Tibetan Medicine Cards
Founded on the Buddha's teaching but incorporating aspects of Hindu, Chinese,classical Greek, and near Eastern practice, Tibetan Medicine brought together diverse pheonomena. Tfhe paintings reproduced in this deck are illustrations from a seventeenth century commentary on the Four Tantras, an ancient medical text of uncertain origin. Twenty-eight full-color 7 1/4 X 8 5/8" cards (color on both sides), with 4-page pamphlet introducing the fundaments of Tibetan Buddhist medicine, the history of Tibet's primary teaching texts, and the creation and subsequent rocky history of the Blue Beryl.
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