The Bön Kangyur and Tengyur are collections of canonical texts of the Tibetan Bön religion. Like the Tibetan Buddhist canon, the Bönpo canon consists of two complementary collections: the Kangyur () or translated word, consisting of 179 large volumes containing teachings attributed to Tonpa Shenrab (), the legendary founder of the Bön religion; and the Tengyur () containing commentaries on those teachings, as well as cycles of additional instructions, biographies, and rituals. These canonical texts were supposedly translated from original texts in the Zhang-Zhung language.
Bön Kangyur The 179 volume Bön Kangyur consists of five sections:
Sutra section known as the Do-de () (vol. 1–74) The section known as the Boom-de () (vol. 75–144) Mantra (or Tantra) section known as the Ngak-de () (vol. 145–170) Mind (or Dzogchen) section () (vol. 171–178) Lineage of the teachings () (vol. 179)
Bön Tengyur This collection, also known as the Katen བཀའ་བརྟེན། (Treatises Relying on the Word), contains commentaries on the Kangyur, as well as instructions for practitioners.
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External links Adarshah Yungdrung Bon Kangyur Bön Kangyur at BDRC Bön Tengyur at BDRC