    bon or bÃ¶n () is a sect of tibetan buddhism. it arose in the eleventh century upwardsam van schaik describes "in fact, the bonpo religion only started to take shape alongside the revival of buddhism in the eleventh century." - tibet: a history. yale university press 2011, p. 99. and established its scriptures mainly from termas and visions by tertÃ¶ns such as loden nyingpo.van schaik, sam. tibet: a history. yale university press 2011, pages 99-100. though bon terma contain myths of bon existing before the historical introduction of buddhism in tibet, "in truth the 'old religion' was a new religion." ==definitions of bon== as bon only arose in the eleventh century through the work of tertons, sam van schaik states it is improper to refer to the pre-buddhist religion of tibet as bon:  ==history== ===foundation=== three bon scriptures, mdo 'dus, gzer mig, and gzi brjid relate the mythos of tonpa shenrab miwoche. the bonpos regard the first two as gter ma rediscovered around the eleventh century and the last as nyan brgyud (oral transmission) dictated by loden nyingpo, who lived in the fourteenth century.karmey, samten g. a general introduction to the history and doctrines of bon, the arrow and the spindle. kathmandu: mandala book point. pp. 108-113. [originally published in memoirs of the research department of the toyo bunko, no. 33. tokyo, 1975.] in the fourteenth century, loden nyingpo revealed a terma known as the brilliance (), contained the story of tonpa shenrab. he was not the first bonpo tertÃ¶n, but his terma became one of the definitive scriptures of bon religion. it states that shenrab established the bon religion while searching for a horse stolen by a demon. tradition also tells t
Bon Dzogchen Religion_in_Tibet