John Myrdhin Reynolds is a pre-eminent scholar and translator of Tibetan Bön Dzogchen texts. In this talk given as a program at Gyalshen Institute for the Study of Zhang Zhung and Tibetan Culture in the San Francisco Bay Area, Dr. Reynolds discusses the historical background of the ancient spiritual tradition of Tibetan Bön Buddhism, the cultural relationships between Yungdrung Bön and the schools of Tibetan Buddhism based on Indian sources, and makes special note of the origins of Dzogchen texts such as the Zhang Zhung Nyen Gyud and related meditation practices in the 8th century CE.
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