Yoeli-Tlalim, Ronit. 2020. Tibetan Medicine and its Buddhist Contexts. In: John Barton, ed. Oxford Research Encyclopedia of Religion. Oxford: Oxford University Press. [Book Section]

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Tibetan medicine, also known as Sowa Rigpa (gso ba rig pa, the art, or knowledge of healing), has had a long and illustrious history, which has been intertwined with Buddhism in various aspects. It has been taught and practiced along with Tibetan Buddhism in areas that encompass the TAR (Tibetan Autonomous Region, since the mid-20th century part of China), areas of mainland China (Sichuan, Gansu, Qinghai, Yunnan), Ladakh, Nepal, Bhutan, Mongolia, and Buryatia (south Siberia, Russia). It is also practiced in India, particularly among the Tibetan exiled community, and in various parts of Europe and the United States.

Item Type:	Book Section
Identification Number (DOI):	https://doi.org/10.1093/acrefore/9780199340378.013.611
Keywords:	Tibetan medicine, Sowa Rigpa, Four Treatises, Four Tantras, Gyushi, body-mind
Departments, Centres and Research Units:	History
Dates:	Date Event 31 January 2020 Published
Item ID:	25849
Date Deposited:	20 Feb 2019 14:51
Last Modified:	05 Feb 2020 13:19
URI:	https://research.gold.ac.uk/id/eprint/25849

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