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Bon: Eighty Accomplished Ones of the Magyu System (Drubchen)

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Subjects, Topics & Types:
- Description (below)
- Eighty Accomplished Ones (Drubchen)
- Painting Sets Organized
- Later Magyu Lineage Teachers (Terton Guru Nontse, 12th century)
- Zhang Zhung Lineage
- Magyu Sangchog Tartug
- Masterworks
- Confusions: Mahasiddhas (Buddhist)
- Others...

Videos:
- Accomplished Ones of the Magyu System
- The Eighty Mahasiddhas of the Mother Tantra (Book Review)
- Magyu Sangchog Tartug
- Bon Kandroma

Eighty Accomplished Ones (Drubchen):
- Six Great Teachers of the Early Period: Shen Sangwa Dupa was the first
- Thirteen of the Middle Period Lineage
- Four Scholars of the Later Period
- Nine Scholar Translators
- Nine Shen of the Lineage of Blessings
- Nine Mighty Accomplished Ones
- Nine Miraculous Naljormas
- Nine Majestic Subduers of the Border Regions
- Nine Doctrine Holders of Monastic Discipline
- Three Sempa Lineage Holders: Drenpa Namkha, Tsewang Rigdzin, Pema Tongdrol (8th century)

The final figure in the list of the Eighty Accomplished Ones is Pema Tongdrol who is synonymous with Padmasambhava according to the 'Revealed Treasure' of Dorje Lingpa (1346-1405) known as the Boyulma Terma.

Study Topics:
- Origins & Source Texts
- Kuntu Zangpo & the Three - Chime, Yumsa, Shen
- Chronology
- Comparison with the 84 Mahasiddhas & Twenty-five Disciples of Padmasambhava
- Three Sempa & Boyulma Text Comparison

Jeff Watt, 11-2024


Reference:

The Eighty Mahasiddhas of the Mother Tantra, The Sacred Art of Tibetan Thangkas. Tsadzin Lobpon Geshe Monlam Wangyal. Vajra Books, Kathmandu, 2020. (Book Review Video).

The Bon Deities Depicted in the Wall Paintings in the Bon-brgya Monastery. M.Mori. New Horizons in Bon Studies, Bon Studies 2. Edited by Samten G. Karmay and Yasuhiko Nagano. National Museum of Ethnology, Osaka 2000.

Bonpo Thangkas From Rebkong. Bon Studies 13, Senri Ethnological Reports 95. Edited by Bon brgya dge legs lhun grub rgya mtsho, Shin'ichi Tsumagari, Musashi Tachikawa, Yasuhiko Nagano. National Museum of Ethnology 2011 Osaka. (Book Review Video).