Treatise of Tibetan pre-Buddhist bon tradition ‘Bumbzhi and canon of Tibetan medicine Rgyud bzhi (comparative analysis)

In comparison with well-known medical canon «rGyud bzhi» modern scholars have a very cursory view of another Tibetan medical canon «Bum bzhi», which belongs to pre-Buddhist bon tradition. This paper presents a comparative analysis of the first volumes of the «Bum bzhi» and «rGyud bzhi». Along with the obvious identity of the content of these texts, the analysis found some of their differences.