Illness and Enlightenment

Exploring Tibetan Perspectives on Madness in Text and Everyday Life

Inbunden, Engelska, 2025

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Beskrivning

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.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum:2025-02-01
Mått:152 x 229 x 18 mm
Vikt:510 g
Format:Inbunden
Språk:Engelska
Antal sidor:288
Förlag:Berghahn Books
ISBN:9781805398400

Utforska kategorier

Antropologi inom Samhälle och politik
Buddhism inom Filosofi och religion
Socialt arbete och välfärd inom Samhälle och politik

Mer om författaren

Susannah Deane completed her PhD at Cardiff University. Her interdisciplinary research focuses on mental health and illness within Tibetan communities in China and in exile. Her publications include Tibetan Medicine, Buddhism and Psychiatry: Mental Health and Healing in a Tibetan Exile Community (Carolina Academic Press, 2018).

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“The book takes up an interesting, important, complicated and somewhat understudied aspect of Tibetan cultural and religious life.” • David DiValerio, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee

Innehållsförteckning

List of FiguresAcknowledgementsA Note on Terminology, Transliterations, and TranslationsIntroductionPart IChapter 1. Heart, Wind and Mind: Discussions on Nyonéin Contemporary AmdoChapter 2. Heart, Mind or Wind? Tibetan Medical Conceptions of Mind, Mental Health and NyonéChapter 3. Wind, Mind and Nyonéin Tibetan TantraPart IIChapter 4. Madness-Causing Spirits, Tantric Deities and ‘Impurities’ in Contemporary AmdoChapter 5. Uninvited: Spirits, Deities and ‘Pollution’ in Everyday Life and IllnessChapter 6. Invoking the Gods: Spirits and Deities in Tantric PracticeConclusionGlossaryReferencesIndex

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