Illness and enlightenment: exploring Tibetan perspectives on madness in text and everyday life
Tibetan understandings of nyoné — ‘madness’— encompass a broad range of concepts. Perspectives on the causation and treatment of madness as an illness are informed by Tantric and medical understandings of mind-body structure and (dys)functioning, as well as people’s relationships with non-human enti...
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| Format: | Electronic Book |
| Language: | English |
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New York Oxford
Berghahn Books
2025
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| In: | Year: 2025 |
| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Amdo
/ Mental health
/ Everyday life
/ Art of healing (motif)
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| Further subjects: | B
Mind and body (China) (Tibet Autonomous Region)
B Medical Anthropology, Anthropology of Religion B SOCIAL SCIENCE / Disease & Health Issues B Medicine, Tibetan B Mental Health / MEDICAL B SOCIAL SCIENCE / Anthropology / Cultural & Social B Mental Illness Religious aspects Buddhism B Mind and body Religious aspects Buddhism B Mental Illness Alternative treatment (China) (Tibet Autonomous Region) |
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| Summary: | Tibetan understandings of nyoné — ‘madness’— encompass a broad range of concepts. Perspectives on the causation and treatment of madness as an illness are informed by Tantric and medical understandings of mind-body structure and (dys)functioning, as well as people’s relationships with non-human entities. In addition, ‘madness’ may be seen as a sign of enlightenment in the case of some Tantric practitioners. Based on ethnographic fieldwork in the Tibetan region of Amdo in northwest China, as well as examination of Tibetan medical and religious texts, Illness and Enlightenment explores the multi-faceted concept of nyoné through key Tibetan concepts of wind, heart, and mind, as well as human-spirit relationships "Tibetan conception of nyoné - 'madness'- encompasses a broad range of ideas about mind and body and an individual's place in the world. Here, Tantric and medical understandings of mind-body structure and (dys)functioning, and engagements with non-human entities, inform complex notions of the prevention, causation, and treatment of madness as an illness, as well as understandings of 'madness' as an indicator of Buddhist or Bon enlightenment. This work brings together interview material from ethnographic fieldwork in the Tibetan region of Amdo in northwest China, with an examination of Tibetan medical and religious texts, to explore the multi-faceted concept of nyoné through key Tibetan concepts of wind, heart, and mind, as well as human-spirit relationships"-- Provided by publisher |
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| Physical Description: | 1 Online-Ressource (x, 233 Seiten) |
| ISBN: | 978-1-80539-842-4 |
| Access: | Restricted Access |
| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1515/9781805398424 |
