Mustang Bon Foundation

Our translation projects currently are the primary focus for fulfilling our mission to bring indo-tibetan meditation and teachings to western students. In 2024, pogwf continued its funding of the translation of bon and buddhist meditation texts. The objective is to bring the precious lineage teachings of these indo-tibetan meditation practices to the west, translated in a form of meditation that is readily understandable by westerners and yet preserve the heart of these teachinhgs in their original form. Our foundation will hold the copyright to these published works and provide stewardship of the publications into the future.translation of this material requires specialized knowledge, including deep experience with indo-tibetan meditation practices and knowledge of the tibetan language. The translators are daniel brown, ph.d. And geshe sonam gurung. They translate these precious texts with permission by and under the guidance of his holiness menri trizin, the spiritual leader and lineage holder of the bon po and head abbott of menri monastery, dolanji, india. Dr. Brown is director, the center for integrative psychotherapy in newton, ma and associate clinical professor of psychology at harvard medical school. He has studied, taught, and worked to bring the wisdom of the great indo-tibetan spiritual traditions to the west for over 47 years. Geshe sonam, a nepalese scholar and tibetan monk, holds the distinguished geshe degree-the equivalent of a doctoral degree in dharma studies-and previously served as personal assistant to hh menri trizin, 33rd abbot of menri monastery.in 2024, we continued our translation projects includeding funding for the shar rdza rinpoche translation of main techniques of clear rainbow body. The translation of the biography of shar rdza rinpoche main student, za ba brag pa, including his experience of rainbow body.in 2024 we continued to support the project: dr brown's in-depth research on training attention in children in preparation for adapting the elephant path meditation practices into a text for teaching these practices to children.finally in 2024, we continued with the support of dr brown's and geshe sonam's translation of shar rdza rinpoche translation of the "the precious treasury of the expanse and the liveliness of awakened awareness through funding travel costs for geshe sonam to translate with dr daniel brown in the united states.