An Introduction To Tibetan Astro. Science An Introduction To Tibetan Astro. Translated by Jhampa Kalsang Tibetan Astro.
Science is the ancient art of calculation and interpretation of celestial phenomena.
We classify Astro. The practitioners of Tibet's ancient Bon religion had acknowledged the five elements many years earlier, and used a system of astrological prediction and divination which was similar to shamanism with its techniques of black and white magic and animal sacrifice. The Bon doctrines were presented in a detailed system of categories and sub-categories, two of which were Astrology and Medicine. The advent of Buddhism into Tibet in the 4th century A.D. also brought advances in the study of Astro. From China comes the principle of the eight Parkha .