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

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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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Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Gyatso, Janet
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: New York : Columbia University Press, 2015.
Temas:
Buddhism > Tibet Region > History.
Medicine, Tibetan > History.
Medicine > Religious aspects > Buddhism.
Medicine, Tibetan Traditional > history
Buddhism > history
Bouddhisme > Tibet historique > Histoire.
Médecine tibétaine > Histoire.
RELIGION > Comparative Religion.
RELIGION > Buddhism > Theravada.
Buddhism
Medicine > Religious aspects > Buddhism
Medicine, Tibetan
Tibet Autonomous Region (China)
Tibet Region
History
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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Sumario: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.
Descripción Física:1 online resource (539 pages)
Bibliografía:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9780231538329
0231538324
0231164963
9780231164962

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