![This manuscript (Or.8210/S.12243) from Dunhuang is about Buddhist criticism on Bon funeral rituals. The translation from Sam van Schaik is “…When eradicating (rjes bcad) and diagnosing (dpyad), interment (mdad) and entombment (shid) are performed according to the Bon religion. When we examine the texts, [it is clear that] previously in Tibet interment was performed according to the Bon religion. After some time had elapsed, the [corpse] was entombed. The instructions for the medical treatment (sman) and beautification (legs par ‘gyur) of the corpse can be examined in the ten rituals (de nyid bcu) for eradication. Even the ritual narratives of the Tibetan Bonpos are not in agreement. In the rituals of the sacred string and the spindle, the father and … grow old and pass away to the heavens “](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/f/f5/Buddhist_criticism_on_a_Bon_funeral_ritual.jpeg)
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This manuscript (Or.8210/S.12243) from Dunhuang is about Buddhist criticism on Bon funeral rituals.
The translation from Sam van Schaik is “…When eradicating (rjes bcad) and diagnosing (dpyad), interment (mdad) and entombment (shid) are performed according to the Bon religion. When we examine the texts, [it is clear that] previously in Tibet interment was performed according to the Bon religion. After some time had elapsed, the [corpse] was entombed. The instructions for the medical treatment (sman) and beautification (legs par ‘gyur) of the corpse can be examined in the ten rituals (de nyid bcu) for eradication. Even the ritual narratives of the Tibetan Bonpos are not in agreement. In the rituals of the sacred string and the spindle, the father and … grow old and pass away to the heavens “ |
| Date | Tenth Century |
| Source | http://idp.bl.uk/database/oo_scroll_h.a4d?uid=3179846266;bst=1;recnum=21318;index=1;img=1 |
| Author | Unknown author |
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