The history of Bon can be traced to the ancient shamanistic traditions of the Tibetan plateau. Initially, Bon was not a single, unified religion but a collection of beliefs and practices related to ...

Adherents of Bon, an ancient Tibetan faith, perceive it as the spiritual center of the world. Given such sacred importance, attempting to ascend Kailash is seen as a clear challenge to divinity.

The neutron imaging system at the Czech Technical University in Prague (CTU) revealed an axis mundi (a symbol of the connection between the physical and spiritual worlds) inside a Tibetan Bon statue ...