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Bon
Bon and Old Tibetan frontier texts: Dunhuang ritual materials, divination manuals, funeral rites, myths, law, contracts, royal inscriptions, and imperial Buddhist documents.
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Texts
GlossaryA shelf-specific slice of the Good Works Glossary for Bon and pre-Buddhist Tibetan terms.Introduction to Bon and Old Tibetan TraditionsA critical introduction to the Bon and Old Tibetan shelf: Dunhuang ritual manuscripts, divination, funerary rites, royal tomb ideology, law and administration, imperial Buddhist inscriptions, the Bon/Buddhist source problem, and living Yungdrung Bon.Reader's Guide to Bon and Old Tibetan TraditionsA practical reading guide to the Bon shelf: divination, funerary rites, decline prophecies, ritual healing, myth, law, and Old Tibetan imperial inscriptions.
Cosmology and Decline Prophecies4 pages
Divination and Oracles10 pages
Funeral and Mortuary Rites6 pages
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