What is Bon?

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Tashi delek,

This is also Bön.

Sangye Kandro told me about this dance:

It's a Bon culture.... I don't know exactly...mom told me that it's very very old and used to dance since from many years ago..... Dance called Shon ཤོན།

KY:
I saw many Chaam dances in the Tibetan Traditions, but this dance, i never saw. It is special , also in Bön. Will try, to get some more informations from Sangye Kandro, regarding the meaning of this dance.


By Karma Tsering;
This is a very old culture and Triditional of mustang.. Its called shoen ..... Perfromed by Dagkarzong vilagers at kagbenis kagchode thupten samphel ling....


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written by: Santen Karmay.
singer : Renzin Dolma (Bön singer)

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IN ADDITION:

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This is also Bön according some non Bönpos:

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Tashi delek,

Nice to hear what DW members , outside the Bön forum have so their opinions and objections.

One opinion of the outsiders would be that the Bön Buddha Tönpa Shenrab would be NOT a Buddha, whereas Bön has 1000 Buddhas in their believe / conviction, including the Nepali Buddha Shakyamuni.

Others believe that Buddha Tönpa Shenrab would be a mythological entity , all non sense in the conviction of Bönpos.
But all that non sense is not so new in the world of Bönpos.

So what would be NOT Bön ?
In general the opinions held by non Bönpos and sometimes there are similarities which we can share, sure they exist , no doubt about it. :twothumbsup:

viewtopic.php?f=66&t=28163&start=40
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kalden yungdrung wrote: Sun Aug 19, 2018 9:56 am IN ADDITION:

Tashi delek,

Nice to hear what DW members , outside the Bön forum have so their opinions and objections.

One opinion of the outsiders would be that the Bön Buddha Tönpa Shenrab would be NOT a Buddha, whereas Bön has 1000 Buddhas in their believe / conviction, including the Nepali Buddha Shakyamuni.

Others believe that Buddha Tönpa Shenrab would be a mythological entity , all non sense in the conviction of Bönpos.
But all that non sense is not so new in the world of Bönpos.

So what would be NOT Bön ?

In general the opinions held by non Bönpos, and sometimes there are similarities which we can share, sure they exist , no doubt about it. :twothumbsup:

viewtopic.php?f=66&t=28163&start=40
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