When Tibetan Meditation Goes Global

This pioneering ethnographic work on Western practitioners of Bon, or bonpos, presents the first in-depth study of the transition of the Yungdrung Bon religion, Tibet’s so-called "indigenous religion," to the West in the context of globalization. It shows how Bon, including Dzogchen meditation, is l...

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Autor Principal: Arizaga, Mara Lisa
Formato: Online
Idioma:inglés
Publicado: De Gruyter 2022
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Acceso en liña:ONIX_20221121_9783110758870_13
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Summary:This pioneering ethnographic work on Western practitioners of Bon, or bonpos, presents the first in-depth study of the transition of the Yungdrung Bon religion, Tibet’s so-called "indigenous religion," to the West in the context of globalization. It shows how Bon, including Dzogchen meditation, is lived by its followers in the West and how a particular religion expands and integrates into new cultural settings as a consequence of globalization.