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Bon
Yungdrung Bon; the Tibetan pre-Buddhist tradition
Claimed prehistoric; historically c.11th c. CE – present · East Asian · Living · Tibet, Nepal, Bhutan, northern India
IV. THE CLASSICAL & IMPERIAL WORLD — c.200 BCE – 500 CE
### How many
### Who began it
### What it is for
### What it worships
### What it holds
### What it does
### After death
### Its texts
### Its branches
### Of note
### Its timeline
- Pre-7th c. CE A royal Tibetan religion existed with priests, funeral rites and animal sacrifice. Its relationship to later Bon is unclear.
- c.760–797 CE King Trisong Detsen establishes Buddhism as the state religion; Bon traditions describe persecution and the hiding of texts.
- c.1017 CE Shenchen Luga discovers major terma; organised Yungdrung Bon begins.
- 1405 CE Menri monastery founded; it becomes the mother monastery of the tradition.
- 1959 onward Chinese occupation; Bonpos flee with Buddhists and re-establish Menri at Dolanji, Himachal Pradesh.
- 1978 CE The 14th Dalai Lama formally recognises Bon as the fifth religious tradition of Tibet, alongside Nyingma, Kagyu, Sakya and Gelug, ending centuries of marginalisation.
### Sources
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