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Medicine & compassion : a Tibetan Lama's guidance for caregivers / Chokyi Nyima Rinpoche ; with David R. Shlim ; translated by Erik Pema Kunsang ; foreword by Harvey Fineberg and Donald Fineberg.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextLanguage: English Original language: Tibetan Boston : Wisdom Publications, c2006Edition: 1st edDescription: xvii, 181 pages ; 24 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 9780861715121
  • 0861714784
  • 9780861714780
Other title:
  • Medicine and compassion
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 294.3/3661 22
LOC classification:
  • BQ4570.M4 N95 2004
Online resources:
Contents:
ch. 1. Human nature -- ch. 2. The causes of suffering -- ch. 3. What patients are looking for -- ch. 4. Combining wisdom and compassion -- ch. 5. Impermanence, the body, and the senses -- ch. 6. Dualistic thinking and why it is important -- ch. 7. Conceptual and nonconceptual compassion -- ch. 8. What does it mean to be a spiritual practitioner? -- ch. 9. Developing a compassionate attitude -- ch. 10. The key to compassion -- ch. 11. Learning to meditate -- ch. 12. Learning to monitor our mental state -- ch. 13. The qualities of an authentic teacher -- ch. 14. Examples of enlightened resolve -- ch. 15. The need for a teacher -- ch. 16. Different kinds of teachers -- ch. 17. Cultivating a calm mind -- ch. 18. The best possible care -- ch. 19. Coping with difficult patients and situations -- ch. 20. Easing the process of dying -- ch. 21. The true meaning of death with dignity -- ch. 22. Tibetan medicine.
List(s) this item appears in: Books on Altruism, Bodhichitta, Compassion & the 4 Immeasureables
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ch. 1. Human nature -- ch. 2. The causes of suffering -- ch. 3. What patients are looking for -- ch. 4. Combining wisdom and compassion -- ch. 5. Impermanence, the body, and the senses -- ch. 6. Dualistic thinking and why it is important -- ch. 7. Conceptual and nonconceptual compassion -- ch. 8. What does it mean to be a spiritual practitioner? -- ch. 9. Developing a compassionate attitude -- ch. 10. The key to compassion -- ch. 11. Learning to meditate -- ch. 12. Learning to monitor our mental state -- ch. 13. The qualities of an authentic teacher -- ch. 14. Examples of enlightened resolve -- ch. 15. The need for a teacher -- ch. 16. Different kinds of teachers -- ch. 17. Cultivating a calm mind -- ch. 18. The best possible care -- ch. 19. Coping with difficult patients and situations -- ch. 20. Easing the process of dying -- ch. 21. The true meaning of death with dignity -- ch. 22. Tibetan medicine.