<p>A Tibetan-Chinese dictionary. (Bill McGrath 2008-01-03)</p>
<p>A Tibetan-Chinese dictionary of the Amdo dialect. (Michael Walter and Manfred Taube 2006-05-15, revised by Bill McGrath 2008-01-03)</p>
<p>A Tibetan-Chinese dictionary. (Bill McGrath 2008-01-03)</p>
<p>This is a dictionary of astrological terminology with definitions in Tibetan and Chinese. In fact it is divided up thematically into sections, though there is an alphabeticized index to all terms in the back. (David Germano 2007-12-13, revised by Bill McGrath 2008-02-05)</p>
This collection of essays on practice within traditional medicine systems in different cultures and continents, bracketed by unifying introductory and concluding chapters, is noted among its testimonies as a unique collection that provides an extremely good basis for comparative studies of global healing practices, a point with which I can wholeheartedly agree. Nearly all of the contributors are professors in their fields – anthropology, history, classics, nutrition – and they investigate the notion of balance and how this is to be maintained or restored by medical practice, both in the ‘Great Traditions’ of the East (Chinese medicine, Ayurveda) and the Greco-Arabic tradition of Hippocratic–Galenic medicine and Yunani Tibb, and in Tibetan medicine and Mesoamerican and East African healing practices. The ensuing full discussions of herbal and shamanic practices present a range of cultural constructs, detail some of the healing foods and herbs employed and offer analysis of the underlying epistemologies of their healing systems. The introduction to this set of essays, which sets out the problems in trying to navigate through the world's major systems of thought about the nature of health and the causes of disease, and its concluding chapter, which successfully links together the themes and findings of the studies mount a substantial and thought-provoking series of challenges to the established explanatory frameworks of medical historians and anthropologists.
This guided meditation from Jon Kabat-Zinn encourages a sense of awareness so you can notice all the sensations of your body.
All of life is an opportunity to practice mindfulness. Learn how to take your practice off the cushion and into everyday life in today's podcast. Quote: Quote: The most powerful control we can ever attain, is to be in control of ourselves. -Chris Page
When population education programs are linked to community outreach efforts, there may be a direct and immediate impact of fertility. Examples are given of 2 such programs in India and china. In India, state and nongovernmental resources support Maharashtra's 34 women's Development Camps (WDC) for women of childbearing age, which propose to affect fertility behavior and improve quality of life. 9 of these WDCs were set up in densely populated and low income areas, i.e., in Bombay, Pune, and Nashik. The remaining 25 were in rural areas. The 1035 women who participated tend to reflect the conditions of work overload and nutritional deprivation with few rights of decision making. Population education was tailored to the most immediate needs of participants. The aim was to develop awareness and understanding of population as it is related to socioeconomic development, family health, family and community living, and civic responsibilities which benefit the individual, family, community, and society. Critical thinking skills were developed, as well as the awareness of primary health care for women, children, and the family. This involved information on maternal and child care, personal and social hygiene, and the importance of women's education and literacy. Women's rights were discussed in terms of laws for women, consumers' protection act, inheritance rights, irrational beliefs and superstitions, and the injustices of castes and society. Training was given in handicraft making, other employment schemes, energy saving devices such as solar cookers and hand water pumps, sanitation, as well as savings opportunities. Personality development through the use of yoga, and warnings about alcohol, smoking, and drug taking were encouraged. Innovative methods were used to maintain involvement. In China, 34 Peasant Secondary Vocational Schools in Hunan province (1000 teachers and cadres and 25,000 students) provided courses in reproductive responsibility. Specific school results indicated changes in attitudes and support for the 1 child family and delayed marriage. Many engaged in programs to educate peasants in villages on birth control, and hold influential positions after graduation in their communities. College students become agents of change, and teachers sensitize the community too population issues.
<p>A Tibetan-Chinese dictionary of Buddhist terms from the Tengyur, arranged according to subjects (<em>Mahāvyutpatti</em>). (Michael Walter and Manfred Taube 2006-05-15, revised by Bill McGrath 2008-01-03)</p>
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This paper presentation presents a Buddhist point of view on suffering, illness, health, and their interrelationship. The author outlines what suffering means in Buddhism, shows how this concept can be used to promote both physical and spiritual wellbeing, how meditation is used as the process for this positive actualization, and finally outlines some practical applications, such as Tibetan medicine, as useful to this discussion on suffering and wellbeing. The author shows how, in Buddhism, physical and psychological health are interconnected, and how this may be applied progressively to Western medicine. Copyright belongs to the author. Permission to reproduce this paper was granted.
<p>The entire text of a mid-nineteenth century work on Tibetan Buddhism. Despite the sketchy knowledge of Buddhism in Europe at the time, this has a surprising level of detail about the subject, due to the pioneering fieldwork of the authors' brothers. Some of the information in this book about sacred documents, divination methods, calendrical systems, as well as details of rituals and ritual objects is unique.</p>
<p>A collection of common Tibetan liturgies, including opening prayers and rites of evocation (sadhana). Many of the rites of evocation are illustrated with images of the respective deities.</p>
<p>An interdisciplinary journal of Tibetan Studies. As mentioned in the Charter of Incorporation of the Namgyal Institute of Tibetology (NIT), the Bulletin was started in 1964 to publish the transactions and activities of the Institute. These activities include sponsoring and promoting research on Dharma and associated fields such as iconography, linguistics, medicine, astrology, geography, literature, Indo-Tibetan sociology, etc. An upgraded Bulletin was re-launched in 2002. In addition to its original field, the Bulletin will refocus in order to promote Sikkimese studies.</p>
<p>This issue of the the Bulletin of Tibetology published in October of 1964 features articles by Nalinaksha Dutt, Jean M. Perrin, and Nirmal C. Sinha. (Ben Deitle 2006-01-10)</p>
<p>This issue of the the Bulletin of Tibetology was published in August of 1965. It features articles by H. W. Bailey, Siegbert Hummel, Thupten Tenzing, and Nirmal C. Sinha. (Ben Deitle 2006-01-10)</p>
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