Glossary entry (derived from question below)
German term or phrase:
Bön-Heiligtum
English translation:
holy bon shrine
Added to glossary by
Nicole Tata
Sep 28, 2010 18:32
13 yrs ago
German term
Bön-Heiligtum
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Religion
From a text about Sikkim:
Dieses winzige Königreich wurde 1642 durch einen Pakt tibetischer Einwanderer mit Klanführern der animistischen Ureinwohner, Lepschas genannt, gegründet. Das geschah an einem Bön-Heiligtum im Westen des Landes, ein Ort, der noch heute verehrt wird.
What is Bön-Heiligtum please? Can't find it anywhere. Some sort of shrine, I'm guessing. If you're guessing too, then please don't bother answering. But if you know, I'd be grateful for some enlightenment. Many thanks in advance.
Dieses winzige Königreich wurde 1642 durch einen Pakt tibetischer Einwanderer mit Klanführern der animistischen Ureinwohner, Lepschas genannt, gegründet. Das geschah an einem Bön-Heiligtum im Westen des Landes, ein Ort, der noch heute verehrt wird.
What is Bön-Heiligtum please? Can't find it anywhere. Some sort of shrine, I'm guessing. If you're guessing too, then please don't bother answering. But if you know, I'd be grateful for some enlightenment. Many thanks in advance.
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| 3 +1 | Bon shrine |
Michael Wetzel
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| 3 | Bon sanctum |
Melanie Mueller, PhD (X)
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Bon shrine
Google-search: Bön Heiligtum > Mustang - Im Land der Lo-pa (Google Book) refers to "Puntsoling Monastery, wie das älteste Bön Heiligtum Mustangs genannt wird"
Google-search: Puntsoling > The Power-Places of Central Tibet: The Pilgrim's Guide (Google Book) refers to "Close to Puntsoling stood a powerful shrine of the protecting deity Begtse [...]"
"Bön" is an alternate English spelling followed by Wikipedia (without source!) and used in some scholarly book titles. However, "Bon" also appears in scholarly book titles and is massively preferred by Google (Region UK).
Google: "'bon shrine' tibet" has over 100 hits, there are no relevant(!) hits among the four for "'bon sanctum'"
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Note added at 12 Stunden (2010-09-29 07:28:33 GMT)
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photo: http://www.meriyatrra.com/photos/images/lamayuru.jpg
All or almost all bon shrines seem to have been massively altered in the course of their history, this is the present form of what seems to be a famous example.
Google-search: Puntsoling > The Power-Places of Central Tibet: The Pilgrim's Guide (Google Book) refers to "Close to Puntsoling stood a powerful shrine of the protecting deity Begtse [...]"
"Bön" is an alternate English spelling followed by Wikipedia (without source!) and used in some scholarly book titles. However, "Bon" also appears in scholarly book titles and is massively preferred by Google (Region UK).
Google: "'bon shrine' tibet" has over 100 hits, there are no relevant(!) hits among the four for "'bon sanctum'"
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Note added at 12 Stunden (2010-09-29 07:28:33 GMT)
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photo: http://www.meriyatrra.com/photos/images/lamayuru.jpg
All or almost all bon shrines seem to have been massively altered in the course of their history, this is the present form of what seems to be a famous example.
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Bon sanctum
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Note added at 6 mins (2010-09-28 18:38:54 GMT)
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http://www.tapriza.org/e/kultur/s_reli_02.htm
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Note added at 6 mins (2010-09-28 18:38:54 GMT)
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http://www.tapriza.org/e/kultur/s_reli_02.htm
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