- Paperback: 192 pages
- Publisher: Thames & Hudson Ltd (Oct 6 1997)
- Language: English
- ISBN-10: 0500279969
- ISBN-13: 978-0500279960
- Product Dimensions: 30.2 x 22.6 x 1.8 cm
- Shipping Weight: 1.1 Kg
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This volume is intended as an artwork in itself and an object of meditation. Based on a revered collection, long considered lost, of Tibetan "thangkas" - elaborate scroll paintings that portray a philosophy of healing based on Buddhist beliefs, Ayurvedic practices and ancient shamanic traditions - these works may still have much to teach us. Created by a traditional artist from Nepal, Romio Shrestha, using the ancient technique of painting with rich minerals such as powdered gold, and lapis lazuli, the works are intended for the minutest contemplation. Divided into sections illuminating the Tibetan Buddhist view of physiology, pathology, diagnosis and cure, the book demonstrates the processes that sustain, enhance and ultimately transform the life-force. It addresses contemporary ills, such as stress, allergies and heart disease, offering practical advice on treatment and prevention. Going beyond cure, a final section introduces more esoteric perspectives on the interaction of body and mind, presenting the body itself as a source of insight and revelation.
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Brave Health, July 22 2001
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This review is from: Tibetan Art Of Healing (Paperback)
Age, behavior, diet, personality, physical environment, and season all have a part in health: all disease is caused by jarring the flow between body and world and by not understanding that a self-identity is not fixed or lasting. Good health balances diet, lifestyle, and mental and seasonal conditions. A good diet is the particular basis of all Tibetan medical treatment, with the emphasis on butter, milk, roasted barley flour, and tea. Tibetan medicine wants health kept or restored by internally balancing body and mind: aging shows up with mental and physical stress, and we are poisoned by attachment, aversion, dullness, envy and pride. However, a good doctor has the advantage when strong on compassion, medical understanding, and wisdom: THE TIBETAN ART OF HEALING draws heavily on being sensitive to internal energy flow and knowing plants. Ian Baker's book of 79 medical paintings by Nepalese artist Romio Shrestha backtracks to the Blue Beryl commentary on Tibetan Buddhist health, which is also a concern of John F. Avedon's equally impressive BUDDHA'S ART OF HEALING. I find it helpful to have two other books by the same author: CELESTIAL GALLERY, with the same illustrator, and THE DALAI LAMA'S SECRET TEMPLE, with all the special meditative artwork.
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The Tibetan Art of Healing, Nov 26 2009
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This review is from: Tibetan Art Of Healing (Hardcover)
The art of healing is achieved when all our actions are inspired by a higher reality in which our individual identity is inseparable from the creative forces of the Cosmos. It is my profound belief that great art can initiate the healing response within us, and urge us beyond all limited self-identifications, beyond time and boundaries. This is the liberated state of the Buddhas, the awakened ones, towards which these paintings guide us. May these images of human potential help beings everywhere to rediscover the state of perfect health and spiritual well-being! - From the Preface by Deepak Chopra.
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a book for everyone, Dec 12 2002
By Mary Marston St John "sativa1313" - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: Tibetan Art Of Healing (Paperback)
the illustrations in this book give the western reader a spectacular glimpse at some of the visual spendor of Tibet. the actual writing only gives a basic analysis of tibetan medicine, but this book is a must have for both well-studied practicioners and people with a passing interest.
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