Difference between revisions of "What Is the Philosophy of Tibetan Medicine?"
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| − | Tibetan medicine teaches that the purpose of life is to be happy. By using Tibetan medicine for self-care, you will become aware of how your thoughts and behaviors influence your health and happiness. Tibetan medicine can be part of any program of integrative healthcare. | + | [[Tibetan medicine]] teaches that the {{Wiki|purpose}} of [[life]] is to be [[happy]]. By using [[Tibetan medicine]] for self-care, you will become {{Wiki|aware}} of how your [[thoughts]] and behaviors influence your [[health]] and [[happiness]]. [[Tibetan medicine]] can be part of any program of integrative healthcare. |
| − | According to Tibetan medicine: | + | According to [[Tibetan medicine]]: |
| − | Health is balance and dis-ease is imbalance. | + | [[Health]] is [[balance]] and dis-ease is imbalance. |
| − | Tibetan medicine is different from conventional Western medicine because it emphasizes finding and treating imbalance as the first step toward healing and health. Dis-ease or imbalance can be present well before physical symptoms appear or before symptoms are so severe that you seek attention from a conventional health professional. | + | [[Tibetan medicine]] is different from [[Wikipedia:Convention (norm)|conventional]] [[Western medicine]] because it emphasizes finding and treating imbalance as the first step toward [[healing]] and [[health]]. Dis-ease or imbalance can be {{Wiki|present}} well before [[physical]] symptoms appear or before symptoms are so severe that you seek [[attention]] from a [[Wikipedia:Convention (norm)|conventional]] [[health]] professional. |
| − | Treating illness requires correcting the underlying imbalance. | + | Treating {{Wiki|illness}} requires correcting the underlying imbalance. |
| − | So the goals of treating dis-ease are not about covering up a symptom or reacting to a single abnormality. Instead, each symptom and sign of dysfunction sheds light on the overall pattern of imbalance. Healing negative thinking and making healthy lifestyle choices can restore balance in your body and mind. | + | So the goals of treating dis-ease are not about covering up a symptom or reacting to a single abnormality. Instead, each symptom and sign of dysfunction sheds {{Wiki|light}} on the overall pattern of imbalance. [[Healing]] negative [[thinking]] and making healthy [[lifestyle]] choices can restore [[balance]] in your [[body]] and [[mind]]. |
| − | Wellbeing is a lifelong process of living in harmony with your unique nature or constitution. | + | Wellbeing is a lifelong process of living in [[harmony]] with your unique [[nature]] or constitution. |
| − | Tibetan medicine teaches that all living beings are made up of energy. You were born with a unique nature or constitution consisting of three primary energies: loong, tripa, and baekan. Loong is movement energy. Tripa is hot energy. Baekan is cold energy. Tibetan medicine is the art and science of keeping your primary energies in balance with your constitution in order to promote your health and happiness. | + | [[Tibetan medicine]] teaches that [[all living beings]] are made up of [[energy]]. You were born with a unique [[nature]] or constitution consisting of three primary energies: loong, tripa, and baekan. Loong is {{Wiki|movement}} [[energy]]. [[Tripa]] is [[hot]] [[energy]]. Baekan is cold [[energy]]. [[Tibetan medicine]] is the [[art]] and [[science]] of keeping your primary energies in [[balance]] with your constitution in order to promote your [[health]] and [[happiness]]. |
Use these tools to assess your constitution | Use these tools to assess your constitution | ||
| − | Your unique constitution has both strengths and weaknesses. By learning about your constitution, you can enhance your strengths and turn your weaknesses into assets, or at least keep them from sabotaging you. | + | Your unique constitution has both strengths and weaknesses. By {{Wiki|learning}} about your constitution, you can enhance your strengths and turn your weaknesses into assets, or at least keep them from sabotaging you. |
| − | What are the underlying principles of Tibetan medicine? | + | What are the underlying {{Wiki|principles}} of [[Tibetan medicine]]? |
| − | Tibetan medicine teaches four basic principles: | + | [[Tibetan medicine]] teaches four basic {{Wiki|principles}}: |
| − | Karma refers to the universal law of cause and effect. Your individual behavior affects you, other people, and the environment. Sometimes your choices have an immediate and obvious effect, and sometimes the effects are not so obvious at first, or will affect you much later in a roundabout way. For example, choosing to eat a sugary cereal for breakfast may have both the immediate effect of pleasure (from satisfying a sweet tooth) and a delayed consequence of sluggishness and decreased metabolism in the afternoon. Tibetan medicine teaches the importance of being aware of both the immediate and long-term consequences of your choices so that you learn to choose what promotes health and happiness. | + | [[Karma]] refers to the [[universal law of cause and effect]]. Your {{Wiki|individual}} {{Wiki|behavior}} affects you, other [[people]], and the {{Wiki|environment}}. Sometimes your choices have an immediate and obvious effect, and sometimes the effects are not so obvious at first, or will affect you much later in a roundabout way. For example, choosing to eat a sugary cereal for breakfast may have both the immediate effect of [[pleasure]] (from satisfying a sweet tooth) and a delayed consequence of sluggishness and decreased [[metabolism]] in the afternoon. [[Tibetan medicine]] teaches the importance of being {{Wiki|aware}} of both the immediate and long-term {{Wiki|consequences}} of your choices so that you learn to choose what promotes [[health]] and [[happiness]]. |
| − | Suffering, which can be physical, mental, spiritual, and emotional, is a universal condition of human life. In fact, most of human life is spent trying to avoid suffering or to relieve suffering in one form or another. Physical pain is not the same as suffering, although both can be present together. Tibetan medicine teaches that suffering results from interpreting life in a negative way. | + | [[Suffering]], which can be [[physical]], [[mental]], [[spiritual]], and [[emotional]], is a [[universal]] [[condition]] of [[Wikipedia:Human life|human life]]. In fact, most of [[Wikipedia:Human life|human life]] is spent trying to avoid [[suffering]] or to relieve [[suffering]] in one [[form]] or another. [[Physical]] [[pain]] is not the same as [[suffering]], although both can be {{Wiki|present}} together. [[Tibetan medicine]] teaches that [[suffering]] results from interpreting [[life]] in a negative way. |
| − | Healing, according to Tibetan medicine, results from creating a healthy mind and making lifestyle choices that bring your primary energies back into balance with your inborn constitution. | + | [[Healing]], according to [[Tibetan medicine]], results from creating a healthy [[mind]] and making [[lifestyle]] choices that bring your primary energies back into [[balance]] with your inborn constitution. |
| − | Happiness is not simply temporary pleasures and accomplishments. True happiness is lasting peace, meaning, integrity, and wellbeing that result from positive thinking and balanced living. | + | [[Happiness]] is not simply temporary [[pleasures]] and accomplishments. True [[happiness]] is lasting [[peace]], meaning, [[integrity]], and wellbeing that result from positive [[thinking]] and balanced living. |
| − | How is Tibetan medicine different from Ayurveda, Chinese medicine, and yoga? | + | How is [[Tibetan medicine]] different from [[Ayurveda]], {{Wiki|Chinese medicine}}, and [[yoga]]? |
| − | Tibetan medicine is similar to other holistic healing systems, such as Ayurveda, a traditional healing system from India, and Traditional Chinese Medicine, a healing system from China. All three traditions teach the importance of living a balanced life. Moreover, each tradition describes characteristics of the physical world and physiology in terms of hot energy and cold energy. However, Tibetan medicine is closest to Ayurveda in principle and in practice. Both Tibetan medicine and Ayurveda teach that you are composed of three primary energies: movement energy (loong/vata), hot energy (tripa/pitta), and cold energy (baekan/kapha). In contrast, Chinese medicine only has two energies: hot energy (yang) and cold energy (yin). Tibetan medicine and Ayurveda use different terms, but their understanding of the three primary energies is similar. | + | [[Tibetan medicine]] is similar to other {{Wiki|holistic}} [[healing]] systems, such as [[Ayurveda]], a [[traditional]] [[healing]] system from [[India]], and {{Wiki|Traditional Chinese Medicine}}, a [[healing]] system from [[China]]. All three [[traditions]] teach the importance of living a balanced [[life]]. Moreover, each [[tradition]] describes [[characteristics]] of the [[physical world]] and [[physiology]] in terms of [[hot]] [[energy]] and cold [[energy]]. However, [[Tibetan medicine]] is closest to [[Ayurveda]] in [[principle]] and in practice. Both [[Tibetan medicine]] and [[Ayurveda]] teach that you are composed of three primary energies: {{Wiki|movement}} [[energy]] (loong/vata), [[hot]] [[energy]] (tripa/pitta), and cold [[energy]] (baekan/kapha). In contrast, {{Wiki|Chinese medicine}} only has two energies: [[hot]] [[energy]] ([[yang]]) and cold [[energy]] ([[yin]]). [[Tibetan medicine]] and [[Ayurveda]] use different terms, but their [[understanding]] of the three primary energies is similar. |
| − | Yoga, another ancient healing system from India, is an important part of Tibetan medicine. Yoga is a way of life that cultivates union within oneself and with everything. Tibetan medicine, like Ayurveda, explains how to create and maintain a healthy body and mind in order to live a yogic way of life. Yogis in Tibet developed Tibetan Yoga, a form of yoga that focuses on breathing, purifying exercises, and healing the mind. | + | [[Yoga]], another [[ancient]] [[healing]] system from [[India]], is an important part of [[Tibetan medicine]]. [[Yoga]] is a way of [[life]] that cultivates union within oneself and with everything. [[Tibetan medicine]], like [[Ayurveda]], explains how to create and maintain a healthy [[body]] and [[mind]] in order to live a [[yogic]] way of [[life]]. [[Yogis]] [[in Tibet]] developed [[Tibetan]] [[Yoga]], a [[form]] of [[yoga]] that focuses on [[breathing]], purifying exercises, and [[healing]] the [[mind]]. |
Latest revision as of 22:25, 11 February 2020
Tibetan medicine teaches that the purpose of life is to be happy. By using Tibetan medicine for self-care, you will become aware of how your thoughts and behaviors influence your health and happiness. Tibetan medicine can be part of any program of integrative healthcare.
According to Tibetan medicine:
Health is balance and dis-ease is imbalance.
Tibetan medicine is different from conventional Western medicine because it emphasizes finding and treating imbalance as the first step toward healing and health. Dis-ease or imbalance can be present well before physical symptoms appear or before symptoms are so severe that you seek attention from a conventional health professional.
Treating illness requires correcting the underlying imbalance.
So the goals of treating dis-ease are not about covering up a symptom or reacting to a single abnormality. Instead, each symptom and sign of dysfunction sheds light on the overall pattern of imbalance. Healing negative thinking and making healthy lifestyle choices can restore balance in your body and mind.
Wellbeing is a lifelong process of living in harmony with your unique nature or constitution.
Tibetan medicine teaches that all living beings are made up of energy. You were born with a unique nature or constitution consisting of three primary energies: loong, tripa, and baekan. Loong is movement energy. Tripa is hot energy. Baekan is cold energy. Tibetan medicine is the art and science of keeping your primary energies in balance with your constitution in order to promote your health and happiness. Use these tools to assess your constitution
Your unique constitution has both strengths and weaknesses. By learning about your constitution, you can enhance your strengths and turn your weaknesses into assets, or at least keep them from sabotaging you. What are the underlying principles of Tibetan medicine?
Tibetan medicine teaches four basic principles:
Karma refers to the universal law of cause and effect. Your individual behavior affects you, other people, and the environment. Sometimes your choices have an immediate and obvious effect, and sometimes the effects are not so obvious at first, or will affect you much later in a roundabout way. For example, choosing to eat a sugary cereal for breakfast may have both the immediate effect of pleasure (from satisfying a sweet tooth) and a delayed consequence of sluggishness and decreased metabolism in the afternoon. Tibetan medicine teaches the importance of being aware of both the immediate and long-term consequences of your choices so that you learn to choose what promotes health and happiness.
Suffering, which can be physical, mental, spiritual, and emotional, is a universal condition of human life. In fact, most of human life is spent trying to avoid suffering or to relieve suffering in one form or another. Physical pain is not the same as suffering, although both can be present together. Tibetan medicine teaches that suffering results from interpreting life in a negative way.
Healing, according to Tibetan medicine, results from creating a healthy mind and making lifestyle choices that bring your primary energies back into balance with your inborn constitution.
Happiness is not simply temporary pleasures and accomplishments. True happiness is lasting peace, meaning, integrity, and wellbeing that result from positive thinking and balanced living.
How is Tibetan medicine different from Ayurveda, Chinese medicine, and yoga?
Tibetan medicine is similar to other holistic healing systems, such as Ayurveda, a traditional healing system from India, and Traditional Chinese Medicine, a healing system from China. All three traditions teach the importance of living a balanced life. Moreover, each tradition describes characteristics of the physical world and physiology in terms of hot energy and cold energy. However, Tibetan medicine is closest to Ayurveda in principle and in practice. Both Tibetan medicine and Ayurveda teach that you are composed of three primary energies: movement energy (loong/vata), hot energy (tripa/pitta), and cold energy (baekan/kapha). In contrast, Chinese medicine only has two energies: hot energy (yang) and cold energy (yin). Tibetan medicine and Ayurveda use different terms, but their understanding of the three primary energies is similar.
Yoga, another ancient healing system from India, is an important part of Tibetan medicine. Yoga is a way of life that cultivates union within oneself and with everything. Tibetan medicine, like Ayurveda, explains how to create and maintain a healthy body and mind in order to live a yogic way of life. Yogis in Tibet developed Tibetan Yoga, a form of yoga that focuses on breathing, purifying exercises, and healing the mind.
Source
https://www.takingcharge.csh.umn.edu/philosophy-tibetan-medicine
