sichuan, China
A statue of Tonpa Shenrab, the central Buddha in Yungdrung Bon
Yungdrung is a left-facing swastika, a sacred symbol of Bon.
Tonpa Shenrab life story, 19th-century painting, Rubin Museum of Art
Mount Kailash
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Mount Kailash is a mountain in Ngari Prefecture, Tibet Autonomous Region of China. It lies in the Gangdise Shan mountain range of the Transhimalaya, in the western part of the Tibetan Plateau. The pea
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…of Buddhism". Followers of Bon, known as "Bonpos" (Wylie: bon po), believe that the religion originated in a kingdom called Zhangzhung, located around Mount Kailash in the Himalayas. Bonpos hold that Bon was brought first to Zhangzhung, and then to Tibet. Bonpos identify the Buddha Shenrab Miwo (Wylie: gshen rab…
North face of Mount Kailash
Mount Kailash from the south
An illustration depicting the Hindu holy family of Shiva at Kailasha (c.1810-1820)
Mani stones on the path around Mount Kailash