Foundational Teachings

Some students unfamiliar with the Bön tradition, are very surprised and confused about the YungDrung symbol we use. Many western people only know the symbol as evil or negative because of World War II.

Karma is created by the ego through what we Tibetan Buddhists call the three doors, “gosum”, which are the body, the speech and the mind.

Prostration is a special Tibetan spiritual tradition. Many religions and Buddhist traditions use prostrations, and I am going to teach the Bön method.

Seven mantras and prayers, recited by Geshe YongDong.

Taking refuge in Bön Buddhism involves committing to the Three Jewels, similar to other Buddhist traditions, which are the Buddha, the Dharma, and the Sangha. This act signifies a dedication to following the teachings and practices of Bön, which is the indigenous spiritual tradition of Tibet.

The original Triten Norbutse Monastery was established in the fourteenth century in central Tibet by the great Bönpo Master Shen Nyima Gyaltsen (born 1360), a descendant of the Shen lineage which is the lineage of Buddha Tonpa Shenrab, the founder of the Bön religion.

རྔ་ཡུལ་བོན་གྱི་གདན་ས་སྣང་ཞིག་དགོན།

Menri Monastery is the name of a Bon monastery in Tibet that has been refounded in India.

བླ་མ་དང་དགེ་རྒན་རྣམས

YungDrung Bön is Tibet’s oldest spiritual tradition, and the founder of the Bön religion is Buddha Shenrab.