Tibetan medicine man on local sacred land

October 22, 8:52 AMTampa New Thought ExaminerTammy Taylor

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Tibetan physician and author, Dr. Barry Clark who translated Quintessence Tantras of Tibetan Medicine with its forward by H.H. the Dalai Lama, visits Tampa to teach and consult October 23 to November 3. 

Dr. Clark is the only Westerner to have completed the full course of theoretical and clinical training of a traditional Tibetan doctor.
 

Tibetan medicine is based on Buddhist philosophical principles which uphold healing as a collaboration between doctor and patient.

4 Aspects of Tibetan Medicine

• Diet 
• Behavior
• Roots & Herbs
• Massage & Acupuncture

Tibetan doctors must help patients psychologically and spiritually in order to treat the root causes of disease.  Medicinal methods include diagnostic skills in reading the tongue and urine; highly sensitized pulse touch; and truthful question/answer.

The methods, which also include prayers and mantras to energize medicine and activate its healing power, were derived from sacred texts and Buddha.  Healing mantras are taken from the Atlas of Tibetan Medicine and mnemonically taught to pupils inducing a spiritual path for practitioner who by helping patients learn to practice compassion.

Quintessence Tantras of Tibetan Medicine  by Dr. Barry Clark contains the first complete translation of the Root Tantra and Explanatory Tantra of Tibetan medicine.  The Root Tantra and Explanatory Tantra of Tibetan medicine is the most thorough, detailed and systematic reference for Tibetan medicine in English containing the Tibetan views and defining characteristics of healthy and diseased bodies.

About it, the Dalai Lama says, "Dr. Barry Clark, presents clear and accurate translations of the Root and Explanatory Tantras, two works of such fundamental importance in the Tibetan medical system that they are commonly memorized by medical students."

Tibetan Medicine Man  in Tampa

It is believed everything is medicine.   Tibetan medicine is macrocosmic, whereas western medicine is microcosmic good for emergency and acute treatment, but otherwise merely masks disease.

Practitioner, scholar, and translator of Tibetan Medicine who studied with the most distinguished Tibetan doctors in India for 20 years, Dr. Clark, is in Tampa for lectures, workshops, private consultations and interviews starting on "Our Greatest Hour" RADIO Show.  

Tomorrow, Sacred Lands hosts the opening evening of a weekend workshop facilitated by Dr. Clark in the St. Petersburg Jungle Prada.

                For more information about consultations while he is here, contact Frank 727.391.1152, or visit www.truedharma.org Dr. Barry Clark is presenting talks Tuesdays, October 27 and November 3 at 7pm at the Unitarian Universalist Church of Clearwater as guest of the Buddhist Fellowship at UUC 2470 Nursery Road, Clearwater, Florida 33764.