Medicine & compassion: a Tibetan Lama and an American doctor on how to provide care with compassion & wisdom
Human Nature -- The Causes of Suffering -- What Patients Are Looking For -- Combining Wisdom and Compassion -- Impermanence, the Body, and the Senses -- Dualistic Thinking and Why It Is Important -- Conceptual and Nonconceptual Compassion -- Training. What Does It Mean to Be a Spiritual Practitioner...
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| Format: | Print Book |
| Language: | English |
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| Fernleihe: | Fernleihe für die Fachinformationsdienste |
| Published: |
Boston
Wisdom Publications
2015
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| In: | Year: 2015 |
| Edition: | 3 [edition] |
| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Compassion
/ Healing
/ Medicine
/ Lamaism
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| Further subjects: | B
Buddhism
Doctrines
B Medicine Religious aspects Buddhism China Tibet Region B Medicine Religious aspects Buddhism B Compassion Religious aspects Buddhism B Buddhism Doctrines China Tibet Region |
| Summary: | Human Nature -- The Causes of Suffering -- What Patients Are Looking For -- Combining Wisdom and Compassion -- Impermanence, the Body, and the Senses -- Dualistic Thinking and Why It Is Important -- Conceptual and Nonconceptual Compassion -- Training. What Does It Mean to Be a Spiritual Practitioner? -- Developing a Compassionate Attitude -- The Key to Compassion -- Learning to Meditate -- Learning to Monitor Our Mental State -- The Qualities of an Authentic Teacher -- Examples of Enlightened Resolve -- The Need for a Teacher -- Different Kinds of Teachers -- Cultivating a Calm Mind -- Practical advice. The Best Possible Care -- Coping with Difficult Patients and Situations -- Easing the Process of Dying -- The True Meaning of Death with Dignity -- Tibetan Medicine |
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| Item Description: | Includes bibliographical references and index |
| ISBN: | 1614292256 |