Medicine And Memory In Tibet

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Medicine And Memory In Tibet

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Author : Theresia Hofer
language : en
Publisher: University of Washington Press
Release Date : 2018-03-15

Medicine And Memory In Tibet written by Theresia Hofer and has been published by University of Washington Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2018-03-15 with Social Science categories.

Only fifty years ago, Tibetan medicine, now seen in China as a vibrant aspect of Tibetan culture, was considered a feudal vestige to be eliminated through government-led social transformation. Medicine and Memory in Tibet examines medical revivalism on the geographic and sociopolitical margins both of China and of Tibet�s medical establishment in Lhasa, exploring the work of medical practitioners, or amchi, and of Medical Houses in the west-central region of Tsang. Due to difficult research access and the power of state institutions in the writing of history, the perspectives of more marginal amchi have been absent from most accounts of Tibetan medicine. Theresia Hofer breaks new ground both theoretically and ethnographically, in ways that would be impossible in today�s more restrictive political climate that severely limits access for researchers. She illuminates how medical practitioners safeguarded their professional heritage through great adversity and personal hardship.

The Tibetan Book Of Health

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Author : Nida Chenagtsang
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2017-03-22

The Tibetan Book Of Health written by Nida Chenagtsang and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2017-03-22 with Healing categories.

A comprehensive overview of the theory and practice of Sowa Rigpa for both students of Tibetan Medicine and the general public. The first in a special series of texts co-published by SKY Press and Tibet House US Publications.

Tibetan Medicine

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Author : Rechung Rinpoche
language : en
Publisher: Univ of California Press
Release Date : 1973

Tibetan Medicine written by Rechung Rinpoche and has been published by Univ of California Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1973 with Biography & Autobiography categories.

Sources Of Tibetan Tradition

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Author : Kurtis R. Schaeffer
language : en
Publisher: Columbia University Press
Release Date : 2013

Sources Of Tibetan Tradition written by Kurtis R. Schaeffer and has been published by Columbia University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2013 with History categories.

The most comprehensive collection of classic Tibetan works in any Western language.

Sky Train

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Author : Canyon Sam
language : en
Publisher: University of Washington Press
Release Date : 2009

Sky Train written by Canyon Sam and has been published by University of Washington Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2009 with History categories.

Through a lyrical narrative of her journey to Tibet in 2007, activist Canyon Sam contemplates modern history from the perspective of Tibetan women. Traveling on China's new "Sky Train," she celebrates Tibetan New Year with the Lhasa family whom she'd befriended decades earlier and concludes an oral-history project with women elders.

Tibetan Medicine And You

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Author : Miriam E. Cameron
language : en
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Release Date : 2020-01-28

Tibetan Medicine And You written by Miriam E. Cameron and has been published by Bloomsbury Publishing PLC this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2020-01-28 with Health & Fitness categories.

All of us want to be happy and avoid suffering. So why are many of us anxious, angry, depressed? We suffer from pain, hypertension, inflammation, indigestion, insomnia, and addictions. Yet, too often we make choices that sabotage us rather than reverse what’s wrong. Tibetan medicine, Tibet’s ancient, comprehensive science of healing, offers effective tools for transforming suffering into health and happiness. Tibetan medicine teaches that the purpose of life is to be happy, and that after our basic needs are met, happiness results primarily from our own thinking. When challenges arise, we can wallow in negativity and get sick - or even sicker - in mind and body. Or we can decide to create health and happiness. Making positive choices won’t solve every problem but will produce better results than poor or thoughtless decisions do. This unique book explains in everyday English how to use Tibetan medicine for self-care and as a complement to modern medicine. Tibetan medicine sheds light on the intricate relationship between mind and body. Each of us is born with a unique combination of energies called our constitution. Understanding our constitution empowers us to make conscious, informed decisions about our thoughts, diet, and behavior to keep our energies in balance. We learn to reduce stress, create health, prepare for death, and be happy.

Being Human In A Buddhist World

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Author : Janet Gyatso
language : en
Publisher: Columbia University Press
Release Date : 2015-01-20

Being Human In A Buddhist World written by Janet Gyatso and has been published by Columbia University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2015-01-20 with Religion categories.

Critically exploring medical thought in a cultural milieu with no discernible influence from the European Enlightenment, Being Human in a Buddhist World reveals an otherwise unnoticed intersection of early modern sensibilities and religious values in traditional Tibetan medicine. It further studies the adaptation of Buddhist concepts and values to medical concerns and suggests important dimensions of Buddhism's role in the development of Asian and global civilization. Through its unique focus and sophisticated reading of source materials, Being Human adds a crucial chapter in the larger historiography of science and religion. The book opens with the bold achievements in Tibetan medical illustration, commentary, and institution building during the period of the Fifth Dalai Lama and his regent, Desi Sangye Gyatso, then looks back to the work of earlier thinkers, tracing a strategically astute dialectic between scriptural and empirical authority on questions of history and the nature of human anatomy. It follows key differences between medicine and Buddhism in attitudes toward gender and sex and the moral character of the physician, who had to serve both the patient's and the practitioner's well-being. Being Human in a Buddhist World ultimately finds that Tibetan medical scholars absorbed ethical and epistemological categories from Buddhism yet shied away from ideal systems and absolutes, instead embracing the imperfectability of the human condition.

Resuscitate

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Author : Mickey S. Eisenberg
language : en
Publisher: University of Washington Press
Release Date : 2009

Resuscitate written by Mickey S. Eisenberg and has been published by University of Washington Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2009 with Education categories.

Sudden cardiac arrest can strike anyone at any time. But in many cities, people who suffer sudden cardiac arrest are up to 46 times more likely to die than those who experience cardiac arrest in Seattle and King County, Washington, or Rochester, Minnesota--an astonishing and completely preventable variance in survival rates.

Mind Training

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Author : Thupten Jinpa
language : en
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
Release Date : 2014-05-01

Mind Training written by Thupten Jinpa and has been published by Simon and Schuster this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2014-05-01 with Religion categories.

Compiled in the fifteenth century, Mind Training: The Great Collection is the earliest anthology of a special genre of Tibetan literature known as "mind training," or lojong in Tibetan. The principal focus of these texts is the systematic cultivation of such altruistic thoughts and emotions as compassion, love, forbearance, and perseverance. The mind-training teachings are highly revered by the Tibetan people for their pragmatism and down-to-earth advice on coping with the various challenges and hardships that unavoidably characterize everyday human existence. The volume contains forty-four individual texts, including the most important works of the mind training cycle, such as Serlingpa's well-known Leveling Out All Preconceptions, Atisha's Bodhisattva's Jewel Garland, Langri Thangpa's Eight Verses on Training the Mind, and Chekawa's Seven-Point Mind Training together with the earliest commentaries on these seminal texts. An accurate and lyrical translation of these texts, many of which are in metered verse, marks an important contribution to the world's literary heritage, enriching its spiritual resources.

Knowledge And Context In Tibetan Medicine

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Author :
language : en
Publisher: BRILL
Release Date : 2019-06-17

Knowledge And Context In Tibetan Medicine written by and has been published by BRILL this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2019-06-17 with Medical categories.

Knowledge and Context in Tibetan Medicine is a collection of ten essays in which a team of international scholars describe and interpret Tibetan medical knowledge. With subjects ranging from the relationship between Tibetan and Greco-Arab conceptions of the bodily humors, to the rebranding of Tibetan precious pills for cross-cultural consumption in the People’s Republic of China, each chapter explores representations and transformations of medical concepts across different historical, cultural, and/or intellectual contexts. Taken together this volume offers new perspectives on both well-known Tibetan medical texts and previously unstudied sources, blazing new trails and expanding the scope of the academic study of Tibetan medicine. Contributors include: Henk W.A. Blezer, Yang Ga, Tony Chui, Katharina Sabernig, Tawni Tidwell, Tsering Samdrup, Carmen Simioli, William A. McGrath, Susannah Deane and Barbara Gerke