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**AffipgyncDync** · 01-02-2011, 06:20 PM

I was curious about this article because I have known of Tibetan Rinpoches with various serious illnesses, who have died from them -and the 16th Karmapa died from cancer in his 50's. I also know of those who have ongoing serious medical problems including diabetes -and yet the lama in the article is said to have cured himself of diabetes too.

Can Meditation Cure Disease?

New York, USA -- A Tibetan lama believes he cured his gangrene-stricken leg by meditating for a year. Now scientists are studying his brain, hoping to discover a medical miracle.

Can the power of the mind help humans self-heal? That’s what a group of scientists are hoping to help determine by studying a Tibetan lama who believes he cured himself of gangrene through meditation.

When Tibetan Lama Phakyab Rinpoche immigrated to the United States in 2003, he was a 37-year-old refugee with diabetes and Pott’s Disease. His afflictions had gotten so bad that his right foot and leg had developed gangrene. He was hospitalized and examined by three different doctors in New York City who all gave the same treatment recommendation: amputate.

Few people would go against such medical advice, but Rinpoche (pronounced Rin-Poh-Chey) is no average person. Born in 1966 in Kham, Tibet, he was ordained at the age of 13 and named the Eighth Incarnation of the Phakyab Rinpoche by the Dalai Lama himself when he was working toward the highest level of Tibetan Buddhist study, the Geshe degree, in 1993. A deeply spiritual man who has devoted his life to the teachings of Buddhism, it was only natural that he should reach out to his mentor, His Holiness the Dalai Lama, when deciding whether to allow his leg to be cut off.

continued here:http://www.buddhistchannel.tv/index....7,9792,0,0,1,0

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01-02-2011, 06:20 PM	#1
AffipgyncDync Join Date Oct 2005 Posts 462 Senior Member	Can Meditation Cure Disease ? I was curious about this article because I have known of Tibetan Rinpoches with various serious illnesses, who have died from them -and the 16th Karmapa died from cancer in his 50's. I also know of those who have ongoing serious medical problems including diabetes -and yet the lama in the article is said to have cured himself of diabetes too. Can Meditation Cure Disease? New York, USA -- A Tibetan lama believes he cured his gangrene-stricken leg by meditating for a year. Now scientists are studying his brain, hoping to discover a medical miracle. Can the power of the mind help humans self-heal? That’s what a group of scientists are hoping to help determine by studying a Tibetan lama who believes he cured himself of gangrene through meditation. When Tibetan Lama Phakyab Rinpoche immigrated to the United States in 2003, he was a 37-year-old refugee with diabetes and Pott’s Disease. His afflictions had gotten so bad that his right foot and leg had developed gangrene. He was hospitalized and examined by three different doctors in New York City who all gave the same treatment recommendation: amputate. Few people would go against such medical advice, but Rinpoche (pronounced Rin-Poh-Chey) is no average person. Born in 1966 in Kham, Tibet, he was ordained at the age of 13 and named the Eighth Incarnation of the Phakyab Rinpoche by the Dalai Lama himself when he was working toward the highest level of Tibetan Buddhist study, the Geshe degree, in 1993. A deeply spiritual man who has devoted his life to the teachings of Buddhism, it was only natural that he should reach out to his mentor, His Holiness the Dalai Lama, when deciding whether to allow his leg to be cut off. continued here:http://www.buddhistchannel.tv/index....7,9792,0,0,1,0 ANY COMMENTS ?
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