When Tibetan Meditation Goes Global A Study of the Adaptation of Bon Religious Practices in the West

This pioneering ethnographic work on Western practitioners of Bon, or bonpos, presents the first in-depth study of the transition of the Yungdrung Bon religion, Tibet's so-called indigenous religion, to the West in the context of globalization. It shows how Bon, including Dzogchen meditation, i...

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Main Author: Arizaga, Mara Lisa (auth)
Format: Electronic Book Chapter
Language:English
Published: Berlin/Boston De Gruyter 2022
Series:Welten Süd- und Zentralasiens / Worlds of South and Inner Asia / Mondes de l'Asie du Sud et de l'Asie Centrale 11
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Summary:This pioneering ethnographic work on Western practitioners of Bon, or bonpos, presents the first in-depth study of the transition of the Yungdrung Bon religion, Tibet's so-called indigenous religion, to the West in the context of globalization. It shows how Bon, including Dzogchen meditation, is lived by its followers in the West and how a particular religion expands and integrates into new cultural settings as a consequence of globalization.
Physical Description:1 electronic resource (282 p.)
ISBN:9783110758870
9783110758221
DOI:10.1515/9783110758870
Access:Open Access