Dr. Tsering Thakchoe Drungtso

This practical handbook of Tibetan medicine is an in-depth, yet easy to follow, guide to health and well-being, packed with information. How do changes in weather and diet effect physical and emotional conditions? How can one use compression and cupping to effect change? What are the favorable days for therapy? This and a lot more by Dr. Drungtso of the Tibetan Medical and Astrological Institute in Dharamsala. Tibetan Medicine has gained center stage in the West over the last two decades. This book offers timeless wisdom from Tibet to help us to adapt to our modern hectic life, gain physical health and attain spiritual wellbeing. It explores the origins and history of Tibetan Medicine and explains its basic concepts. It brings firshand information on the practical use of the Tibetan medical system in great depth, yet with simplicity. From the beginning to the end the concept of interdependence is placed in the centre and can be applied our daily lives in relation to our environment. Through proper study of this book, one can not only improve health but also achieve happiness and peace of mind. For those who wish to live a meaningful and healthy life and hunger for the wisdom of Tibetan Healing Science, this book is essential reading. This complete and authoritative reference and guide is a must and will be a welcome addition to the medical practitioners, health specialists and general readers.

Diana J. Mukpo

"Dragon Thunder is a 'warts and all' account of a most extraordinary marriage, and a collision of Tibetan and Western cultures. It gives an intimate and unflinching portrait of the author's life with Trungpa Rinpoche. . . . The book contains many surprises, and demonstrates Trungpa's undoubted genius for creating very provoking teaching situations."—The Middle Way

Yeshi Dhonden

In this remarkable, contemporary presentation of the theory and practice of Tibetan medicine, Dr. Yeshi Dhonden, twenty years the personal physician of H.H. the Dalai Lama, draws from over fifty years of practicing and teaching this ancient tradition of healing. This volume vividly presents a series of lectures Dr. Dhonden gave before a group of health care professionals at California Pacific Medical Center in San Francisco. Dr. Dhonden elucidates the holistic Tibetan medical view of health and disease, referring to traditional Tibetan medical sources as well as his own experiences as a doctor practicing in Tibet, India, and numerous countries throughout Europe and America. His presentation is delightfully complemented by many anecdotes drawing for the ancient lore of popular folk medicine in Tibet. For health care professionals, anthropologists, historians of medicine, medical ethicists, and the general public interested in Tibetan medicine, this book is a fascinating contribution by one of the foremost practitioners of Tibetan medicine in the modern world. "I am very happy to learn about the publication of Dr. Yeshi Dhonden's book on Tibetan medicine--Dr. Dhonden is one of the most experienced practitioners of this system."-- H. H. the Dalai Lama

Tenzin Wangyal Rinpoche

In the shamanic world-view of Tibet, the five elements of earth, water, fire, air, and space are accessed through the raw powers of nature and through non-physical beings associated with the natural world. In the Tibetan tantric view, the elements are recognized as five kinds of energy in the body and are balanced with a program of yogic movements, breathing exercises, and visualizations. In these Dzogchen teachings, the elements are understood to be the radiance of being and are accessed through pure awareness. Healing with Form, Energy, and Light offers the reader healing meditations and yogic practices on each of these levels. Tenzin Rinpoche's purpose is to strengthen our connection to the sacred aspect of the natural world and to present a guide that explains why certain practices are necessary and in what situations practices are effective or a hindrance. This is a manual for replacing an anxious, narrow, uncomfortable identity with one that is expansive, peaceful, and capable. And the world too is transformed from dead matter and blind processes into a sacred landscape filled with an infinite variety of living forces and beings.

Sogyal Rinpoche

Sogyal Rinpoche's acclaimed spiritual classic is widely regarded as one of the most complete and authoritative presentations of the Tibetan Buddhist teachings ever written. A manual for life and death and a source of inspiration from the heart of the Tibetan tradition, The Tibetan Book of Living and Dying provides a lucid and inspiring introduction to the practice of meditation, to the nature of mind, to karma and rebirth, to compassionate love and care for the dying, and to the trials and rewards of the spiritual path.

Tenzin Wangyal Rinpoche

"If we cannot carry our practice into sleep," Tenzin Wangyal Rinpoche writes, "if we lose ourselves every night, what chance do we have to be aware when death comes? Look to your experience in dreams to know how you will fare in death. Look to your experience of sleep to discover whether or not you are truly awake."

The yogas of dream and sleep are used in the Bon and Buddhist traditions of Tibet to attain liberation.