Outputs of the Tibetan Bon Medicine Project
Conference Panels and Workshops
As part of the project, Millard and Samuel convened a panel on Bon medicine in September 2009, at the Seventh International Congress on Traditional Asian Medicine in Thimpu, Bhutan. Nine papers were presented in this panel which included five from Bonpo scholars and medical doctors. The nine papers will be published in English translation as an edited volume (Perspectives on the History, Theory and Practice of Bon Medicine), with an introduction by Millard and Samuel. This will be the first book to be published in the West on Bon medicine. Three of the Tibetan papers, by Drakhyung Geshe Kalzang Norbu, Geshe Rinchen Tendzin and Menge Ragshi Tsultrim Sangye (Amchi Gege) have also been published separately in their original language in Tibet, as part of a volume of Tibetan papers from the conference edited by Mingji Cuomu.
In August 2010 Millard and Samuel jointly convened a second panel on the use of ritual in healing in the Bon and Buddhist tradition of Tibet at the 12th Seminar of the International Association of Tibetan Studies in Vancouver, BC, Canada. We plan to publish these papers as a second edited volume, The Use of Ritual in Healing in the Buddhist and Bon Religions of Tibet.
An international workshop, Contemporary Issues in the Anthropology of Tibetan Medicine, was held at St Michael's College, Llandaff on January 21 and 22, 2011 . The programme can be downloaded here. The papers from this workshop are due to appear in 2013 as an edited special issue of East Asian Science, Technology and Society (EASTS).
Publications
As noted above, a number of publications arising from this research have appeared or are forthcoming:
Books
- Millard, Colin and Samuel, Geoffrey (eds.). Forthcoming. Perspectives on the History, Theory and Practice of Bon Medicine. Kathmandu: Vajra Books.
Edited Special Journal Issue
- Samuel, Geoffrey and Millard, Colin (eds.). Forthcoming. Special Issue of East Asian Science, Technology and Society (EASTS), 'Contemporary Issues in the Anthropology of Tibetan Medicine,' to appear in 2013.
Book Chapters and Journal Articles
- Millard, Colin. 2010. 'The Life and Medical Legacy of Khyung sprul 'Jig med nam-mkha'i rdo rje (1897-1955).' D. Ross, S. Karmay, (eds) East and West (special edition, New Horizons in Bon Studies vol 2). IsIAO, Rome.
- Samuel, Geoffrey. Forthcoming, 2013. 'Introduction: Issues in the Anthropology of Medicine and Healing in Tibetan Societies.' In Special Issue of East Asian Science, Technology and Society (EASTS), 'Contemporary Issues in the Anthropology of Tibetan Medicine,' edited by Geoffrey Samuel and Colin Millard, to appear in 2013.
- Millard, Colin. Forthcoming, 2013. 'Between Science, Bon and Buddhism: Multiple Values in Tibetan Medical Education.' In Special Issue of East Asian Science, Technology and Society (EASTS), 'Contemporary Issues in the Anthropology of Tibetan Medicine,' edited by Geoffrey Samuel and Colin Millard, to appear in 2013.
- Millard, Colin and Soktsang, Lobsang Dhonden. Forthcoming, 2013. 'Diversity in Unity: The Changing Forms of Tibetan Medicine.' In Special Issue of East Asian Science, Technology and Society (EASTS), 'Contemporary Issues in the Anthropology of Tibetan Medicine,' edited by Geoffrey Samuel and Colin Millard, to appear in 2013.
- Millard, Colin and Smanla, Amchi Tsewang. 'The Preservation and Development of Amchi Medicine in Tibet.' In Special Issue of East Asian Science, Technology and Society (EASTS), 'Contemporary Issues in the Anthropology of Tibetan Medicine,' edited by Geoffrey Samuel and Colin Millard, to appear in 2013.
- Millard, Colin and Samuel, Geoffrey. Forthcoming. 'Introduction: The Bon Medical Tradition of Tibet.' In Perspectives on the History, Theory and Practice of Bon Medicine, Colin Millard and Geoffrey Samuel (eds). Kathmandu: Vajra Books.
- Millard, Colin and Samuel, Geoffrey. Forthcoming. 'Rinchen Rilbu in the Bon Medical Tradition.' In Perspectives on the History, Theory and Practice of Bon Medicine, Colin Millard and Geoffrey Samuel (eds). Kathmandu: Vajra Books.
- Millard, Colin. Forthcoming. 'Urine Diagnosis of Spirit-Caused Sickness in the Bon Medical Tradition.' In Perspectives on the History, Theory and Practice of Bon Medicine, Colin Millard and Geoffrey Samuel (eds). Kathmandu: Vajra Books.
- Samuel, Geoffrey. Forthcoming. 'Healing in Tibetan Buddhism.' In Blackwell Companion to East and Inner Asian Buddhism (ed. Mario Poceski). Oxford: Blackwells.
- Millard, Colin. In preparation. 'A Bon Ritual Performed in Mustang for Curing Sickness Caused by the bdud Class of Spirits.' .
- Millard, Colin. In preparation. 'The Diagnosis and Treatment of Poisons in the Bon medical commentary, the Khyungtrul Menpe.'
- Millard, Colin. In preparation. 'Notions of "Infectious" Disease in Tibetan Medicine.'
- Millard, Colin. In preparation. 'Between Science, Bon and Buddhism: Multiple Values in Contemporary Tibetan Medical Education.'
- Millard, Colin. In preparation. '"Humoral" Disease in Tibetan Medicine.'
- Millard, Colin. In preparation. Extracts from the Bon lama Khyungtrul Jigme Namkhai Dorje's biography and medical text on spirit-caused sickness.
Page revised 7 May 2012
by Geoffrey Samuel.