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Mirror of Beryl: A Historical Introduction to Tibetan Medicine Tapa dura - 2010

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Author: Gyatso, Desi Sangye
ISBN: 9780861714674

de Desi Sangye Gyatso; Gavin Kilty (Translator)

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Título Mirror of Beryl: A Historical Introduction to Tibetan Medicine
Autor Desi Sangye Gyatso; Gavin Kilty (Translator)
Encuadernación Tapa dura
Edición First Edition
Páginas 696
Volúmenes 1
Idioma ENG
Editorial Wisdom Publications, Boston, USA
Fecha de publicación 2010-01
Features Bookmark, Bibliography, Dust Cover, Index, Table of Contents
ISBN 9780861714674 / 0861714679
Peso 2.4 libras (1.09 kg)
Dimensiones 9.3 x 6.5 x 1.9 pulgadas (23.62 x 16.51 x 4.83 cm)
Temas
- Religious Orientation: Buddhist
Library of Congress subjects Medicine, Tibetan - History
Número de catálogo de la Librería del Congreso de EEUU 2009027243
Dewey Decimal Code 610

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Desi Sangye Gyatso (1653-1705), the heart disciple of the Fifth Dalai Lama, became the ruler of Tibet at age twenty-six and held sway over the country for over twenty-five years before his tragic death in a power struggle with the Mongol chieftain Lhasang Khan. A layman his entire life, he was a thorough administrator, overhauling the structure and regulations of the major Geluk monasteries and setting up many new institutions, such as the renowned Tibetan Medical Institute in Lhasa. He famously commissioned a set of seventy-nine medical paintings, and he composed White Beryl, an authoritative work on all aspects of astronomical calculation and divination practiced in Tibet at his time.

Gavin Kilty has been a full-time translator for the Institute of Tibetan Classics since 2001. Before that he lived in Dharamsala, India, for fourteen years, where he spent eight years training in the traditional Geluk monastic curriculum through the medium of class and debate at the Institute of Buddhist Dialectics. He has also received commissions to translate for other institutions, such as the Foundation for the Preservation of Mahayana Teachings, Tibet House Germany, The Gelug International Foundation, and Tsadra Foundation.

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