Miriam E. Cameron, Tenzin Namdul

Tibetan Medicine and You (eBook, ePUB)

A Path to Wellbeing, Better Health, and Joy

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

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.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Bloomsbury eBooks US
• Seitenzahl: 296
• Erscheinungstermin: 28. Januar 2020
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781538135020
• Artikelnr.: 57931971

Autorenporträt

By Miriam E. Cameron and Tenzin Namdul - Foreword by The Dalai Lama

Inhaltsangabe

Blessing by His Holiness the 14th Dalai Lama
Photo of His Holiness the 14th Dalai Lama, the authors, and their students
Notes: Converting Tibetan Script to Roman Script
Introduction
Tibetan Medicine: Self-Care and Integrative Care by Miriam E. Cameron
The Practice and Relevance of Tibetan Medicine by Tenzin Namdul.
Part A: Tibetan Medicine as Self-Care.
Chapter 1: How to Be Happy
Karma.
Suffering.
Healing.
Happiness.
Sitting Meditation and Circular Breathing.
Chapter 2: Live in Harmony with Your Constitution
Gold Standard: Consultation with a Tibetan Medicine Practitioner
"Constitutional Self-Assessment Tool" and "Lifestyle Guidelines Tool."
Complete the "Constitutional Self-Assessment Tool." (CSAT)
Complete the "Lifestyle Guidelines Tool."
Use the "Constitutional Self-Assessment Tool" and "Lifestyle Guidelines
Tool" Together.
Meditation on a Lotus Flower
Chapter 3: Understand the Source of Your Existence
Health Is Balance and Dis-ease Is Imbalance.
Earth: Cold, Stability, Structure.
Water: Moisture and Cohesion.
Fire: Heat.
Air: Movement.
Space: Allows the Other Elements to Interact.
Tonglen Meditation.
Chapter 4: Keep Your Three Primary Energies in Balance
Nyepa: Defect.
Loong: Movement Energy.
Tripa:Hot Energy.
Baekan:Cold Energy.
Balance and Imbalance.
Meditation: Alternate Nostril Breathing.
Chapter 5: Learn about Your Unique Nature
Who really am I?
LoongConstitution:Nature of a Vulture, Crow, and Fox.
TripaConstitution: Nature of a Tiger and Monkey.
Baekan Constitution: Nature of a Lion and Elephant.
Dual and Triple Constitutions.
Meditation: Om Mani Padme Hum.
Chapter 6: Create a Healthy Mind
What Is Mind?
Negative Thinking, Suffering, and Disease.
Heal Negativity.
Develop Spiritual Immunity.
Mindfulness Meditation.
Chapter 7: Create an Enlightened Mind
Buddhism: Beyond Religion.
The Four Noble Truths.
The Eightfold Path of Ethics.
Impermanence, Emptiness, Dependent Origination, Interconnectedness.
Universal Compassion.
Meditation on the Medicine Buddha.
Chapter 8: Create a Healthy Body
Diet.
Digestion.
Behavior.
Daily, Seasonal, and Environmental Changes.
Rejuvenation.
Meditation: Tibetan Prostrations.
Chapter 9: Create a Good Death
Life.
Death.
Bardo: Intermediate State Between Death and Rebirth
Rebirth.
TonglenMeditation while Dying.
Part B: Tibetan Medicine in Integrative Care.
Chapter 10: Tibetan Medicine Past and Present
History of Tibetan Medicine.
Tibetan Medicine Today.
Gyueshi: Fundamental Text of Tibetan Medicine.
Four Tantra of the Gyueshi.
Loving Kindness Meditation.
Chapter 11: Tibetan Medicine's Code of Ethics
Unsuitable and Suitable Students.
Core Values.
Tibetan Medical Education.
Exceptional, Ordinary, and Incompetent Practitioners.
Rewards for Excellence.
Shaking and Dancing Meditation.
Chapter 12: Disease
Causes.
Conditions.
Location.
Characteristics.
Create Health.
White Light Meditation.
Chapter 13: Diagnosis
How to Prepare for Your Consultation.
Diagnostic Process.
Observation.
Touch.
Questioning.
Classification.
Meditation on Anger.
Chapter 14: Treatment
Treatment Goal.
Diet.
Behavior.
Tibetan Medicines.
Accessory Therapies.
Prognosis.
Meditation on Sound.
Chapter 15: Tibetan Medicine for Health Professionals
Overview.
Scientific Basis.
Application.
Effectiveness.
Meditation: Loving Kindness Is My Religion.
Notes
Bibliography
Index
About the Authors