Men-Tsee-Khang Observes Centenary Celebration in South America

A 5-member team, headed by Dr. Tenzin Lhazey accompanied by Dr. Norchung, Mrs. Lhamo Yangchen (Tibetan Astro. Science Practitioner), Mr Phuntsok Rigzin (Chief Account of Men-Tsee-Khang), and Mr Tenzin Choekyab, (Head of Sales and Medical Store Department of Men-Tsee-Khang), visited South America from March 23, 2017 to May 3, 2017, in honor of the Centenary Celebration of Men-Tsee-Khang, the Tibetan Medical & Astro. Institute of His Holiness the Dalai Lama.

The team conducted a series of lectures on Tibetan medicine and Astro. Science, workshops on bsku nye (Tibetan Medical Massage), kag rtsis (yearly prediction) and bag rtsis (marital compatibility), medical consultation, Astro. oral consultation, and held an exhibition on Tibetan Medicine and Astro-Science in Argentina, Chile, Peru and Brazil  

Location: Cordoba, Argentina 

The team began the Centenary Celebration of Men-Tsee-Khang in Cordoba, the second largest city of Argentina, with a 3-day intensive program arranged by Mrs. Carolina, involving a daily series of lectures, workshops and consultations.

On the evening of March 28th, Dr. Norchung delivered a lecture on The Mind-Body Relationship and Its Implication on Health, and Mrs. Lhamo Yangchen, TASP, lectured on An Introduction to Tibetan Astro. Science to a gathering of over 100 people at the Conference Hall of Fundacion Villa Carlos Paz. On March 29th, Dr. Tenzin Lhazey gave a talk on Diagnostic Methods in Tibetan Medicine and took questions from a gathering of 30 doctors and 15 nurses at Cordoba Public Hospital, the oldest and largest health center in the city. On March 30th, Dr. Norchung spoke on Emotional Balance and its Impact on Health and Mrs. Lhamo Yangchen conducted a workshop on kag rtsis (yearly prediction). In Cordoba City, our doctors also provided 50 patients with Tibetan medical treatment and 21 people received Astro. oral consultation from our Astro. science practitioner.     

The guidlines for Naming of Diseases

The significance of naming an object, place, people, animals and etc; is to avoid confusion over 'identification and recognitioin of things. The naming of disease is also very important to make us know what it is; but giving people's name and places to a disease, leads to stigmization of the concerned. World Health Organization has recently prepared "Guidlines for Naming of Diseases", revealing a message to avoid assignment of a perons or region to a human disease and it says:

Given the increasingly rapid and global communication through social media and other electronic means, it is important that an appropriate disease name is assigned by those who first report a new human disease. WHO strongly encourage scientists, national authorities, the national and international media and other stakeholders to follow the best practices set out in this document when naming a human disease. If an inappropriate name is released or used or if a disease remains unnamed, WHO, the agency responsible for global public health events, may issue an interim name for the diseases and recommend its use, so that inappropriate names do not become established.

The guidlines link is http://apps.who.int/iris/bitstream/10665/163636/1/WHO_HSE_FOS_15.1_eng.pdf?ua=1

MTK Performs a Ritual to Appease Landlord Spirits

Dharamsala: On 6th November 2013 Men-Tsee-Khang performed a ritual at Triund, a part of Dhauladhar Range, to appease landlord spirits, as mentored by His Eminence Dzogchen Ganor Rinpoche.

Background

Some of the natural disasters occur as and when landlord spirits are disturbed by human’s natural exploitation, massive construction and afforestation. Rituals are performed to appease these landlord spirits, whether or not disturbed.

The Body, Mind and LIfe Conference

Tibetan Medical & Astro Institute organized the Mind, Body and LIfe Conference in Dharamsala, from June 26, 2013 to June 28, 2013.    

Around 300 participants from around the world, mostly from India, gathered at Men-Tsee-Khang, formally known as the Tibetan Medical & Astro Institute to debate and deliberate on the topic of the Body, Mind and Life.

Body, Mind and Life Conference

There will be a three-day conference on the nature of Mind, Body and Life, from 26th of June to 28th of June, 2013. The conference can be labeled as a"dialogue between  between traditional knowledge and modern science. The traditional views will reflect from the Buddhist Philosophy, Tibetan Medicine, Tibetan Astrology & Astronomy, and the scientific views from the Modern Science.



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Chabch Medical College Protest against Chinese rule in Tibet

Amid a spate of self-immolation in Tibet, around thousand students from the Tibetan Medical School (Sorig Lobling) situated at Chabch, staged a peaceful demonstration to protest Chinese policy towards Tibet, on November 26th, 2012, around 6:00 a.m. (CST).  And the crow began chanting anti-government  slogans: "freedom in Tibet" and "equal right for ethnic minorities". After two hours of demonstration, Chinese security forces cracked down on the demonstrators, many were injured and at least 20 were hospitalized.

The provocation was said to be the authorities’ distribution to the students, all in their early teens, of a booklet which denounced Tibetans who had carried out self-immolation protests for their “acts of stupidity” and which described the Tibetan language as irrelevant, reported Radio Free Asia (Washington) No 26.

Blessing from Sakya Gongma Rinpoche

Sakya Gongma Rinpoche transmitting the abridged teaching of Medicine Buddha to the students and staffs of Men-Tsee-Khang on 25th September, 2011, at Mentseekhang Hall, Dharmasala

2nd International Conference on Tibetan Medicine

A three-day International Conference on Tibetan Medicine will be held at Men-Tsee-Khang, Dharamsala. This  second international conference is organized by the Central Council of Tibetan Medicine, Men-Tsee-Khang, CUTS, and Chokpori Tibetan Medical Institute.

This conference will be the 2nd international conference on Tibetan Medicine, considering the medical conference held at Samye, Tibet during King Tresong Duetsen in the 8 th century as the 1st international medical conference.

The organizing committee has invited Tibetan medical scholars from all round the world to explore their knowledge and practical experiences in accordance to the title of the conference. In addition, It will also provide younger Tibetan doctors with opportunity of paper presentation.

A Successful Workshop on Tibetan Medicine at MCC, Ladakh

Tibetan Medical and Astro. Institute of H.H the Dalai Lama conducted  5-day course on Tibetan from July 4 to July 9, 10-day course on Tibetan from 11July to July 21. This kind of course on Tibetan Medicine can be considered an opening gate to those who are interested at learning Tibetan Medicine through English medium, as well as a piece of contribution towards the promotion, dissemination, preservation of centuries-old system of Tibetan Medicine. With these sheer aims and objectives, the courses on Tibetan medicine received huge compliments from the students and has benefited a lot.

The course was organized at Leh, Ladakh. The place is a mainstream of tourist attraction, and moreover reminiscent of some parts of Tibet.  Unforgotten to mention, there is a monastery which is somehow carbon-copy of Potala Palace, amazingly rising in the beautiful city of Lhasa. Going to Ladakh means many. To a Buddhist, it is meaningful pilgrimage, while to a non-Buddhist, it would be great adventure.    

                                                         A view of class presentation