Description: The Buddha's Art of Healing provides the general reader with its first authentic introduction to the world of Tibetan medicine, offering unparalleled access to its wealth of knowledge, wisdom, and lore. These colorful, intricate, original Tibetan scroll paintings, never before exhibited anywhere in the world, were commissioned around the turn of the century for training doctors in Buryatia, Russia, and today constitute the only surviving complete set of medical tangkas outside Tibet. Based on seventeenth-century illustrations, they express the high point of an ancient and uniquely effective system of healing that requires the combination of precision and intuition. The integration of physical, mental, and spiritual health inherent in this system, and its emphasis on ethics and ecological balance, are surprisingly relevant and timely.

This splendidly illustrated book, years in the making, presents a cultural achievement considered by the Dalai Lama to be, along with Tibetan Buddhism, one of Tibet's most valuable contributions to the modern world.

In his foreword the Dalai Lama encourages greater exchanges between Tibetan and Western physicians, while the essays provide a clear explanation of each painting, describe the arduous years of training required of Tibetan medical students, elucidate the conceptual and theoretical foundations of Tibetan medicine, and tell the compelling story of how these treasures came to Buryatia as Buddhism spread to Siberia and were subsequently saved from Stalin's campaign of destruction.

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