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This book provides an in-depth examination of the Yungdrung Bon religion in light of globalization. In its global dimension, Bon has been attracting a growing number of Westerners, particularly to its Dzogchen teachings and meditation practices. In this expansion, Bon operates in a dynamic context where forces that create changes in the tradition coexist, sometimes in tension and sometimes in tandem, with other forces that aim to preserve it. In tracing the process through which Bon has become a global religion, this monograph narrates the story of the principal figures who initially facilitated this transmission, following their journey from Tibet to India and Nepal. The narrative then moves to explore the dynamics taking place in the transmission and reception of Yungdrung Bon in Western countries, opening up a new viewpoint on the expansion of Tibetan religious traditions into the West and painting a comprehensive picture of the modern history of the Yungdrung Bon religion as narrated by its participants. In so doing, it makes an invaluable contribution to the study of Tibetan traditions in the West as well as to the wider history of religions, social anthropology, psychology, and conversion studies.

Bon (Tibetan religion) --- Bon (Tibetan religion). --- RELIGION / Buddhism / Tibetan. --- History. --- Tibetan religions. --- Yungdrung Bon. --- religious globalization. --- Bonism --- Bonpo (Sect) --- Religions

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This careful study of the co-existence over time of Buddhism and shamanism among the Lhopo (Bhutia) people of Sikkim sheds new light on their supposedly hostile relationship. It examines the working relationships between Buddhist lamas and practitioners of bon , taking into consideration the sacred history of the land as well as its more recent political and economic transformation. Their interactions are presented in terms of the contexts in which lamas and shamans meet, these being rituals of the sacred land, of the individual and household, and of village and state. Village lamas and shamans are shown to share a conceptual view of reality which is at the base of their amiable coexistence. In contrast to the hostility which, the recent literature suggests, characterizes the lama-shaman relationship, their association reveals that the real confrontation occurs when village Buddhism is challenged by its conventional counterpart.

Bhotia (Tibetan people) --- Bon (Tibetan religion) --- Buddhism --- Lamas --- Shamans --- Medicine-man --- Medicine men --- Shaman --- Healers --- Mediums --- Buddhist priests --- Buddha and Buddhism --- Lamaism --- Ris-med (Lamaism) --- Religions --- Bonism --- Bonpo (Sect) --- Bhotanik (Tibetan people) --- Bhote (Tibetan people) --- Bhotias (Tibetan people) --- Bhotiya (Tibetan people) --- Bhutia (Tibetan people) --- Shauka (Tibetan people) --- Ethnology --- Tibetans --- Religion. --- Buddhism. --- Bon. --- Relations