Emerging Bon: The Formation of Bon Traditions in Tibet... by Henk Blezer

TABLE OF CONTENTS

INTRODUCTION

Henk Blezer......................................................................................................7

THE MATERIAL CORRELATES OF RELIGIOUS PRACTICE IN FAR WESTERN TIBET: 500 BCE–500 CE

Mark Aldenderfer ...........................................................................................13

ARCHAEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF ‘KHYUNG LUNG SILVER CASTLE’ IN WESTERN TIBET

Li Yongxian....................................................................................................35

TERRITORIAL CHARACTERISTICS OF THE PRE-BUDDHIST ZHANG ZHUNG PALEOCULTURAL ENTITY—A COMPARATIVE ANALYSIS OF ARCHAEOLOGICAL EVIDENCE AND POPULAR BON LITERARY SOURCES

John V. Bellezza.............................................................................................53

IN SEARCH OF THE HEARTLAND OF BON—KHYUNG LUNG DNGUL MKHAR THE SILVER CASTLE IN GARUḌA VALLEY

Henk Blezer.................................................................................................. 117

ON ZHANGZHUNG AND BON

Christopher I. Beckwith................................................................................ 164

IN SEARCH OF ZHANG ZHUNG—THE ‘GREY AND EMPTY’ LAND?

Alex McKay ................................................................................................. 185

THE BON OF BON—FOREVER OLD

Henk Blezer.................................................................................................. 207

HISTORY AND ANTIQUITY OF THE MDO 'DUS IN RELATION TO THE

MDO CHEN PO BZHI

Kalsang Norbu Gurung, Acharya.................................................................. 247

BON MONASTIC DISCIPLINE AND THE GREAT MASTER DGONGS PA RAB GSAL

Kalsang Norbu Gurung, Acharya.................................................................. 273

THE ORIGIN AND TRANSMISSION OF THE BUDDHIST LOWER VINAYA TRADITION

Nyima Woser Choekhortshang, Geshe.......................................................... 307

GENERAL BIBLIOGRAPHY.............................................................................. 321