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Inter-cultural
sensibilisation at a discount land-cost price !
Requests for Special Itinerary and
Field-studies are always considered!
Amchi Kunsang /
Kunphen Tibetan clinic
Tibetan Traditional Medicine &
Psychology Arts Therapy
FIELD-STUDY AND
RESEARCH TOURS ORGANIZATION
Seminars, teaching, training and
field- research options
organized by CAIRN in
Nepal
|
Tibetan Medicine Research &
Courses Options
_________________ Guidelines
________________
In
order to facilitate the access in KTM / Nepal to
relevant Tibetan Medicine
quality
resources for EU- ECTS/ECDL credits training and research
certificate,
Cairn has organized a
Tibetan Medicine Materia Medica, Philosophy
and
Psychology curriculum based upon a stepwise
culturally appropriate approach
being a chronological
succession of three (3) levels of scheduled
courses
and/or field- research activities,
namely:
Level 1- is a
30 days long Cultural Immersion Tour & Introduction to
Tibetan Medicine,
(for
details on options, click here on : Tibetan
Medicine Introduction Tours&Field-studies,
Level 2- is a
three-months indepth training cum field-research into either
Tibetan Medecine,
Philosophy or Psychology, this last option including
Dzog-Chen, Tsa-rLung, Tantras
and other inputs relevant to
professional psychotherapy training,
(see
other links for details, hereunder)
Level 3- is a
four-year long Postgraduate and/or Doctorate Thesis
(Option ECTS/ECDL),
divided into 3 distincted postgraduate modules,
between 1 to 2 years each.
(see other
links for details, hereunder)
_________________ Guidelines
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Courses Title &
Level |
Commencement |
Duration |
Fees |
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Level
1
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| Cultural Immersion Tour
& Studies " Introduction Program ": 15 to 45
days |
Starts in
April 2004 onwards, and remains open learning /
flexible entry certification |
minimum
15 days
>
in
Nepal |
euros
1850
(equ
USD) |
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|
21 days
> |
2050 |
|
|
30 days
> |
2300 |
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|
45 days
> |
2800 |
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| Level
2 |
|
|
|
| Three-months duration
training cum field-research |
Similar
to Level 1, starts in
April
2004 onwards, |
upto 3 months
in
KTM/Nepal > |
3800 |
|
fees conditions are
always
based on personal
project! |
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| > |
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| Level
3 |
|
|
|
One to
four-year long Postgraduate
and/or
Prof-Doctorate
Thesis |
from
April 2004 onwards,
open
learning / year based
visas
academic supervision |
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| Study visas will apply if
duration is more than 3 months study in
Nepal |
Projects being more than 3
months and upto 1 year may
may be provided
study-visa |
|
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|
|
First year entry |
3800 |
|
|
For any years >
thereafter ! |
750/yr
(each
yr) |
|
|
Last year Thesis |
950/th |
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| Study & Research
Visa |
|
|
|
| Visa costs to add/per
yr |
HMG Nepal Study Visa
costs |
HMG
Immigration |
750/yr |
|
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| Living
Costs |
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| Living costs upto 3 months
are included in Total Fees |
Costs cover
Bed&Breakfast/
Half-board in
Guesthouse |
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FOOTNOTE: LIVING COSTS
AFTER 3
MONTHS ARE NOT WITHIN CAIRN/SXC FEES,
BUT ARE PERSONAL COSTS |
After the
first 3 months, all participants are proposed
residential condition on basis of their project
resources |
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| Detailed
Conditions |
Please
contact Cairn CEO |
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| Payment
Options
|
 10%
discount on one off payments,
Training course fees paid in
full |
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|
Payment
Method
|
Cash
Cheque
Bankers
Draft
Postal
Order
Payment by
your friends and relatives in the UK, the EU or
USA |
|
|
Specialization
This curriculum presents
options especially tailored for Western/EU
researchers
in terms of a focus on three training options
being:
A- Tibetan Medicine Materia Medica,
B- Tibetan Medicine
Philosophy with introduction to Tantras
practices
and Tsa-rLung (energy-body),
C- Tibetan
Medicine applications of the Lungs and Tantras in
Psychotherapy,
Rejuvenation and Healing for
Training Seminars in the EU.
Certification
Cairn Postgraduate and
Doctorate Studies Curriculum Options in Tibetan
Medicine,
Philosophy and Psychology (Psychotherapy training)
are designed for students,
NGO professionals, health
practitioners and researchers, interested in
integrating
Himalayan region Cultural Immersion /
Field-studies and practical Training with
using
ICT-/VLE new technology (Open Learning ) internet
& audio-visual support to
communicate ‘reality’ through
Education Online Multimedia Systems, and
who
wish to pursue research or training certification
under the modalities for Adult
Continuous Education, in the
related field of anthropology, ethnomedicine,
development studies,
psychology, clinical anthropology, health education,
etc...,
and/or in the related audio-visual anthropology (AV),
media production, journalism,
multimedia database archives
research, publishing or teaching.
Cairn
Postgraduate and Doctorate Studies credits
are proposed in 3 options:
• A Postgraduate
Certificate program (60 credits per year) for trainees,
researchers
and students (ECTS/ECDL Adult Continuous Education /
Open Learning Online),
of a duration 1 to 3 years,
inclusive of Cultural Immersion /
Field-studies.
• A Postgraduate Diploma program
(180 credits), duration open from 3 to 5 years,
inclusive of Cultural Immersion / Field-studies. This
may be linked with the Cairn
Professional Doctorate Studies,
under the ECTS/ECDL credits similar modalities
• An intensive
Introduction Core Training Programme (30 credits: minor) for
trainees
and NGOs research professional, staff and prospective
teachers in Anthropology.
Students/Trainees will choose
amongst a open menu of ECDL and ECTS
credits,
which are listed hereunder for information (see DU
draft only).
Throughout this year and starting
in July 2004, Cairn will also organize
conferences,
debates and seminars workshops in the EU, and possibly
in USA and Canada.
Practices retreats focused on the Body of Light,
including healing, divination,
rejuvenation, and Tibetan cleansing
therapies of significance in the Western
world will also be
organized at specific powerplaces, either in the EU or in
Asia.
Such links with academic units, to be organized as
seminars and conferences online,
will provide a meeting point for
the Western and Himalayan/Tibetan health
sciences.
Body of Light practice and rejuvenation including
Tibetan Yoga introduction seminars
to spiritual, physical and mental
exercise are sheduled in 2004-2005 in
S-of-France.
Such experiential seminar will include esoteric
practices: channels, visualization and
mantra recitations. Bardo
Todol and Dream Yoga practices may also be
approached.
Cairn Consortium field-research, professional
training, courses, introduction and/or
more indepth seminars, are all
given in their original language of praxis, namely:
in
Tibetan and/or Nepali with a French and/or English
translation in situ.
About formal Tibetan
Medicine Research and Training
At this date, there are
two main methods of training for Tibetan Medicine
doctors:
the first one is through Tibetan monasteries and
community based Tibetan Medicine
Health Centers training, the second
is academic and through a formal training
at
one of the Tibetan Medical schools, these being either
in Lhasa Tibet / TAR China,
or in Dharamsala and Sarnath
CIHTS, in India. To become a Tibetan
Medicine
certified doctor under those modalities, one needs to
be a Tibetan, learn, practice
and train during 7 to 10 years.
There are accordingly some serious
prior-conditions
for any Westerner aiming to achieve any similar
results in this field.
Cairn Consortium curriculum options in KTM
/Nepal are based upon this reality.
Cairn Consortium
nonetheless offers hereby Postgraduate & Doctorate
Studies
in Tibetan Medicine Research & Training,
which Options are linked with local
relevant Himalayan
Traditional Health resource people and training
organizations,
such as: Amchi Jampa at Kailash
Tibetan Clinics; Amchi Kunzang, Amchi Tashi
Pedon
and Amchi Kunzang Dorje at Kunphen Tibetan Medical
Centers (KTM and Nyalam TAR),
Prof. R.P. Gartoulla at the Nepal
Institute for Health Science (NIHS) and the
TU/TH,
the
Freedom Center SXSSC Drug- Abuse Acupuncture Detoxification
(NADA), the
Shechen Gompa Holistic Clinic in Bodhnath, Geshe
Dergue at the Bon-Po Swayambu
Gompa ( on traditional Tsa-rLung
training), several others reputed Nagpas on
Tibetan
Dzogchen and Tsa-rLung practices being based on
Nyingma, Bon-po or Karam lineages,
and/or - depending upon the
participants specifique projects requirements
(namely:
each project's background, duration, specialization,
professional training targets,
a short-list of other selected
resources in Tibet, Sikkim and/or
Dharamsala/Sarnath
in India.
Although usually Tibetan
Medicine formal academic training exists for Tibetans
only,
Cairn Consortium Euro-Asian Postgraduate and
Doctorate Studies endeavours
hereby to offer relevant and
practical R&D approaches, based upon individual
research
or training projects, certified under the ECTS/ECDL
adult education credits and being
especially tailored for
Westerners and/or Asian trainees (on a case-by-case
basis)
and
researchers alike.
Tibetan Medicine Formal
Training for Tibetans
a) Community
Health Based Research &
Training
Tibetan Medicine
traditional community based training has been in
existence
in the Himalayan region for approximately 2,500 years,
as such providing primary health
care for the majority of the local
population, this, despite the emergence of the
PHC
(Allopathic Primary Health Care Centers), which have
remained of limited development,
far away and difficult to access in
the rural areas. Amongst those traditional
community
based doctors, a certain number were and still are
trained in the local monasteries.
Focused on this practical
links between a Tibetan Medicine theory and its
daily
application in Community Health ( Primary Health Care
and Health Education ),
Cairn Tibetan Medicine Research
and Training Options is based on a daily
collaboration with
selected Amchis (Tibetan certified doctors), who
practice
medicine since many years and/or whose healing skills
and organization
have become reputed in the
community.
Such are the above cited: Kunphen, Kailash, ITTM,
CIHTS Tibetan Medical Centers.
Regarding the links with
monasteries traditional health, although most of the
time,
such community based doctors do not receive a formal
academic qualification,
they are all reputed practicioners
in their community.
For more
information
click
here!
b) Tibetan
Medicine Formal Training
In recent years, more
formal forms of medical qualifications for Tibetans were
introduced,
primarily in the main teaching schools offering
seven-years medical training courses.
These Tibetan Medicine
established academic schools are not part of the
monastic
tradition, per se, but rather are linked with the host
countries High Education system
specific National Health Policy,
Health Ministries and development
agencies.
These seven years trainings there enfold in two
stages:
STAGE
1
The first five years of the course consists mainly of
medical theory,
leading to the recognized
qualification of Men-pa-kachupa degree.
Courses
include:
Memorization of medical texts
Medical
theory
Practice of pharmacy
Herbals and minerals, collection
and recognition
Tibetan grammar
Debate on Tibetan
medicine
Medical astrology and astronomy
STAGE
2
The second stage of training emphasizes practice,
although theory is still important.
Students spend 2 years in
a clinic with a senior doctor before they are fully
qualified
to practice alone.
For more
information
click
here!
c) List of Medical
Schools for Tibetans
Lhasa Tibet
The two most famous schools in the
past were the Men-Tsee-Khang and the
Chogpori in Lhasa, the
capital of Tibet. The Lhasa Men-Tsee-Khang has
been established by the
Thirteenth Dalai Lama in 1916. When the
Chinese
invaded Tibet in 1959, the school was temporarily
closed.
The Lhasa Med-Tsee-Khang has been re-established in
recent years to provide
education and training in Tibetan
Medicine in Lhasa, TAR Tibet region
(China).
Dharamsala
The
Men-Tsee-Khang (Tibetan Medical and Astrology Institute -
TMAI) in Dharamsala
(India)
proposes to Tibetans a Seven Year Formal Training Schools for
Tibetan Medicine.
Sikkim
Lama Dr. Trogawa Rinpoche
re-established the Chogpori Tibetan Medical Center
in
Darjeeling, Sikkim, India. There
are strong links with the monastic tradition in
this
system of education and only men
are accepted as students. The current
director
is Trogawa
Rinpoche. Also based in Sikkim (Kalimpong) is the
renown ITTM institute.
Ladakh
The Ladakh School of Tibetan
Medicine established in 1989 in Ladakh, India,
runs
on the same basis as the
Men-Tsee-Khang and is closely affiliated to the
Tibetan
Medical and
Astrology Institute in Dharamsala.
CIHTS Varanasi U Sarnath
The Tibetan
Medical School, Central Institute of Higher Tibetan Studies,
in Sarnath,
Varanasi, India
also runs a seven year recognized course. The first batch of
Tibetan
Medical
students were admitted to the Institute in 1993. Besides the
Tibetan Medical
Course,
Sanskrit and the Tibetan language are taught at graduate level
to facilitate r
esearch work at
the institute.
ITTM
This is a renown Holistic
Traditional Health Center based in Kalimpong Sikkim and
linked
with
several reputed academic and research organization in India,
focused on both the
Ayurveda and Tibetan medical schools approaches.
Although not an academic
training center, per se, it is a
relevant INGO specialized in academic research.
For more
information
click
here!
Tibetan Medicine
Tibetan medicine is an
ancient synthesis of the art of healing, drawing on
the
knowledge of medical systems existing in a wide region
of Southeast and Central Asia.
Tibetan medicine was established
during the 7th to the 12th centuries A.D.
The fundamental
theoretical concepts are based primarily on the earlier
Chinese,
Ayurveda and Indian Buddhist philosophy, as background
paradigms and systems
of medicine. The Himalayan region
cultural context, religion notions and
Shamanic
roots belief system underline the substance of this
system.
Tibetan medical philosophy is a holistic philosophy
involving the harmonious operation
and balance of all the
energies that constitute the human psycho-physical
being.
An
education in Tibetan medicine involves theory,
self-development, therapies
and medical practice. The
theoretical part involves knowledge of the
theoretical
system, the principles of diagnosis and treatment, the
medicinal products and the
diseases. The theoretical system is
traditionally taught using the Four Medical
Tantra,
manuscripts that are partly to be memorized and partly
to be intensively studied.
For more
information
click
here!
Cairn Postgraduate Reseach &
Training Options
Level 1 : 30 days Introduction
to Tibetan Medicine
Buddhism Tantra, cosmology, materia medica and
symbolism are deeply
related in
Tibetan Medicine. There is no distinction between mental and
physical
disorders, as
in Tibetan Medicine philosophy all such phenomena
are
manifested at a single level,
being through the psychic centers
and
channels (ie: Chi, Lung, Jinas and
Nadis).
As the
Tibetan medicine system is above all a functional and
physiopathological
approach,
having its diagnosis based upon the concepts of humors
and five energies,
and treatment
grounded upon the efficacy of Himalayan herbal remedies, the
current
drawing of
a professional introduction to Training in Tibetan
Psychotherapy has
required an
integrated Tibetan Medicine and Vajrayana/Tantras
interface.
Tibetan Psychology and Psychotherapy has already been
researched by several
reputed Tibetan
or Western scholars, amongst who Tarab Ladrang Tulku
Rimpoche.
It has
accordingly now become more feasible for Westerners
researchers to study
and experience
specific concepts, technics or artifacts of the Vajrayana, as
such
organized in a rather more careful
and stepwise manner compatible with
the
European
psyche.
Regarding Tibetan Psychology and Psychotherapy
Training, per se,
Cairn Network
has organized in Nepal an Integrated Training
Network
using specific
local resources linked to reputed Tibetan
Lamas/Rimpoches
and Amchis
(doctors), as well as Nepal Shamans Healers, who provide
a
flexible theoretical and
experiential curriculum for learning
Tibetan/Himalayan Therapy in situ, within
the Tibetan Vajrayana Gompas
(monasteries)
or local Clinics integrated in this curriculum
proposal.
These
experientials include teachings based upon the Bon-Po and
Nyingma-Pa
Traditional Healing, Yogas,
Dzog-Chen and Termas tradition.
The
treatment and counselling activities are directly linked with
specialized
social/health
services based in Kathmandu valley.
Proposed Tentative
Itinerary
(Cairn
Consortium tentative itineraries and contents are always
adapted to
the
specificities of each participant personal training and
research project!)
WEEK
ONE :
Day 01 - 02 : Fly from Europe or
USA to KTM (Nepal) / Transfert KTM airport
(TIA)
to your Bouddhanath Guesthouse:
HOTEL PADMA (direct view on Stupa)
Day
03: (morning) Introduction talk at the Bouddhanath Stupa on
the local
Tibetan monasteries and Kathmandu
Valley powerplaces, with the program
facilitators.
(afternoon) A
downtown tour for identification of major banks,
immigration, visas,
airlines
offices and other sites of
interest.
Day 04:
(morning) First meeting with Ayurvedic and Shamanistic
healers.
Presentation of
the Boddhanath PHC Clinic (Dr. Tsering / MBBS),
Amchi Jampa
Tibetan Clinic,
Kunphen Tibetan Clinic and local Tibetan Medicines
factory.
(afternoon)
Introduction to Dr. R. T. Gartoulla PHC Training activities in
the
Tribhuvan University / Institute
of Medicine (TU/IOM).
Day 05: Early
morning drive\out of the valley to Pharping Caves and
Dashinkhali,
introduction to
the legend of Guru Rimpoche (Padmasambhava), visit to
selected
Parping Gompas
(monasteries) and interview with a high lama, introduction
talk
on the relations between Tibetan
Buddhism and Traditional Medicines (all
day),
Day 06: Breakfast in Thamel /
Kathmandu, visit to Kunphen Tibetan Medical
Center
in Chettrapatti. Discussions with
Amchi Kunsang Dorje, Amchi Kunsang,
Amchi
Kelsang, Gynendra Shrestha, or Karma Dolma, on the Kunphen
clinic
and factory
activies.
Day 07: Morning
drive around Kathmandu valley historical places: Swayambunath
Stupa
and the surrounding monasteries,
amongst which the Monkey Temples and the
Bon-Po
Gompa.
(afternoon) The heart of ancient Kathmandu, the old
Royal Palace, Kumari Chowk, Patan
and
Durbar Square. Visit Thangka painters and handicraft
artists.
WEEK
TWO:
Day 08: (morning)Tibetan Healing
Paradigm / (afternoon) Shamanistic Healing
Practices.
Day 09:
(morning) History of Tibetan Medicine / (afternoon) Tibetan
Materia Medica documents.
Day
10:(morning) Concepts rLung, Tripa ,Bad-Kan / (afternoon)
Ayurvedic Medicines
Day
11:(morning) Diagnosis methods in Tibetan Medicine /
(afternoon) Medicinal Herbs
Day
12:(morning) Urine analysis / Pulse reading / Causes of
chronic diseases / (afternoon free)
Day
13:(morning) Comparative efficacy Tibetan system vs.
Allopathic conference / Workshop
Day
14:Day Free / Excursion to Bhaktapur, Namo Boddha or Vajra
Yogini (Sanghu)
WEEK
THREE:
Day 15: Excursion out of the
Valley for Medicinal Herbs (all
day),
Day 16: Diagnosis methods in
Tibetan Medicine / Moxibustion and Acupuncture
,
Day 17: Urine analysis / Pulse
reading / Causes of chronic diseases / afternoon
free,
Day 18: Conference on the
comparative efficacy Tibetan , Ayurvedic and Allopathic
systems,
Day 19:
Conclusion of Tour / Presentation of Medicinal Samples /
afternoon free ,
Day 20:
Workshop / afternoon free
Day 21:
Transfert to Airport , Fly back to Europe or
USA,
For more
information
click
here!
Tibetan
Traditional Medicine and Philosophy
Training,
kindly click
here!
Level 2 : Cairn
three-month indepth training cum
field-research
All personal projects
submitted by participants to the program will include a
first
Introduction period : 30
days Introduction to Tibetan Medicine
(see above),
after which each participant will
choose a specialization between either :
Tibetan Medecine,
Philosophy or Psychology, this last option
including
Dzog-Chen, Tsa-rLung, Tantras and other inputs
relevant to professional
psychotherapy training, cum
experiential.
The curriculum courses in Traditional Tibetan Medicine
include: theoretical basis,
practice, methods of diagnosis,
treatment through diet, behavior, herbal
products,
internal and external therapies, yoga, Tsa-rLung
therapy and methods of spiritual
healing. The experiential
psychology approach may include meditation and
retreats.
Tibetan psychology ancient techniques, when
associated with the right contextual
and methodological
setting, may contribute to psycho-physical well
being.
The ancient patrimony of the Himalayan / Tibetan
culture is an articulated complex
of knowledge which can
give researchers, doctors, healers and psychologists
the
enrichment of both self and practice,
within a holistic approach,
Level 3 : Cairn four-year
Postgraduate and/or Doctorate Thesis
Cairn four-year long
Postgraduate and/or Doctorate Thesis Option
ECTS/ECDL,
are divided into 3 distincted postgraduate modules,
between 1 to 2 years each,
under the premisses cited above.
Under the new provision of the SXC/Cairn
MoU
Agreement 2004, the Cairn/SXC
Research Project partipants are entitled to
get
be accessible Study Visas
in Nepal , for both Studies and /or
Field-research
in Tibetan
Medicine Materia Medica & Applied Psychology (R&D),
under academic
joint-supervision board in the fields of Health
Anthropology, Ethnomedicine,
Arts
& Humanities and Psychotherapy. Other options remain
open...
For more
information
click
here!
Academic Team & Training
Resources
Tibetan
Traditional Medicine Centers
Kailash Tibetan
Medical Centers (KTM):
Amchi Jampa
+ Staff
Kunphen Tibetan Medical
Centers:
Amchi Kuzang (Nyalam)
Amchi Kunzang Dorje
(Bodhnath)
Amchi Tashi Pedon (Thamel)
Tibetan Traditional
Philosophy
Shechen Gompa : Nyingma Shedra
Bodhnath
list of resources is available!
Chokyi Nyima Shedra :
Bodhnath
list of resources is available!
Bonpo Gompa :
Swayambunath
list of resources is available!
College & Campus
(HEIs & NGOs)
St- Xavier's Campus (SXC/Cairn)
(*):
Fr. B. Robins SJ
Fr. Augustine SJ
RWL
St- Xavier 's Social
Services / Cairn (SXSSC):
idem + staff
Nepal Institute for
Health Science (NIHS) (*)
Prof. R.P. Gartoulla
Prof.
Upretti
Primary Health Care Units
(PHCs)
Dr. Tsering PHC
Clinic
Other
related resources
Ayurvedic:
list of resources is
available!
Chinese Traditional
Medicine:
list of resources is
available!
Acupuncture Detoxification :
SXSSC
list of resources is available!
Shamans
list of resources is
available!
HMG/Nepal
list of resources is
available!
India
Central Institute for Higher
Tibetan Studies
list of resources is
available!
Dharamsala Men-Tsee-Khang
list of resources is
available!
ITTM/Sikkim
list of resources is
available!
Tibet TAR /
China
Lhasa SMES & HEIs Network:
list of resources is
available!
For more
information
click
here!
Tibetan Traditional Medicine and Philosophy (100 Hours
Credits ECTS/ECDL)
The Cairn Tibetan
Traditional Medicine and Philosophy 100Hours
Introduction
Curriculum, may be linked with the Level 1
Option , cited above.
It is based on a simple
Postgraduate Introduction Curriculum pro-format
(value:
100H credits in ECTS/ECDL), being similar in
theoretical concept and pedagogy to the
ongoing Nice
University Anthropology Unit 100H Postgraduate Option (DU
diploma),
being organized at the Nice Anthropology Laboratory of
Unit (Prof. Claude de Vos,
Dr. Nancy Midol and Dr. Wei-go Hu,
at Nice Sophia Antipolis University (re:
Faculté
des lettres, arts et sciences humaines), entitled : “
bien-etre et santé dans la pensée traditionelle chinoise “
(Certification DU 2003), France.
Tibetan Medicine Postgraduate Theory
Courses
The present list of
courses hereunder is being organized presently at
the
SXC/CAIRN Consortium HQ in KTM, in close
collaboration with the Kailash
and Kunphen resources in and around
the Bodhnath Stupa area in KTM/Nepal.
The tentative approach to
Postgraduate ECTS/ECDL Certification is based
upon the usual ECTS/ECDL
value of : 1 year= 60 credits, 30H= 3 to
4credits.
As precised above the list is exemplative only of
available content, as it is
Cairn experience that almost no
Western researcher or trainees will actually
proceed in situ with this
long term training curriculum in full. It is
nonetheless
duly available for anyone wishing to undertake
it:
- First year (300 hours
theory):
60 hours The History of Tibetan Medicine and an
introduction to the Four Tantras (8)
60 hours An Introduction to
Anatomy and Physiology (8)
30 hours The Epistemology of
Tibetan Medicine (4)
30 hours Elements of General
Pathology and Symptoms (4)
60 hours The Three Humors
(Wind, Bile, Phlegm) and the Tibetan Energetic System
(8)
60 hours Tibetan Psychology and Psychosomatic
Illness (8)
120 hours Optional Cultural Immersion
Field-Study (20) /
or Experiential Seminars (10 each)
// (60)
- Second Year
(375 hours theory):
60 hours Traditional Tibetan
Medicine Services in India, Nepal, Tibet, China, and world
(8)
100 hours Second Tantra: anatomy, physiology,
embryology, constitutions (16)
30 hours Pathogenesis of the
Three Humors (4)
60 hours Tibetan diagnostic Techniques: pulse
reading, eye and ear vein reading, tongue examination, urine
analysis (8)
30 hours Tibetan Nutritional Science
(3)
30 hours Tibetan Psychology (3)
10 hours The four
general conditions for disease (4)
30 hours Tibetan Herbal
Remedies (4): // (50)
120hours Optional Cultural
Immersion Field-Study (20) / or Experiential Seminars (10
each)
- Third Year (350
hours):
100 hours Theory and Practice in the Fourth
Tantra (16)
50 hours Internal Therapies (diet, behavior,
herbal remedies) (8)
180 hours External Therapies
(massage, moxibustion, horme, cupping, Tibetan cleansing,
Tsa-rlung, Tibetan yoga, meditation, spiritual healing)
(32)
20 hours Tibetan Psychology (4)
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Optional:
This is a Fourth year of Postgraduate Specialization
Diploma (300 hours)
280 hours Third Tantra: humoral disorders
(pathogenesis, classification, diagnosis
and therapies in relation
to the vital organs and hollow organs) for the three
humors:
Wind, Bile, Phlegm
10 hours Pertinent Italian
and European legislation
10 hours Tibetan Medicine
Energy Initiation
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Philosophy courses
theory in relation with Tibetan Medicine
The fundamental
theoretical concepts are based primarily on the
earlier
Chinese, Ayurveda and Indian Buddhist philosophy, as
background paradigms
and systems of medicine. The
Himalayan region cultural context, religion
notions
and Shamanic roots belief system underline the
substance of this system.
Tibetan medical philosophy
is a holistic philosophy involving the harmonious
operation
and balance of all the energies that constitute the
human psycho-physical being.
An education in Tibetan medicine
involves theory, self-development, therapies
and
medical practice.
The theoretical part
involves knowledge of the theoretical system, the principles
of
diagnosis and treatment, the medicinal products and
the diseases. The theoretical
system is traditionally taught
using the Four Medical Tantra, manuscripts that
are
partly to be memorized and partly to be intensively
studied.
These four TANTRA divide
the theory in four parts:
1.The Basis Tantra gives
the first introduction and an enumeration of
topics,
systematical divisions and metaphors.
2.The Explanatory Tantra
treats the system of Tibetan medicine,
explaining
the formation of the body, divisions of health and
disease, principles of diagnosis
and of medicines.
3.The Oral Instruction
Tantra is a vast work on disorders, treatment and
therapies.
4.The Final Tantra is a
dense work on powerful techniques als pulse and urine
diagnosis
and special therapies.
Tibetan Nagpas
Lamas in Parping
Tibetan Medicine
Psychology
The Tibetan Medicine
Psychology Postgraduate and Doctorate Studies
curriculum options are
closely linked with the current research and
training
initiative undertaken since the early 1980s by renown
practicioners and
recognized academic Lamas, such as with: Tarab Tulku
Rimpoche (Dk).
Articulation with the
Tarab Ladrang Institute curriculum options is
used
by
Cairn Consortium as a reference, to be at later stages
possibly closely
linked with activities in Tibet, India and
Nepal.
Cairn Consortium Tibetan
Medicine Psychology research and training
activities
are presented on the website entitled : Cairn Elixir
(see hereunder)
Cairn Elixir Tibetan Medicine &
Psychology
Cairn Elixir, in close
collaboration with Kailash and Kunphen Tibetan Medicine
Centers in
KTM Valley (Nepal) and in Nyalam Tibet (TAR/China), as
well as in affiliation (MoU)
with the UCL/ANSO/LAAP (Be),
ISI-CNV (Fr) and SXC/SXSSC (St- Xavier's
KTM/Nepal)
has recently organized an open menu of three
years ECTS/ECDL credits in Adult
Continuous Education (European
Union postgraduate field-studies & courses)
for
researchers and students in Anthropology under the
Options : Arts & Humanities,
Tibetan Medicine and Psychology,
which includes training in Digital Archives
Systems.
Although first aimed to
answer the requests from certified medical doctors,
psychologists
and therapists, this programme is also open, as Adult
Education / Open Learning scheme
to all interested
person.
Cairn Elixir also
organizes field-studies, seminars, conferences and
retreats in
Tibetan Traditional Healing, Dzogchen and yoga
practices.
Cairn Elixir / Kunphen
training curriculum Traditional Tibetan Medicine,
Philosophy
and Psychology is an open menu of options which
include: theoretical basis, practice,
methods of diagnosis,
treatment through diet, behavior, herbal products,
internal
and external therapies, yoga, Tsa-rlung therapy
and Buddhist methods of spiritual
healing.
These also include a
short-list of Dharma options, linkages and retreats with
selected
Rimpoches, Lamas, Geshes and
Amchis.
The course are scheduled
in Nepal during the whole year and in the EU at
specific
Seminars in France, UK and Belgium. Click
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15 or 21~
days
Quality Escorted Experiential
Tours & Field-studies
Open Itineraries & Options :
- Tibetan Traditional
Medicine and Psychotherapy,
- Shamans Healing and
Divination Practices,
- Around Kathmandu
Valley Powerplaces,
- Guru Rimpoche Termas
Powerplaces,
- Tibetan Thangkas Painting &
Arts,
- Community Health Services,
- Tibet and
Sikkim/India,
Amchi Kunzang in
consultation
Option 1 : Tibetan Medicine &
Psychology
Proposed Itinerary
WEEK ONE :
Day 01 -
02 : Fly from Europe or USA to KTM (Nepal) / Transfert KTM airport
(TIA)
to your Bouddhanath Guesthouse: HOTEL
PADMA (direct view on Stupa)
Day 03:
(morning) Introduction talk at the Bouddhanath Stupa on the
local
Tibetan monasteries and
Kathmandu Valley powerplaces, with the program facilitators.
(afternoon) A downtown tour for
identification of major banks, immigration, visas,
airlines offices and other sites of
interest.
Day 04: (morning) First
meeting with Ayurvedic and Shamanistic healers.
Presentation of the Boddhanath PHC Clinic
(Dr. Tsering / MBBS), Amchi Jampa
Tibetan Clinic, Kunphen Tibetan Clinic and local Tibetan
Medicines factory.
(afternoon)
Introduction to Dr. R. T. Gartoulla PHC Training activities in
the
Tribhuvan University / Institute of
Medicine (TU/IOM).
Day 05: Early
morning drive\out of the valley to Pharping Caves and
Dashinkhali,
introduction to the
legend of Guru Rimpoche (Padmasambhava), visit to selected Pharping
Gompas (monasteries) and interview with a high lama, introduction
talk on the relations between
Tibetan
Buddhism and Traditional Medicines (all day),
Day 06: Breakfast in Thamel / Kathmandu, visit to Kunphen
Tibetan Medical Center in Chettrapatti. Discussions with Amchi
Kunsang Dorje, Amchi Kunsang, Amchi Kelsang, Gynendra Shrestha,
or
Karma Dolma, on the Kunphen clinic and
factory activies.
Day 07: Morning
drive around Kathmandu valley historical places: Swayambunath Stupa
and the surrounding monasteries, amongst which the Monkey Temples
and the Bon-Po Gompa.
(afternoon) The
heart of ancient Kathmandu, the old Royal Palace, Kumari Chowk,
Patan
and Durbar Square. Visit
Thangka painters and handicraft artists.
WEEK TWO:
Day 08:
(morning)Tibetan Healing Paradigm / (afternoon) Shamanistic Healing
Practices.
Day 09: (morning) History
of Tibetan Medicine / (afternoon) Tibetan Materia Medica
documents.
Day 10:(morning) Concepts
rLung, Tripa ,Bad-Kan / (afternoon) Ayurvedic Medicines
Day 11:(morning) Diagnosis methods in Tibetan
Medicine / (afternoon) Medicinal Herbs
Day 12:(morning) Urine analysis / Pulse reading / Causes of
chronic diseases / (afternoon free)
Day 13:(morning) Comparative efficacy Tibetan system vs.
Allopathic conference / Workshop
Day
14:Day Free / Excursion to Bhaktapur, Namo Boddha or Vajra Yogini
(Sanghu)
WEEK THREE:
Day 15:
Excursion out of the Valley for Medicinal Herbs (all
day),
Day 16: Diagnosis methods in
Tibetan Medicine / Moxibustion and Acupuncture ,
Day 17: Urine analysis / Pulse reading / Causes of
chronic diseases / afternoon free,
Day 18: Conference on the comparative efficacy Tibetan ,
Ayurvedic and Allopathic systems,
Day
19: Conclusion of Tour / Presentation of Medicinal Samples /
afternoon free ,
Day 20: Workshop /
afternoon free
Day 21: Transfert to
Airport , Fly back to Europe or USA,
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Nepal /
Himalayan Region
Field-studies
Terms & Conditions
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Option : Nepal - Tibet 21~
days
 -Proposed Itinerary
(exemplative only!)
WEEK
ONE:
DAY01
(travel with Qatar Airlines,
Gulf-Air or similar)
Dep. from BRU (Brux)- connection
Heathrow- Doha - KTM
DAY02
(arrival)
Arrival at KTM airport / transfer
mini-bus to Guesthouse, debriefing
DAY03
Period of acclimation,
visit of the Boddhanath Stupa area monasteries,
Tibetan Amchis and
Lhamos (Tibetan Medicine Clinics),
Nepalese
Traditional Healers (Shamans : Jhankris, Dhamis , Gubajus),
NGOs,
Start Tibet/Chinese Embassy Visa procedures, check-in at
Banks,
Belgium Consulat, Airlines (confirm return flight
booking),
confirm flight to Lhasa (Tibet/China TAR), Tibet
briefing,
DAY04
Preparations for travel to Tibet,
personal check-list, mini-bus,
Afternoon and evening used for
visits to local Shamans (Maili, Furba,
Gartoulla)
DAY05
Continuation of Nepal and
Tibet/China Visas procedures, visit to
SXSS
(St.Xavier's-Social Services), SXC (St.Xavier's-Campus),
RECID,
Kunphen, Kailash, Dr. Tsering and other traditional health
resources for
the preparation of the last week
Seminar,
DAY06
DAY IN PARPING : Early morning
departure to Dashinkali and Parping,
Lunch in GH, return through
TU/CNAS, Swayambunath, Kirtipur
DAY07
Day - free (last
preparation Tibet)
WEEK
TWO
DAY08
T01 : Transfer to airport for
Kathmandu/Lhasa flight. Fly over the
highest mountains of the world to
Gongar airport (approx 1 hr).
Transfer to Lhasa (2 hrs) (3650
m). Check in Guesthouse or
Hotel. Rest of the day at leisure
in Lhasa for acclimatisation.
DAY09-10
T02-03 : Sightseeing
tours in Lhasa. Visit Potala Palace,
Norbulingka,
Jokhang Temple, Barkhor market,
Drepung, Sera Monasteries.
special visits and study at the
Tibetan Medical Centre with
Amchi Kunzang
(MEN-TSEE-KHAN).
DAY11
T04 : Drive (approx. 7
hrs) from Lhasa to Shigatse (3900 m).
Sightseeing. Stay at Hotel
Shigatse.
DAY12
T05 : Visit Tashipimpo
Monastery and free market of Shigatse.
Drive(approx 8 hrs) to Shegar
(4342 m) crossing Lhakpa La (5220 m)
and Tsuo- La (4500 m). Stay at
Hotel Everest (Qomolangma).
DAY14
T06 : Drive (approx 6
hrs) to Nyalamu (3650 m) crossing (Lalung la
5050m). This drives
offers you the magnificent view of the Himalayas
including Mt. Everest
(weather permitting). Stay at Guest House.
WEEK
THREE
DAY15
T07 / Field-study
Tibetan Shamans
DAY16
T08 : Field-study
Tibetan Shamans
DAY17
T09 : Drive from
Nyalamu to Kathmandu via Kodari (8 hrs).
DAY18
Free (buffer day, to
use in case of anticipated travel delays)
DAY19
Last preparation for Seminar to
be held tomorrow
DAY20
Seminar held in
Boddhanath
DAY21
Free day / Farewell evening
dinner
DAY22 /(DEPARTURE KTM)
Dep KTM - 08H30 (KTM - Doha -
Heathrow - BRU)
BXL arrival BRU - between
21-22H30
DAY23
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For Tibet , our
conditions include :
* Airfare between Kathmandu and
Lhasa
(at present US $ 273.00 per person).
* Arrival, departure
transfers, sightseeing tours and long distance
drives by private
vehicle with English speaking guide.
* Accommodation in Lhasa as
mentioned and in other places at
the best available
hotels.
* Full-board, Meals as mentioned.
* Entrance fee of
monasteries wherever applicable.
Price does not
include :
* Tibet normal visa fee (US $
26.00 per person)
and Chinese Embassy urgent visa
fee
(US $ 11.00 - 17.00 per person) if
applicable.
* Meals or drinks other-than specified.
* Airport taxes (at
present US $ 15.00 at Kathmandu airport) .
* Nepal re-entry visa
fee and Tibet travel permit.
* Expenses of personal
nature.
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Nepal /
Himalayan Region
Field-studies
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