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>Note that the countries Al Nadim says are full of Bardaisan Gnostics are precisely the countries where the Bon texts claim the Bon doctrine originated and spread! This confirms what we said in previous posts, about the eastern satrapies of the Sassanid Empire being inhabited by different types of Gnostics, but primarily Manichaeans, and that it was in this region that Bon emerged and Esoteric Buddhism developed
>It is likely that the Babylonian astrology adapted by Bardaisan reached Tibet and syncretized with the native religions. Even the Manichaeans may have taken Bardaisan's teachings, as the Bardaisanite religions, in fact, began as a form of Valentinianism and took on its own characteristics. Eventually, they assimilated into Manichaeism
>Tonpa Shenrab prohibited animal sacrifices and replaced them with offerings of butter and barley flour. Gnostics are known for refusing to participate in any kind of suffering or slaughter, even of animals, and have always been vegetarians. Tonpa Shenrab is either the Prophet Mani himself, whose life story has been transformed into myths and legends and syncretized with some converted Central Asian shaman, or he was a Manichaean missionary, perhaps a direct disciple of the Prophet Mani, or perhaps his disciple, Mar Ammo, the Prophet's foremost disciple, who was tasked with preaching in Sogdiana and present-day Tajikistan
>I believe it is primarily based on Mar Ammo, as he became a success, highly respected, and beloved by the people of the eastern part of the Persian Empire and Central Asia, where legendary literature about him survives. Hymns written about him in honor of his death survive, in which he is called the Beneficent Father and the Father of Light. A Uyghur text calls him Mar Ammo the Teacher. Tonpa Shenrab is constantly referred to as a Teacher in Bon texts, and a rich legendary literature also exists about him!
>Note that the countries Al Nadim says are full of Bardaisan Gnostics are precisely the countries where the Bon texts claim the Bon doctrine originated and spread! This confirms what we said in previous posts, about the eastern satrapies of the Sassanid Empire being inhabited by different types of Gnostics, but primarily Manichaeans, and that it was in this region that Bon emerged and Esoteric Buddhism developed
>It is likely that the Babylonian astrology adapted by Bardaisan reached Tibet and syncretized with the native religions. Even the Manichaeans may have taken Bardaisan's teachings, as the Bardaisanite religions, in fact, began as a form of Valentinianism and took on its own characteristics. Eventually, they assimilated into Manichaeism
>Tonpa Shenrab prohibited animal sacrifices and replaced them with offerings of butter and barley flour. Gnostics are known for refusing to participate in any kind of suffering or slaughter, even of animals, and have always been vegetarians. Tonpa Shenrab is either the Prophet Mani himself, whose life story has been transformed into myths and legends and syncretized with some converted Central Asian shaman, or he was a Manichaean missionary, perhaps a direct disciple of the Prophet Mani, or perhaps his disciple, Mar Ammo, the Prophet's foremost disciple, who was tasked with preaching in Sogdiana and present-day Tajikistan
>I believe it is primarily based on Mar Ammo, as he became a success, highly respected, and beloved by the people of the eastern part of the Persian Empire and Central Asia, where legendary literature about him survives. Hymns written about him in honor of his death survive, in which he is called the Beneficent Father and the Father of Light. A Uyghur text calls him Mar Ammo the Teacher. Tonpa Shenrab is constantly referred to as a Teacher in Bon texts, and a rich legendary literature also exists about him!
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