Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatteri
2. Contentsv
3. Acknowledgmentsxi
4. Abbreviationsxiii
5. Introductionxv
6. Early Modernity
7. 1. Buddhist Monastic Physicians’ Encounters with the Jesuits in Sixteenth- and Seventeenth-Century Japan, as Told from Both Sides3
8. 2. On Sickness, Society, and the New Self in Early Edo Japan: Soshin’s Dharma Words (Seventeenth Century)16
9. 3. Buddhism and Scholarly Medicine in Seventeenth-Century: China Three Prefaces to the Work of Yu Chang (1585–1664)22
10. 4. An Eighteenth-Century Mongolian Treatise on Smallpox Inoculation: Lobsang Tsültim’s “The Practice of Preparing Medicine for the Planting of Heaven’s White Flower” (1785)33
11. 5. Psychosomatic Buddhist Medicine at the Dawn of Modern Japan: Hara Tanzan’s “On the Difference Between the Brain and the Spinal Cord” (1869)38
12. 6. No Sympathy for the Devils: A Colonial Polemic Against Yakṣa Healing Rituals (1851)45
13. 7. “Enveloped in the Deep Darkness of Ignorance and Superstition”: Western Observers of Buddhism and Medicine in the Kingdom of Siam in the Colonial Era52
14. Ruptures and Reconciliations
15. 8. Three Tibetan Buddhist Texts on the Dangers of Tobacco (Late Nineteenth to Twenty-First Century)65
16. 9. Buddhism and Biomedicine in Republican China: Taixu’s “Buddhism and Science” (1923) and Ding Fubao’s Essentials of Buddhist Studies (1920)87
17. 10. Reconciling Scripture and Surgery in Tibet: Khyenrap Norbu’s Arranging the Tree Trunks of Healing (1952)94
18. 11. Healing Wisdom: An Appreciation of a Twentieth-Century Japanese Scientist’s Paintings of the Heart Sūtra100
19. 12. Mantras for Modernity: Nida Chenagtsang’s “Mantra Healing Is an Indispensable Branch of Tibetan Traditional Medicine” (2003) and “A Rough Explanation of How Mantras Work” (2015)108
20. 13. Science and Authority in Tibetan Medicine: Gönpokyap’s “Extraordinarily Special Features of the Human Body” (2008)118
21. 14. “We Will Live Long Lives and Attain Great Health”: Monk Changlyu’s The Book of Diagnosis and Natural Foods (2014)127
22. Hybridities and Innovations
23. 15. Taiwanese Tantra: Guru Wuguang’s Art of Yogic Nourishment and the Esoteric Path (1966)137
24. 16. Making a Modern Image of Jīvaka: “First Encounters with Jīvaka Komārabhacca, the High Guru of Healers and the Inspiration for Sculpting His Image” (1969)147
25. 17. Gross National Happiness: Buddhist Principles and Bhutanese National Health Policy158
26. 18. Using Buddhist Resources in Post-disaster Japan: Taniyama Yōzō’s “Vihāra Priests and Interfaith Chaplains” (2014)164
27. 19. Medicine Wizards of Myanmar: Four Recent Facebook Posts177
28. Meditation and Mental Health
29. 20. Naikan and Psychiatric Medicine: Takemoto Takahiro’s Naikan and Medicine (1979)189
30. 21. A Contemporary Shingon Priest’s Meditation Therapies: Selections from the Writings of Ōshita Daien (2006–2016)196
31. 22. Mindfulness in Westminster: The All-Party Parliamentary Group, Mindful UK (2015)204
32. 23. Medicalizing Sŏn Meditation in Korea: An Interview with Venerable Misan Sŭnim215
33. 24. Misuses of Mindfulness: Ron Purser and David Loy’s “Beyond McMindfulness” (2013) 24. Misuses of Mindfulness Ron Purser and David Loy’s “Beyond McMindfulness” (2013)221
34. Crossing Boundaries
35. 25. Rediscovering Living Buddhism in Modern Bengal: Maniklal Singha’s The Mantrayāna of Rārh (1979)231
36. 26. Conversations with Two (Possibly) Buddhist Folk Healers in China235
37. 27. Interview with a Contemporary Chinese American Healer241
38. 28. “We Need to Balance Out the Boisterous Spirits and Gods”: Buddhism in the Healing Practice of a Contemporary Korean Shaman252
39. 29. Among Archangels, Aliens, and Ascended Masters:Avalokiteśvara Joins the New Age Pantheon264
40. Buddhist Healing in Practice
41. 30. Buddhism and Resistance in Northern Thai Traditional: Medicine An Interview with an Unlicensed Thai Folk Healer275
42. 31. Burmese Alchemy in Practice: Master U Shein’s Healing Practice281
43. 32. Mental Illness in the Sowa Rigpa Clinic: A Conversation with Dr. Teinlay P. Trogawa289
44. 33. Biographical Interview with the Tantric Meditator Tshampa Tseten from Bhutan: With a Translation of His “Edible Letters”298
45. 34. Japanese Buddhist Women’s “Way of Healing”310
46. 35. Conversations About Buddhism and Health Care in Multiethnic Philadelphia317
47. Geographical Table of Contents327
48. Glossary331
49. References341
50. Contributors373
51. Index379