Being human in a Buddhist world : an intellectual history of medicine in early modern Tibet / Janet Gyatso.

This volume explores medical thought in Tibet and reveals an otherwise unnoticed intersection of early modern sensibilities and religious values in traditional Tibetan medicine. It looks at how Buddhist concepts and values were adapted to medical concerns and highlights important ways in which Buddh...

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Main Author: Gyatso, Janet
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: New York : Columbia University Press, 2015.
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