C. Pierce Salguero is a transdisciplinary scholar of health humanities who is fascinated by historical and contemporary intersections between Buddhism, medicine, and crosscultural exchange. He teaches at Penn State University’s Abington College and has been editor-in-chief of Asian Medicine: Journal of the International Association for the Study of Traditional Asian Medicine since 2016.
Kin Cheung is associate professor of East and South Asian religions at Moravian University.
Susannah Deane (University of the West of England) has written widely on approaches to mental health, illness, and healing within Tibetan communities in India and China.
摘要
This rich collection focuses on the nexus between Buddhism and healing in the modern and contemporary world, highlighting the many ways Buddhists have adapted in response to and in dialogue with modern science, biomedicine, and other facets of modernity from the nineteenth century to today. Buddhist healing activities are much more diverse than the narrow range of mindfulness techniques that have dominated scholarly and popular focus. From the community-based healing practices of Asian American Buddhists and transnational Tantric sex therapy retreats to concerns about balancing being contemporary with being authentically Buddhist, contributors explore how Buddhists have rethought the mind-body relationship against the backdrop of the modernization and globalization of Buddhism. They examine Buddhists navigating the differences and commonalities that exist in their practice and modern systems of mental and physical healthcare, paying attention to how they have negotiated shifting configurations of legitimacy, authority, and authenticity. Through historical and ethnographic case studies, the work details these ruptures and reconciliations in Japan, Sri Lanka, Tibet, Korea, and the United States, in addition to mapping the transnational pathways of exchange as knowledge about Buddhism and medicine has traveled between Asia and the West. Buddhism and Healing in the Modern World encompasses a wide range of Buddhist ideas about health and health-seeking practices that remain a vital part of the everyday practice of modern Buddhism across the globe.
目次
Frontmatter i Contents v Introduction Kin Cheung, Susannah Deane and C. Pierce Salguero 1 1 A Cure for Mindfulness: Buddhism, Anxiety, and the Problem of Work in Modern Japan Melissa Anne-Marie Curley 14 2 Healing Buddhist Knowledge from Palm Leaves to Print: Exorcising Yakṣas from Sinhala Literary Reproduction Alexander McKinley 35 3 If You Meet the Medical Buddha on the Road, Kill Him! Lobsang Gyatso and the Shadow of the Mind & Life Dialogues Matthew W. King 60 4 “For This Kind of Thing, the Lama Is Better”: Religion, Medicine, and the Treatment of “Madness” among Tibetans in Amdo Susannah Deane 82 5 Better (Buddhist) Sex in the USA: Mindfulness, Non-Harm, and Dr. Nida’s Yoga of Bliss Amy Paris Langenberg 104 6 Mindful of the Media: Framing “Adverse Meditation Effects” in Popular Media in the United States Ira Helderman 128 7 Buddhist Healing in the Community: A Chinese American Healer in New York City Kin Cheung 153 8 Entangled Threads, Gordian Knots: Won Buddhism and the Globalization of Buddhist Medicine C. Pierce Salguero 174 Contributors 201 Index 203
