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    3038 Hennepin Ave Minneapolis, MN
    612-822-4611

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Illness and Enlightenment: Exploring Tibetan Perspectives on Madness in Text and Everyday Life

Illness and Enlightenment: Exploring Tibetan Perspectives on Madness in Text and Everyday Life

Deane, Susannah

Hardcover

Medical ReferencePublic HealthAnthropology

ISBN10: 1805398407
ISBN13: 9781805398400
Publisher: Berghahn Books
Published: Feb 1 2025
Pages: 288
Weight: 1.09
Height: 0.56 Width: 6.00 Depth: 9.00
Language: English
Tibetan understandings of nyoné - 'madness'- encompass a broad range of concepts. Perspectives on the causation and treatment of madness as an illness are informed by Tantric and medical understandings of mind-body structure and (dys)functioning, as well as people's relationships with non-human entities. In addition, 'madness' may be seen as a sign of enlightenment in the case of some Tantric practitioners. Based on ethnographic fieldwork in the Tibetan region of Amdo in northwest China, as well as examination of Tibetan medical and religious texts, Illness and Enlightenment explores the multi-faceted concept of nyoné through key Tibetan concepts of wind, heart, and mind, as well as human-spirit relationships.

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