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The Tibetan Art of Healing (Hardcover)

~ lan Baker (Author), Deepak Chopra (Preface), Dalai Lama (Foreword), Romio Shrestha (Author)

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Tibetan medicine is becoming better known in the Western hemisphere, and this lavishly illustrated volume makes a great contribution to the dissemination of Tibet's medical knowledge. This work features the luminous recreations of traditional medical thanka paintings by the contemporary Nepalese master painter Romi Shrestha. The accompanying text by Ian Baker, who has studies with Hilalayan healers, yogins, and lamas, for fifteen years, unlocks the symbolism of these images for us. -- Yoga World --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

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Romio Shrestha, Tibet's foremost traditional artist, uses the age-old technique of painting with rich minerals such as gold, lapis, and garnet to provide a beautiful re-creation of revered, 400-year-old, Tibetan "thangkas" on the art of healing--long considered lost. Tibetan scholar Ian Baker guides us through these exquisite paintings, unfolding their invaluable insights to remedies for a myriad of illnesses. Full color .

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Hardcover: 192 pages
Publisher: Chronicle Books; First Edition edition (October 1, 1997)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0811818977
ISBN-13: 978-0811818971
Product Dimensions: 12.4 x 9.5 x 1 inches
Shipping Weight: 3.2 pounds

Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (3 customer reviews)

Amazon.com Sales Rank: #1,968,074 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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5.0 out of 5 stars Brave Health, July 22, 2001

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This review is from: The Tibetan Art of Healing: The Dalai Lama speaks on the 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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5.0 out of 5 stars a book for everyone, December 12, 2002

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This review is from: The Tibetan Art of Healing: The Dalai Lama speaks on the 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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5.0 out of 5 stars An astonishing find, May 25, 2009

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Combining the unmasking of Tibetan and Buddhist art with a text that explores the healing information found in the images would be enough for any book. But this one is also beautifully written, designed, and illustrated--a treasure of information in a gorgeous package!

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