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...
