What is Bön? Qué es el Bön? (Eng/Esp) Bon refers to Tibet's indigenous spiritual tradition, predating the arrival of Buddhism in the seventh century. The term encompasses two distinct phenomena that scholars and practitioners carefully distinguish. Yungdrung Bon (literally "Eternal" or "Swastika Bon") is the organized, systematic religion that presents itself as the original spiritual tradition of Tibet, founded by the enlightened teacher Tönpa Shenrab Miwo in the legendary