When Tibetan Meditation Goes Global : : A Study of the Adaptation of Bon Religious Practices in the West / / Mara Lisa Arizaga.
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 w...
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| Place / Publishing House: | Berlin ;, Boston : : De Gruyter,, [2022] ©2022 |
| Year of Publication: | 2022 |
| Language: | English |
| Series: | Welten Süd- und Zentralasiens / Worlds of South and Inner Asia / Mondes de l'Asie du Sud et de l'Asie Centrale
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (XVIII, 264 p.) |
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Table of Contents:
- Frontmatter
- Foreword
- Contents
- List of Figures
- Note on Tibetan Language Terms
- Glossary of Key Terms
- 1 Introduction
- Part I: Contextualizing a Study of Bon in the West
- 2 Religion and Globalization: Impacts on Religion and Individual Practice
- 3 The Bon Religion: Contested Assertions
- 4 Tibetan Buddhism in the West
- Part II: The Emergence of a Global Bon
- 5 Bon Comes to the West
- 6 Shenten Dargye Ling
- 7 Ligmincha International
- Part III: Western Bonpos
- 8 Where Did We Come From?
- 9 Becoming a Bonpo
- 10 Bon in Practice
- 11 Where Are We Going?
- 12 Implications of a Globalized Bon
- 13 Conclusion
- Appendices
- Appendix A
- Appendix B
- References
- Index