The discovery and interpretation of the Eight-Word Mantra of the Bon religion in Tomba hieroglyphs

The discovery of the Eight-Word Mantra of the Bon religion written in Tomba characters in Nakhi Tomba ancient manuscripts is a direct evidence of the relationship between Tomba religion and the Bon religion from Tomba literatures. This piece of evidence indicates that Buddhist Mantra might influenced the practice of mantra in Yung Drung Bon. There influence of the Bon religion over Nakhi's Tomba religion is multifaceted. The latter was affected not only by the earlier Bon religion, but also by the Yung Drung Bon religion, which in turn was heavily shaped by Buddhism. [PUBLICATION ABSTRACT]