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Unbalanced Flows in the Subtle Body: Tibetan Understandings of Psychiatric Illness and How to Deal with It |
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Samuel, Geoffrey (著)
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Journal of Religion & Health
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| Volume | v.58 n.3 |
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| Date | 2019.06 |
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| Pages | 770 - 794 |
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| Publisher | Springer Science & Business Media B.V. |
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http://www.springer.com/gp/
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| Location | Dordrecht, the Netherlands [多德雷赫特, 荷蘭] |
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| Content type | 期刊論文=Journal Article |
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| Language | 英文=English |
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| Keyword | Psychiatric illness; Tibet; Tantra; Subtle body; Autonomic nervous system; Buddhism |
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| Abstract | Much of what Western medicine classifies as psychiatric illness is understood by Tibetan thought as associated with imbalance of rlung (wind, breath). Rlung has a dual origin in Indian thought, combining elements from Ayurvedic medicine and Tantric Buddhism. Tibetan theories of rlung seem to correspond in significant ways with Western concepts of the autonomic nervous system (ANS), and Western medicine too has associated psychiatric issues with ANS problems. But what is involved in relating Tibetan ideas of rlung to Western ideas of the emotions and the ANS? The article presents elements of the two systems and then explores similarities and differences between them. It asks whether the similarities could be the basis for a productive encounter between Tibetan and Western modes of understanding and treating psychiatric illness. What could Western psychiatry learn from Tibetan approaches in this area? |
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| Table of contents | Abstract 770
Introduction 770
Rlung and Its Meanings in Tibet 771
Rlung and Psychiatric Illness in Tibetan Medicine 773
Rlung in the Context of Tibetan Buddhist Tantra (Vajrayāna) 779
The Autonomic Nervous System and Predictive Processing 782
Emotion, Consciousness and Meditation 785
Relating Tibetan and Western Approaches 787
References 791 |
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| ISSN | 00224197 (P); 15736571 (E) |
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| DOI | https://doi.org/10.1007/s10943-019-00774-1 |
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| Hits | 129 |
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| Created date | 2023.07.06 |
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| Modified date | 2023.07.06 |
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