Bon and Shamanism

In this interview, Geshe Tenzin Wangyal Rinpoche discusses the role of shamanism in the Tibetan Bon and Himalayan spiritual traditions. Topics include:

• Himalayan shamanism—what role does it play today? (0.31)
• What is the role of shamanism in the Bon tradition? (3:41)
• What is the value of life according to the Bon tradition? (9:18)
• Why do people practice shamanism in the West today? (11:22)

Video by Guido Ferrari, recorded in 2014 in Maria Alm, Austria.

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Bon is regarded as the oldest spiritual tradition of Tibet. Its unbroken lineage is traced back thousands of years before the birth of the historical buddha Shakyamuni, to the legendary buddha Tonpa Shenrab Miwoche.

Tenzin Wangyal Rinpoche is a prominent Bon Buddhist master and founding spiritual director of Ligmincha International, http://www.ligmincha.org. His books include the best-selling The Tibetan Yogas of Dream and Sleep; Tibetan Sound Healing; Wonders of the Natural Mind; Healing With Form, Energy and Light; Unbounded Wholeness (with Anne Carolyn Klein); Awakening the Sacred Body; Tibetan Yogas of Body, Speech and Mind; Awakening the Luminous Mind; and The True Source of Healing.

To learn more about Tenzin Wangyal Rinpoche and the Bon Buddhist tradition of Tibet, visit https://www.ligmincha.org/

For advance notice of future online and in-person teachings with Tenzin Wangyal Rinpoche, subscribe to Ligmincha's free e-newsletter at http://voiceofclearlight.org/

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