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>The latter sheds new light on and provides invaluable insights into the nature of these connections thereby dispelling long-held misconceptions and prejudices against the authenticity of Yungdrung Bön as the religion of a Buddha, albeit different from the Indian Buddha Shakyamuni (point 3)
>The author argues and demonstrates that the original Bönpo view of their own tradition (point 4) cannot be dismissed out of hand and is in fact the valid one. To substantiate this he presents supporting evidence from diverse fields of study such as archaeology, history, geology, anthropology, genetics and so on. This is complimented by a presentation – based on contemporary scholarly sources and direct information from leading living Bönpo scholars such as Yongdzin Lopön Tenzin Namdak Rinpoche – on Bön history, religion, culture and possible routes by which it may have spread in and out of the ancient Zhang Zhung Confederation
>In Chapter XV the inter-connectedness of the ancient peoples (Hunnu, Syanbi, Tuyuhun’-Azha, Tokharians, Scythians and so on), cultures and religions of Eurasia is demonstrated through re-examining available data and fitting it together with the insights gained from the comparative study of Bön and Bө Murgel. This brings out an emerging picture of a global international pan-Eurasian cultural and religious phenomenon (labelled in the book as the Prehistoric Bön of Eurasia) and demonstrates that proto-Mongol, proto-Indo-Iranians and peoples of the Tibetan Plateau shared many gods as well as religious and cultural customs
>The latter sheds new light on and provides invaluable insights into the nature of these connections thereby dispelling long-held misconceptions and prejudices against the authenticity of Yungdrung Bön as the religion of a Buddha, albeit different from the Indian Buddha Shakyamuni (point 3)
>The author argues and demonstrates that the original Bönpo view of their own tradition (point 4) cannot be dismissed out of hand and is in fact the valid one. To substantiate this he presents supporting evidence from diverse fields of study such as archaeology, history, geology, anthropology, genetics and so on. This is complimented by a presentation – based on contemporary scholarly sources and direct information from leading living Bönpo scholars such as Yongdzin Lopön Tenzin Namdak Rinpoche – on Bön history, religion, culture and possible routes by which it may have spread in and out of the ancient Zhang Zhung Confederation
>In Chapter XV the inter-connectedness of the ancient peoples (Hunnu, Syanbi, Tuyuhun’-Azha, Tokharians, Scythians and so on), cultures and religions of Eurasia is demonstrated through re-examining available data and fitting it together with the insights gained from the comparative study of Bön and Bө Murgel. This brings out an emerging picture of a global international pan-Eurasian cultural and religious phenomenon (labelled in the book as the Prehistoric Bön of Eurasia) and demonstrates that proto-Mongol, proto-Indo-Iranians and peoples of the Tibetan Plateau shared many gods as well as religious and cultural customs
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