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Bon or Bon Po (Bonpo) is a sect of Tibetan Buddhism. It developed in the eleventh century onward and established its scriptures mainly from <i>terma</i> (hidden treasures) and visions by tertons (discoverers of ancient texts) such as Loden Nyingpo.
Drenpa Namkha is claimed by both the Buddhist and Bon traditions as an important religious figure. The sources discussing Drenpa Namkha’s life vary widely, even within a single tradition: within Bon sources there is thought to be one master with the name Drenpa Namkha in Zhang Zhung and one in Tibet, though his existence is never questioned. Little can be known for certain.<br/><br/> According to Buddhist sources Drenpa Namkha was initially a Bon master who converted to Buddhism. He later became one of the twenty-five disciples of Padmasambhava, and is said to have gained the yogic power of being able to tame wild yak with the wave of a hand.
In general, Buddhism is not overly concerned with the direction the svastika turns. This is not true for the Bon religion, however, where the left-turning <i>yungdrung</i> is the principal symbol of the religion, and a right-turning <i>yungdrung</i> has no meaning. The word is also part of the official name of the religion, Yungdrung Bon or 'Everlasting Truth'.<br/><br/> The <i>yungdrung</i> is also a commonly found in the hands of Bon teachers and deities in a variety of shapes, colors, and sizes. It is even used for religious hats and seats, carpets, and for marking the bottom of Bon sculpture. Since ancient times, the <i>yungdrung</i> has been one of the more common etchings in pictographs and petroglyphs of the western Himalayas and Tibet.
Displaying various auspicious symbols and including a Svastika or Swastika which means 'auspicious' in the Sanskrit language. It is called <i>yungdrung</i> in the ancient Zhangzhung language of Western Tibet and means 'everlasting'.<br/><br/> The left turning Svastika is the principal religious symbol of the Yungdrung Bön tradition.
Bon or Bon Po (Bonpo) is a sect of Tibetan Buddhism. It developed in the eleventh century onward and established its scriptures mainly from <i>terma</i> (hidden treasures) and visions by tertons (discoverers of ancient texts) such as Loden Nyingpo.