David Germano
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David Francis Germano is an American Tibetologist and professor of Tibetan and Buddhist Studies at the University of Virginia, where he has dual appointments in its School of Nursing and Department of
David Germano
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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
David Germano
…and Nepal. Germano's research focuses on philosophical and contemplative traditions in Tibet, with a particular emphasis on Dzogchen in the Nyingma and Bön traditions and Tibetan historical literature. He also investigates the contemporary state of Tibetan religion and its dynamic relationship with China…
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