Legendary founder and reformer of the Bön (Yungdrung Bön) tradition of Tibet, born in Olmo Lungring; a royal who renounced his throne and attained enlightenment, occupying a place in Bön akin to Śākyamuni in Buddhism. His life is told in the mDo 'dus, gZer mig and gZi brjid.
Domains
founding of bon
olmo lungring
Powers
Reveal the doctrines of Yungdrung Bön
Subdue obstructing demons through ritual
Epithets
སྟོན་པ་གཤེན་རབ་མི་བོ་ཆེ
Sources
mDo 'dus (Dodü), gZer mig (Zermik) and gZi brjid (Ziji), the three Bön biographies of Tönpa Shenrab