Illness and Enlightenment

Susannah Deane is Bid Developer & Writer of Social Sciences at the University of the West of England. She is the author of Tibetan Medicine, Buddhism and Psychiatry: Mental Health and Healing in a Tibetan Exile Community and co-editor of Buddhism and Healing in the Modern World (Carolina Academic Press, 2018).

List of Figures

Acknowledgements

A Note on Terminology, Transliterations, and Translations



Introduction



Part I



Chapter 1. Heart, Wind and Mind: Discussions on Nyonéin Contemporary Amdo

Chapter 2. Heart, Mind or Wind? Tibetan Medical Conceptions of Mind, Mental Health and Nyoné

Chapter 3. Wind, Mind and Nyonéin Tibetan Tantra



Part II



Chapter 4. Madness-Causing Spirits, Tantric Deities and ‘Impurities’ in Contemporary Amdo

Chapter 5. Uninvited: Spirits, Deities and ‘Pollution’ in Everyday Life and Illness

Chapter 6. Invoking the Gods: Spirits and Deities in Tantric Practice



Conclusion



Glossary

References

Index