Individual differences | Methods | Statistics | Clinical |
Educational | Industrial | Professional items | World psychology
| Bön has typically been described as the shamanistic religion
in Tibet before the arrival of Buddhism in the 7th century C.E.
With the recent exile of many Bönpo lamas to India, however, a
more complex description of Bön is emerging and is now being
considered by Western scholars. ("-po" is a part of a word in
Tibetan that forms an adjective or shows the relativity, can
also indicate a person, thus, "Bönpo" means a person, or people,
who follow(s) the path of Bön. The transcription of the Tibetan
spelling is actually just "Bon", but the diaresis is sometimes
added above the "o" to prompt the reader to a more nearly
Tibetan pronunciation of the vowel.) The Meaning of BönEdit A
pure mind (a mind which recognizes Existence and understands it
fully in an objective and factual way) behaving accordingly,
being used in utmost justice or balance, looking beyond,
meditating on it, etc. comes to