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October 15–17, 2010 Friday–Sunday 2 nights

Healing Mind and Body: Medicine Buddha and Tibetan Medicine

Fitness and the Outdoors > Martial Arts Health and Wellness > Complementary Health Self-Discovery > Shamanism & Indigenous Wisdom
Presenter(s)
Lama Migmar Tseten and Malcolm Smith
Lama Migmar Tseten

Lama Migmar Tseten was born in Tibet in 1956. In 1980, he received the Acharya degree from the Tibetan Institute at Varanasi where was recognized for academic achievement by His Holiness the Dalai Lama. In…
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Malcolm Smith

Malcolm Smith, DTM, became a disciple of H. H. Sakya Trizen in 1989 and was among the first students of Lama Migmar Tseten, the founder of the Sakya Institute in Cambridge, Massachusetts. At Sakya Institute,…
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For everyone, especially those in the healing arts.

According to traditional accounts, Tibetan medicine was first taught in India by the Buddha and in the eighth century CE was brought to Tibet, where it has flourished in an unbroken lineage to the present day.

The special weekend will begin with a lecture by Malcolm Smith, doctor of Tibetan medicine, on the history and lineage of both Medicine Buddha and Tibetan medicine, and their relationship with Ayurveda and the yogic culture of ancient India. On Saturday, Lama Migmar will bestow the initiation of Medicine Buddha in the morning, and give instructions on the sadhana practice of Medicine Buddha in the afternoon. In the evening Malcolm will discuss the basic principles of Tibetan medicine, including the five elements and three humors.

Sunday morning, you will learn how to combine the sadhana of Medicine Buddha with the technique of blessing medicinal substances to enhance their healing function. The workshop will conclude with a short practice of Medicine Buddha sadhana and a medicine blessing ceremony. Please bring any fresh, unopened medicines you may have for this ceremony.