Sowa Rigpa - The Buddhist Science of Healing - Himalayan Buddhist Medicine
Sowa Rigpa is the Buddhist science of healing and of the oldest preserved health system of mankind. Sowa Rigpa is holistic system including body, speech and mind and restores the harmony of these three. Balance of these energies assures wellbeing and joy in body and mind. Number of circumstances, especially nutrition and li
fe style, can cause a disharmony of the three bodily energies wind, fire, and earth/water. In our treatments, we apply the following special methods: -
- Modification of your nutrition depending on your constitution �
- Modification of your behavior by consulting on lifestyle �
- So Rig massage like full body massage, part body massage, special head massage, foot massage as well as heat treatments Me Tsa and Golden Needle �
- Himalaya Herbal Medicine, Himalaya Herbal Tea, Himalaya Herbal Massage Oil, Himalaya Incenses
- These methods restore the balance of your bodily energies and provide well being and joy in body and mind. Deep relaxation and holistic wellbeing’s can be experienced far beyond the treatment. We can offer you to be treated by very excellent trained and experienced Amchi, Tibetan physician, from the Nepal Himalaya and Germany. History
Buddha Sakyamuni (563–483 BCE) who spread Buddhism in India, has given also medical teachings at several locations. He taught Buddhist medicine in the medicine forest near the contemporary city of Bodhgaya (Bihar, India), in Udhiyana (now Afghanistan) and other locations in India. The Buddhist science of healing (in Tibetan Sowa Rigpa) has been passed on by an unbroken lineage of great Buddhist masters, among others Manjushri, Jivaka, Saraha, Nagarjuna, Chandrabiananda, Bibyi Gahbyed and Belha Gahdzesma (also called Bimala Lhatse), Vaghbata I, Vaghbata II, Yuthog Yönten Gönpo the elder, Shantiraksh*ta and Padmasambhava. The great Indian master Padmasambhava (Tib. Guru Rinpoche) brought Buddhism and with it the Buddhist medicine to Tibet in the 8th century and taught it there together with his Tibetan companion Yeshe Tsogyal. Some sources report that the first teachings of Buddhist medicine reached Tibet in the 2nd century already. Four medical transmissions are mentioned:
• Two of the earliest in the 2nd century by Bibyi Gahbyed and Belha Gahdzesma and in the 8th century by Padmasambhava and Yuthog Yönten Gönpothe elder (708-833 CE).
• Then, in the 11th century, two more transmissions by Atisha and in the 13th century by Yuthog Yönten Gönpo the younger.
