Tonpa Shenrab Miwoche

Who is Tonpa Shenrab Miwoche?

Tonpa Shenrab or Shenrab Miwo —also called the Buddha Shenrab, Guru Shenrab and a number of other titles—is the founder of the Bon tradition of Tibet.

[Shenrab Miwo] occupies a position very similar to that of Śākyamuni in Buddhism, but... we have no available [or pre-10th century] sources with which to establish his historicity, his dates, his racial origin, his activities, and the authenticity of the enormous number of books either attributed directly to him or believed to be his word."

The story of Tonpa Shenrab was revealed in a fourteenth century terma of Loden Nyingpo.