Unbalanced Flows in the Subtle Body: Tibetan Understandings of Psychiatric Illness and How to Deal With It
Much of what Western medicine classifies as psychiatric illness is understood by Tibetan thought as associated with imbalance of rlung (wind, breath). Rlung has a dual origin in Indian thought, combining elements from Ayurvedic medicine and Tantric Buddhism. Tibetan theories of rlung seem to corresp...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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Springer Science + Business Media B. V.
[2019]
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Journal of religion and health
Year: 2019, Volume: 58, Issue: 3, Pages: 770-794 |
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Psychiatric illness
B Buddhism B Tantra B subtle body B Autonomic Nervous System B Tibet |
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