Fast Facts of Bön Date founded: none (Original Bön); 16,000 BC [18,000 years] (Yungdrung Bön, according to the Bönpo); 14th cent. AD (New Bön) Place founded: Tibet Founder: none (Original Bön); Tonpa Shenrab Miwoche (Yungdrung Bön) Adherents: unknown, perhaps around 100,000 Introduction to Bon Bön (Tibetan: བོན་; Wylie: bon) is the oldest extant spiritual tradition of Tibet. The history of Bön is difficult to clearly ascertain because the earliest surviving documents referrin