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In Bon Granthas it is said that in the present Kalpa, from the time 
when the duration of human life was immeasureable till it dwindled to ten 
years, there are eighteen divine manifestations (teachers), counting from 
Kun-tu-ssan-po, the chief Bon god, to Than-ma-medon. Of these teachers, 
the one who is called S'en-rab and is said to have appeared when the length of 
human life diminished to one hundred years, is the reigning Bon god. He 
was born at Holmo Lunrin (or “long valley”), in the country of Shan- 
shuh. 3 Some authors conjecture that he, being a miraculous incarnation 
of Buddha, was contemporaneous with our teacher (S'akya Simha). 
According to the Yaidurya Karpo, 4 Buddha, with a view to the 
moral improvement of the Bonpo, became incarnate as S en-rab-mipo 5 
in the country of Shan-shun. He observed the twelve acts of the Bon 
Dharma and taught the nine series of yanas (vehicles of knowledge), opened 
the door of the gods (heaven) for those alive, and shut the entrance 
of the graves of the dead, and committed the living to the path of 
svastika (yun-drun). 6 He possessed such powers as foreknowledge, and 
was able to perform miracles, &c. Moreover having visited various places 
3 Shan-shun is the part of Tibet, called now Ghig£ and Knaor or upper Besahr. 
4 Yaidurya Karpo, meaning the White Lapis Lazuli, is the name of a historical and 
chronological work of great repute, composed by the illustrious Regent of Lhasa, Desi 
Sahg6, in the 17th century. 
5 The word S'en means god, rab means excellent, hence Shi rab means excellent 
god; Mipo, human. 
6 The Svastika emblem of the Bonpo is similar to that of the Buddhists, from 
which it only differs in direction ; for JBon-lcor or the Bonpo manner of circumambulation 
round a shrine or deity is from right to left, while the Chhoi-kor or the Buddhist 
manner of circumambulation is from left to right. The Bon religion is founded on the 
Svastika mandala which is called “ Yun-drun.” 
