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Cover image: Mural painting of Bhaiajyaguru, Shanxi province, China, 14761496.
University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology, object no. C688.
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Acknowledgments xvii
Abbreviations xix
Introductionxxi
Doctrinal Considerations
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3. Curing/Curating Illness:
Selections from the Chapter on the Sufferings of Illness
from A Grove of Pearls from the Garden of Dharma
Alexander O. Hsu
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12. Stories of Healing from the Section on Medicines in the Pli Vinaya
David Fiordalis
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13. Rules on Medicines from the Five-Part Vinaya of the Mahsaka School
C. Pierce Salguero
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Buddhist Healers
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17. Two Stras on Healing and Healers from the Chinese Canon
Marcus Bingenheimer
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Healing Rites
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25. Help for the Sick, the Dying, and the Misbegotten:
A Sanskrit Version of the Stra of Bhaiajyaguru
Gregory Schopen
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41. Rangjung Dorjs Key to the Essential Points of Wind and Mind
Douglas Duckworth
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49. Buddhist Health, Diet, and Sex Advice from Ancient Korea
Don Baker and Hyunsook Lee
494
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61. The Final Doubt and the Entrustment of Tibetan Medical Knowledge
Barbara Gerke and Florian Ploberger
593
62. Did the Buddha Really Author the Classic Tibetan Medical Text?
A Critical Examination from The Lamp to Dispel Darkness
Janet Gyatso
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