03143cam a2200493Mu 4500 ocn902419280 OCoLC 20200709060330.0 m d cr cnu---unuuu 150131s2015 nyu o 000 0 eng d EBLCP eng EBLCP CN3GA N$T 9780231538329 electronic bk. 0231538324 electronic bk. (OCoLC)902419280 944986 (N$T) BQ7584 REL 017000 bisacsh 294.3/366109515 N$TA Gyatso, Janet. Being Human in a Buddhist World [electronic resource] : An Intellectual History of Medicine in Early Modern Tibet. New York : Columbia University Press, 2015. 1 online resource (539 p.) Description based upon print version of record. List of Illustrations; Acknowledgments; A Technical Note; Abbreviations; Introduction; Part I: In the Capital; 1. Reading Paintings, Painting the Medical, Medicalizing the State; 2. Anatomy of an Attitude: Medicine Comes of Age; Part II: Bones of Contention; 3. The Word of the Buddha; 4. The Evidence of the Body: Medical Channels. Tantric Knowing; 5. Tangled Up in System: The Heart, in the Text and in the Hand; Coda: Influence, Rhetoric, and Riding Two Horses at Once; Part III: Roots of the Profession; 6. Women and Gender 7. The Ethics of Being Human: The Doctor's Formation in a Material RealmConclusion: Ways and Means for Medicine; Notes; Bibliographies; Index Critically exploring scientific thought and its relation to religion in traditional Tibetan medicine, Being Human expands our sense of Tibetan cultural history, unpacking the intersection of early modern sensibilities and religious ideals during the time of the Fifth Dalai Lama. Studying the adaptation of Buddhist concepts and values to medical concerns, the book also advances an appreciation of Buddhism's role in the development of Asian and global civilization. Through its unique focus and sophisticated reading of source materials, Being Human captures the religious character of medicine in. Buddhism--Tibet Region--History. Medicine, Tibetan--History. Medicine--Religious aspects--Buddhism. Buddhism Tibet Region History. Medicine, Tibetan History. Medicine Religious aspects Buddhism. RELIGION / Comparative Religion bisacsh Electronic books. Print version: Gyatso, Janet Being Human in a Buddhist World : An Intellectual History of Medicine in Early Modern Tibet New York : Columbia University Press,c2015 9780231164962 http://public.eblib.com/choice/PublicFullRecord.aspx?p=1912261 Ebook Library EBSCOhost http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&db=nlabk&AN=944986 EBL - Ebook Library EBLB EBL1912261 EBSCOhost EBSC 944986 cpp1723AUTO 02 N$T 56065 56065