Background
Kvaerne, Per was born on April 1, 1945 in Oslo. Son of Gunder Johan and Synnöve Kvaerne.
(The Bon religion claims to be the original and authentic ...)
The Bon religion claims to be the original and authentic religion of the Tibetan people, firmly established in the Land of Snows long before Buddhism was introduced in the seventh century CE. Although its adherents were gradually reduced to a minority, Bon has nevertheless continued to flourish in many areas up to the present day in Tibet, especially in the eastern and northeastern regions, where a reconstruction renaissance is taking place, as well as within the Bon community in exile from Tibet. The iconography of the Bon religion is presented through a series of thangkas, miniatures, and bronzes from public and private collections in the West, as well as from communities within Tibet. The peaceful, tutelary, protector, and local deities, as well as the Bon siddhas, lamas, and dakinis, are identified and fully described by means of excerpts from ritual or biographical texts that are translated here.
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Kvaerne, Per was born on April 1, 1945 in Oslo. Son of Gunder Johan and Synnöve Kvaerne.
Magister Artium, University Oslo, 1970. Doctor of Philosophy, University Oslo, 1973.
Lecturer University Bergen, Norway, 1970-1975. Professor University Oslo, since 1975. Visiting professor Nordic Institute of Asian Studies, Copenhagen, 1989-1991, Oxford, 2000.
Director Institute for Comparative Research in Human Culture, since 1993.
(The Bon religion claims to be the original and authentic ...)
(Translation and scholarly commentary on a seminal Indian ...)
Member International Association for Tibetan Studies (secretary-general since 1992, convenor 6th conference 1992), Norwegian Academy of Sciences and Letters.
Married Tone Beret Lunaas, August 1, 1970. Children: Jon Hallvard, Lars Peder, Ingeborg.