Tonpa Shenrab Miwoche

Tonpa Shenrab
Tonpa Shenrab life story, 19th-century painting, Rubin Museum of Art
Tonpa Shenrab life story, 19th-century painting, Rubin Museum of Art
Olmo Lung Ring, homeland of Tonpa Shenrab Miwo, 19th-century painting, Rubin Museum of Art

Tonpa Shenrab (Tibetan: སྟོན་པ་གཤེན་རབ་མི་བོ་།, Wylie: ston pa gshen rab་ mi bo, lit. 'Teacher Shenrab'), also known as Shenrab Miwo (Wylie: gshen rab mi bo), Buddha Shenrab, Guru Shenrab and a number of other titles, is the legendary founder of the Bon religious tradition of Tibet. The story of Tonpa Shenrab was revealed in a fourteenth century terma of Loden Nyingpo.[1]

  1. ^ Schaik, Sam van. Tibet: A History. Yale University Press 2011, page 99-100.