The Buddhist-Medical Interface in Tibet: Black Pill Traditions in Transformation

This paper introduces Tibetan pill traditions and examines two exceptional pill formulas that emerged from an early Buddhist-medical interface in Tibet, but followed different trajectories due to the increased specialization of religious and medical knowledge. "Black pills" are the most re...

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Main Author: Gerke, Barbara 1966- (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: MDPI [2019]
In: Religions
Year: 2019, Volume: 10, Issue: 4, Pages: 1-31
Further subjects:B Rinchen Drangjor
B snow lioness milk
B potency
B Sowa Rigpa
B black pills
B ringsel (ring bsrel)
B Karmapa black pills
B "Nectar Dharma Medicine" dütsi chömen (bdud rtsi chos sman)
B Buddhist pill consecration
B precious pills
B Domo Geshe Rinpoche pills
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