WHAT
Course in Tibetan Healing System (Level I)
WHEN
Sunday, May 1 to Saturday, May 7
(Please refer to the time for each topic below, as the timings vary)
WHERE
TIBETgift
827 Foster Street, Evanston
(847-492-0809 or 773-671-7775).
TIBETgift is just east of the Foster stop of the Purple Line Train. It is two blocks east of Ridge, two blocks west of Sheridan, and four blocks north of Davis).
PARKING
The large parking lot, just east of the train station is free after 5:00 PM and on weekends.
COST
$30.00/session ($25.00/session TIBETcenter members)
Make check in the name of TIBETcenter and mail to 6073 North Paulina, Chicago IL 60660. Call 773-671-7775 if you wish to pay by Visa or Master Card.
MAIL IN REBATE
Mail in Rebate will be sent as folows:
12% of fees paid for 9 sessions
10% of fees paid for 8 sessions
8% of fees paid for 7 sessions
6% of fees paid for 6 sessions
4% of fees paid for 5 sessions
#1 Sunday, May 1 (5:15 -6:45 PM)
Medicine Buddha
#2 Sunday, May 1 (7:00 - 8:30 PM)
An Overview of rGyud.bZhi, the main Medical text - When and who compiled this text - Its Title and the reason behind the Title in Sanskrit - The topics it discusses - Why is it called Tantra? - What makes it unique?
#3 Monday, May 2 (7:00 - 8:30 PM)
Basis of Normal and Abnormal Body.
(a) Normal Body: Fifteen Afflictions - Seven Bodily Constituents - Three Excretions.
(b) Abnormal Body: The Primary Causes of Nyes.Pa - The Immediate Causes of Nyes.Pa - General Passages of Nyes.Pa - General Locations of Nyes.Pa - The Progression of Nyes.Pa - The Period of Rise for Nyes.Pa - Disorders Leading to Terminal Conditions.- Causes of Adverse Reactions - Summation.
#4 Tuesday, May 3 (7:00 - 8:30 PM)
The relationship between Mind and the Body. What is Body? What is Mind? The definition of Mind. When and how are they connected? Where does mind reside? What is mind-like? Six groups of consciousness.
The common qualities both share. Some quotes from Tibetan Masters.
#5 Wednesday, May 4 (7:00 - 8:30 PM)
What are the Seven Limb Procedures for Herbal Compounds? Growth of Medicinal Plants in their Natural Habitat. Collection of Medicinal PLants in their Own Time. Removal of Toxic Impurities. Drying. Maintaining Efficacy. Smoothening the Power of Medicinal Formulatons. Compounding Suitable Medicines.
#6 Thursday, May 5 (7:00 - 8:30 PM)
What Qualities the Tastes Inherit from the Elements and How they are Calculated? The Basis of Taste. Divisions. The Nature of Taste. Examples of Different Tastes. The Functions of Tastes.
#7 Friday, May 6 (7:00 - 8:30 PM)
The decoction of three fruits and the process it goes through. Taste. Post-digestive taste. Parts used. Period of collection. Property. Uses. The formula of three fruits decoction.
#8 Saturday, May 7 (9:30 - 11:00 AM)
The Pulse Examination. Preliminary Conditions. Time of Reading Pulse.
Site of Pulse Reading. Amount of Pressure. Methods of Reading Pulse.
Constitutional Pulse. Seasonal Pulse. Healthy and Unhealthy Pulse.
General Pulse. Specific Pulse. Life Force Pulse.
#9 Saturday, May 7 (11:15 - 12:45 PM)
The Urine Examination. Prerequisite Conditions. Origination of Sediments. Time of Examining Urine. Container for the Urine. Healthy Urine. Unhealthy Urine:
(a) General. (b) Specific.
RESOURCE PERSONS
Ven(Dr) Ngawang Jorden will teach on Medicine Buddha, and Dr. Tenzin Dakpa will teach the rest.
Ven (Dr) Ngawang Jorden earned Kachupa (B.A.) and Loppon (M.A.) degree in Buddhist Philosophy from the Sakya College. In 1991, he received Master of Theological Studies (M.T.S.) degree from Harvard Divinity School and Ph.D. in 2003. Currently he is teaching Tibetan language and Buddhism at the University of Chicago. He frequently travels to Europe, Nepal and South East Asia to teach Buddhism and deliver lectures. He regularly teaches at the International Buddhist Academy in Nepal, and at the TIBETcenter Chicago.
He received his spiritual teachings from several Tibetan masters, such as, His Holiness the Dalai Lama, His Holiness Sakya Trizin (Head of the Sakya School of Tibetan Buddhism), His Eminence Chogay Trichen Rinpoche (Head of the Tshar sub-school of Sakya), His Eminence Luding Khen Rinpoche (Head of Ngor sub-school of Sakya), Most Venerable Khenpo Appey Rinpoche and many others, such as the late His Holiness Dilgo Khentse Rinpoche, the late Venerable Deshung Rinpoche, late Venerable Khenpo Rinchen (who was also a tutor of His Holiness Sakya Trizin), late Venerable Tharig Rinpoche, and late Venerable Khenpo Lodo Sangpo (who was his first teacher at the Sa-Ngor-Tshar-Gsum monastery in Sikkim).
Dr. Tenzin Dakpa was born in 1963, in Simla, India. He joined Men-Tsee-Khang College (Tibetan Medical and Astrological College of H.H. the Dalai Lama) in 1987 and graduated first in his class in 1991. Thereafter, he served as the Resident Doctor of the New Delhi Branch Clinic in 1993 to 1994, and 2000 to 2002. In 1995, Dr. Dakpa was transferred to the main institute in Dharamsala, and served as a Special Technical Assistant to the Director and was a member and secretary to the High Level Medical and Astrological Committee. In the same period, he also worked as a lecturer at the Tibetan Medical and Astrological College and was the Editor-in-chief of the sManrTsis Journal. He has accompanied senior doctors to Germany, Switzerland, Italy, Austria, France, the Netherlands, USA, Canada, and Japan for medical consultations and lectures. Dr. Dakpa attended the Third World Congress on Medical Acupuncture and Natural Medicine in Edmonton, Canada in 1995, the 16th International Conference on Acupuncture and Electro-therapeutics at Columbia University, NY in 2000, and the Washington DC. Conference on Tibetan Medicine in 1998. He is also co-editor of the recently published Fundamentals of Tibetan Medicine. In May 2002, Dr. Dakpa was appointed the Resident Health Advisor a the Medicine Buddha Healing Center, the first US branch clinic of Men-Tsee-Khang, where he gives patient consultations, lectures and short courses on Tibetan medicine.
With Tashi Delek (Tibetan greeting)
Tsering TASHI Phuri
TIBETcenter
Chicago: 773-671-7775 (8:30 to 11:00 AM)
Evanston: 847-492-0809 (1:00 to 6:30 PM)
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