A reading guide by Frances Garrett for an article by Geoffrey Samuel, "Unbalanced Flows in the Subtle Body: Tibetan Understandings of Psychiatric Illness and How to Deal With It" in the Journal of Religion and Health (2019), 58(3), 770–794. This episode of Footnotes is a lecture produced by Frances Garrett for a 2019 University of Toronto undergraduate course called Biohacking Breath.
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December 27, 2021
The contemplative technique of tummo (gtum mo, caṇḍālī) – literally, the “fierce lady” – is a consummate practice of Vajrayāna Tibetan Buddhist yoga. To...
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May 19, 2022
Thinley Gyatso discusses the use of mantras in Tibetan medical practice. He describes early medical texts that address how mantras are used as healing...
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Dr. Sean Hillman discusses caregiving work and his research on end-of-life care in India through the lenses of religious studies, bioethics and the law....
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