A Global History of Buddhism and Medicine / / C. Pierce Salguero.

Medicine, health, and healing have been central to Buddhism since its origins. Long before the global popularity of mindfulness and meditation, Buddhism provided cultures around the world with conceptual tools to understand illness as well as a range of therapies and interventions for care of the si...

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Place / Publishing House:New York, NY : : Columbia University Press, , [2022]
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  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • Acknowledgments
  • Introduction
  • PART I: PRACTICES AND DOCTRINAL PERSPECTIVES
  • 1. Nikāya Buddhism
  • 2. Mahāyāna Buddhism
  • 3. Tantric Buddhism
  • 4. Common Questions
  • PART II: HISTORICAL CURRENTS AND TRANSFORMATIONS
  • 5. Circulations
  • 6. Translations
  • 7. Localizations
  • 8. Modernizations
  • 9. Contemporary Buddhist Medicine
  • Conclusion
  • Notes
  • References
  • Index