9 Becoming a Bonpo

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter I
2. Foreword VII
3. Contents IX
4. List of Figures XIII
5. Note on Tibetan Language Terms XV
6. Glossary of Key Terms XVII
7. 1 Introduction 1
8. Part I: Contextualizing a Study of Bon in the West
9. 2 Religion and Globalization: Impacts on Religion and Individual Practice 11
10. 3 The Bon Religion: Contested Assertions 25
11. 4 Tibetan Buddhism in the West 37
12. Part II: The Emergence of a Global Bon
13. 5 Bon Comes to the West 49
14. 6 Shenten Dargye Ling 73
15. 7 Ligmincha International 107
16. Part III: Western Bonpos
17. 8 Where Did We Come From? 119
18. 9 Becoming a Bonpo 133
19. 10 Bon in Practice 163
20. 11 Where Are We Going? 205
21. 12 Implications of a Globalized Bon 217
22. 13 Conclusion 231
23. Appendices
24. Appendix A 233
25. Appendix B 239
26. References 241
27. Index 261