Being human in a Buddhist world : an intellectual history of medicine in early modern Tibet

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.
Subjects:
Buddhism > Tibet Region > History.
Medicine, Tibetan > History.
Medicine > Religious aspects > Buddhism.
RELIGION > Comparative Religion.
RELIGION > Buddhism > Theravada.
Buddhism
Medicine > Religious aspects > Buddhism
Medicine, Tibetan
Tibet Region
History
Online Access:Click for online access
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Summary: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 Buddhism played a role in the development of Asian and global civilisation. It 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.
Physical Description:1 online resource (539 pages)
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9780231538329
0231538324
0231164963
9780231164962
Language:In English.
Source of Description, Etc. Note:Print version record.

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