LEADER 04305nam 2200673 450 001 9910787427303321 005 20210429194745.0 010 $a0-231-16497-1 010 $a0-231-53832-4 024 7 $a10.7312/gyat16496 035 $a(CKB)3710000000346487 035 $a(OCoLC)902419280 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebrary11024425 035 $a(SSID)ssj0001404977 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)12535268 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0001404977 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)11381622 035 $a(PQKB)10446730 035 $a(StDuBDS)EDZ0001245689 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC1912261 035 $a(DE-B1597)458345 035 $a(OCoLC)979953873 035 $a(DE-B1597)9780231538329 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL1912261 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr11024425 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL688429 035 $a(EXLCZ)993710000000346487 100 $a20150306h20152015 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur||||||||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aBeing human in a Buddhist world $ean intellectual history of medicine in early modern Tibet /$fJanet Gyatso ; cover and book design, Lisa Hamm 210 1$aNew York, [New York] :$cColumbia University Press,$d2015. 210 4$dİ2015 215 $a1 online resource (538 p.) 300 $aBibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph 311 0 $a1-322-57147-3 311 0 $a0-231-16496-3 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $tFront matter --$tCONTENTS --$tLIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS --$tACKNOWLEDGMENTS --$tA TECHNICAL NOTE --$tABBREVIATIONS --$tINTRODUCTION --$tPART I: IN THE CAPITAL --$t1. READING PAINTINGS, PAINTING THE MEDICAL, MEDICALIZING THE STATE --$t2. ANATOMY OF AN ATTITUDE: MEDICINE COMES OF AGE --$tPART II: BONES OF CONTENTION --$t3. THE WORD OF THE BUDDHA --$t4. THE EVIDENCE OF THE BODY: MEDICAL CHANNELS, TANTRIC KNOWING --$t5. TANGLED UP IN SYSTEM: THE HEART, IN THE TEXT AND IN THE HAND --$tCODA: INFLUENCE, RHETORIC, AND RIDING TWO HORSES AT ONCE --$tPART III: ROOTS OF THE PROFESSION --$t6. WOMEN AND GENDER --$t7. THE ETHICS OF BEING HUMAN: THE DOCTOR'S FORMATION IN A MATERIAL REALM --$tCONCLUSION: WAYS AND MEANS FOR MEDICINE --$tNOTES --$tBIBLIOGRAPHIES --$tINDEX 330 $aCritically exploring medical thought in a cultural milieu with no discernible influence from the European Enlightenment, Being Human in a Buddhist World reveals an otherwise unnoticed intersection of early modern sensibilities and religious values in traditional Tibetan medicine. It further studies the adaptation of Buddhist concepts and values to medical concerns and suggests important dimensions of Buddhism's role in the development of Asian and global civilization. Through its unique focus and sophisticated reading of source materials, Being Human adds a crucial chapter in the larger historiography of science and religion. The book opens with the bold achievements in Tibetan medical illustration, commentary, and institution building during the period of the Fifth Dalai Lama and his regent, Desi Sangye Gyatso, then looks back to the work of earlier thinkers, tracing a strategically astute dialectic between scriptural and empirical authority on questions of history and the nature of human anatomy. It follows key differences between medicine and Buddhism in attitudes toward gender and sex and the moral character of the physician, who had to serve both the patient's and the practitioner's well-being. Being Human in a Buddhist World ultimately finds that Tibetan medical scholars absorbed ethical and epistemological categories from Buddhism yet shied away from ideal systems and absolutes, instead embracing the imperfectability of the human condition. 606 $aBuddhism$zTibet Region$xHistory 606 $aMedicine, Tibetan$xHistory 606 $aMedicine$xReligious aspects$xBuddhism 615 0$aBuddhism$xHistory. 615 0$aMedicine, Tibetan$xHistory. 615 0$aMedicine$xReligious aspects$xBuddhism. 676 $a294.3/366109515 700 $aGyatso$b Janet$0739328 702 $aHamm$b Lisa 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910787427303321 996 $aBeing human in a Buddhist world$91547430 997 $aUNINA