Healthy Digestion in Developing a Tantric Body

Published in the Sowa Rigpa Journal 1, 2017

[Link to Academia Article ][1]

[1]: Within traditional Tibetan Medicine, healthy digestion is fundamental to prevention and healing of diseases, as well as developing stability on the tantric path of Buddhism. The majority of common health problems can be traced back to Ma Zhu Ba, or indigestion. Diet, as treatment, is profoundly important in this system of medicine. Once the physician gives guidance to match the disordered condition or elemental makeup; you have the primary mode of treatment and prevention without the need for the physician to constantly monitor you. Food is medicine, a well established fact in the majority of the worlds systems of healing. What is unique in the Tibetan system however is how refining our food as elemental substances can help in the clearing and purification of the subtle body channels for the development of the tantric or sublime body.