Medicine and Compassion : A Tibetan Lama's Guidance for Caregivers

by Rinpoche, Chokyi Nyima; Shlim, David R.; Fineberg, Harvey; Fineberg, Donald

• ISBN13: 9780861714780
• ISBN10: 0861714784
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2001-10-01
• Publisher: Wisdom Publications

Summary

Using the teachings of Tibetan Buddhist philosophy, practical advice foraregivers is offered on practicing compassion for people who are angry aboutheir medical conditions, people who are dying, and families of those who areritically ill.

Table of Contents

Foreword	ix
Harvey Fineberg
Donald Fineberg
Preface	xiii
David R. Shlim
Introduction	1	(14)
David R. Shlim
Prologue	15	(2)
Chokyi Nyima Rinpoche
Overview	17	(40)
Human Nature	19	(6)
The Causes of Suffering	25	(6)
What Patients Are Looking For	31	(4)
Combining Wisdom and Compassion	35	(4)
Impermanence, the Body, and the Senses	39	(6)
Dualistic Thinking and Why It Is Important	45	(6)
Conceptual and Nonconceptual Compassion	51	(6)
Training	57	(70)
What Does It Mean to Be a Spiritual Practitioner?	59	(8)
Developing a Compassionate Attitude	67	(4)
The Key to Compassion	71	(8)
Learning to Meditate	79	(12)
Learning to Monitor Our Mental State	91	(4)
The Qualities of an Authentic Teacher	95	(8)
Examples of Enlightened Resolve	103	(6)
The Need for a Teacher	109	(4)
Different Kinds of Teachers	113	(8)
Cultivating a Calm Mind	121	(6)
Practical Advice	127	(42)
The Best Possible Care	129	(4)
Coping with Difficult Patients and Situations	133	(10)
Easing the Process of Dying	143	(10)
The True Meaning of Death with Dignity	153	(6)
Tibetan Medicine	159	(10)
Afterword	169	(2)
David R. Shlim
Resources	171	(4)
Index	175