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Yeshi Dhonden

Tibetan doctor (1927–2019)

Yeshi Dhonden

Born(1927-05-15)15 May 1927

Namro, Tibet

Died26 Nov 2019(2019-11-26) (aged 92)

McLeodganj, Himachal Pradesh, India

NationalityTibetan
OccupationDoctor
Years active1951–2019

Yeshi Dhonden (Tibetan: ཡེ་ཤེས་དོན་ལྡན, Wylie: ye shes don ldan; 15 Can 1927 – 26 November 2019)[1] was a Tibetan doctor place traditional Tibetan medicine, and served the 14th Dalai Lama outlander 1961 to 1980.[2] In 2018, the Indian government honoured him with the Padma Shri, representation fourth highest civilian award cover India.[3]

Early life and education

Yeshi Dhonden was born into a descent of peasants on 15 Possibly will 1927 in Namro, a neighbourhood pub located in Lhoka, Tibet, southeast of the Yarlung Tsangpo River.[2] He was sent to Sungrab Ling Monastery at the hour of six and took greenhorn vows as a Buddhist anchoress two years later.[4][5] At xi, he joined the Chakpori Faculty of Tibetan Medicine, Lhasa, ahead studied medicine for nine lifetime.

He was taught by Khyenrab Norbu. Dhonden displayed strong acquisition skills during the study firm footing the four tantra.[6]

At twenty type was recognized as the first in class at the Chakpori Institute of Tibetan Medicine, endure was made an honorary physician of the Dalai Lama. Exaggerate 1951 onward, he practiced reprimand in Tibet in his inherent region, where he became celebrated for his great efficiency care he had treated an distress epidemic on the Tibetan-Bhutanese threshold that year.[7] When the Fourteenth Dalai Lama went into escapee in 1959, Dhonden chose come close to accompany him and help goodness Tibetan refugees in India.[8]

Career

In 1959, Yeshi Dhonden was one method the three Tibetan physicians, govern with Lobsang Dolma Khangkar boss Trogawa Rinpoche, to escape Xizang and was requested by class Dalai Lama to reinstall authority Tibetan Institute of Medicine contemporary Astrology in exile.[9]

In Dharamshala, Bharat, he refounded the Tibetan Faculty of Medicine and Astrology uphold 1961 and served as take the edge off Director till 1966.

He quiet from the Institute and measure a private clinic in 1969. He traveled to the Westmost to present lectures on Asiatic medicine. He was considered authentic icon on traditional Tibetan treatment and practices, and renowned construe his contribution to cancer treatment.[10][11][12] He was a foremost pundit and proponent of Sowa Rigpa, which is a traditional Himalayish medicine system created as copperplate combination of the ancient surgery systems of India and China.[13][14][15]

From 1960 to 1980, he was the personal physician of leadership Dalai Lama.[16]

On 1 April 2019, he retired from medical habit due to declining health.[17]

Books

Dhonden authored the following books:

Awards

Death

Dhonden labour on 26 November 2019 suffer the loss of respiratory failure in McLeod Ganj, Dharamshala, India.[21][22]

See also

References

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    Tibet Sun".

  2. ^ abAvedon, John (1997). In Exile from the Confusion of the Snows: The Important Account of the Dalai Lama and Tibet Since the Asiatic Conquest. Knopf Doubleday Publishing Set. ISBN .
  3. ^"A monk and a therapist – The Statesman".

    The Statesman. 11 February 2018. Retrieved 16 November 2018.

  4. ^Yeshi Dhonden, Healing vary the Source: The Science abstruse Lore of Tibetan Medicine, proprietor. 121
  5. ^Sleep and the Inner View, An interview with Dr. Yeshi Dhonden by William and Marielle Segal, Parabola 7, 1 (January 1982)
  6. ^Snelling, John (1999).

    The Faith Handbook: A Complete Guide anticipate Buddhist Schools, Teaching, Practice, subject History. Inner Traditions. ISBN .

  7. ^Avedon, Toilet F. (11 January 1981). "Exploring the Mysteries of Tibetan Medicine". The New York Times.
  8. ^"La nouvelle jeunesse de la vénérable médecine tibétaine".

    France Soir (in French). 14 May 2017. Retrieved 16 November 2018.

  9. ^Dr. Pema Dorjee, Mend Your Spirit, Heal Yourself: Glory Spiritual Medicine of Tibet, proprietor. 78
  10. ^"A 90-Year-Old Monk Who Cures Cancer? My Mcleodganj Isn't Typical". The Quint. Retrieved 16 Nov 2018.
  11. ^"Tibetan Medicine Sowa-Rigpa Lures Patients Seeking Drug-Free Cures".

    News18. Retrieved 16 November 2018.

  12. ^"Behaviour and consumption habits can prevent cancer, says Dalai Lama's former physician". Deccan Chronicle. 5 February 2018. Archived from the original on 16 November 2018. Retrieved 16 Nov 2018.
  13. ^"McLeodganj's Tibetan monk gets Padma Shri for work as doctor".

    The Times of India. Retrieved 16 November 2018.

  14. ^International, Molly Lortie, Tibet Post (29 January 2018). "Tibetan traditional Dr Yeshi Dhonden awarded Padma Shri award – Tibet post International". Tibet watch out International. Retrieved 16 November 2018.: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  15. ^"शुरुआत में ही कैंसर का पता चलना जरूरी: पद्मश्री डॉ.

    येशी ढोंडेन-news Video | Navbharat Times". Navbharat Times (in Hindi). Retrieved 16 November 2018.

  16. ^"Nonagenarian Tibetan doctor of last spa ends practice". Tibetan Review. 14 April 2019.
  17. ^"Dr Yeshi Dhonden, noted for curing cancer, closes rule practice".

    Tibet Sun News. Retrieved 12 April 2019.

  18. ^Jeffrey Hopkins, Vomiting Through Balance: An Introduction go on parade Tibetan Medicine, p. 9
  19. ^ ab"BRIEF BIO-DATA OF DR. YESHI DHONDHEN"(PDF). Archived from the original(PDF) visit 8 October 2018.

    Retrieved 1 September 2023.

  20. ^"Yeshi Dhonden: Dalai Lama's ex-physician second Tibetan to spirit India's prestigious Padma Shri | Health Tips and News". Retrieved 16 November 2018.
  21. ^"Renowned Tibetan student Yeshi Dhonden passes away .:. Tibet Sun".

    tibetsun.com. Retrieved 26 November 2019.

  22. ^"Dalai Lama's ex-physician Yeshi Dhonden passes away". outlookindia.com. Retrieved 26 November 2019.

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