Place · Tibetan medical institute · India
Men-Tsee-Khang, Dharamshala
Also known as Tibetan Medical Institute, TMAI
Men-Tsee-Khang, the Tibetan Medical and Astrological Institute, re-founded by the 14th Dalai Lama at Gangchen Kyishong, Dharamshala, in 1961 — in exile from the original 1916 Lhasa institute. It is the global centre for Sowa Rigpa, the Tibetan medicine the Government of India recognised as the sixth AYUSH system in 2010. Men-Tsee-Khang trains amchi (physicians) over seven years (five years academic plus internship), runs 54 branch clinics across India, manufactures the classical Tibetan compound medicines based on the Four Tantras (rGyud bzhi), and publishes the astrological Phuggles calendars used across the Tibetan Buddhist world.
- Periods
- Republic and Living Practice
- Function
- Learning & scholarship
- Confidence
- Established / referenced
- Location
- 32.218, 76.324
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- InfluencedVāgbhata
Vāgbhaṭa's Aṣṭāṅga Hṛdayam was translated into Tibetan in the 8th century and became one of the sources of the Four Tantras of Sowa Rigpa taught at Men-Tsee-Khang today.
- Founder ofTenzin Gyatso, the 14th Dalai Lama
The 14th Dalai Lama re-founded Men-Tsee-Khang at Gangchen Kyishong, Dharamshala, in 1961 — in exile from the 1916 Lhasa institute. The institute has since trained thousands of amchi over its seven-year programme, run 54 branch clinics across India, and manufactured the classical Tibetan compound medicines of the Four Tantras (rGyud bzhi) for a global patient community.
- Site withinDharamshala
Men-Tsee-Khang, the Tibetan Medical and Astrological Institute, sits at Gangchen Kyishong, Dharamshala — 2 km down the ridge from McLeod Ganj where the 14th Dalai Lama resides. The institute's compound, hospital, pharmacy and training college are all in the Lower Dharamshala / Gangchen Kyishong administrative zone, inside the Dharamshala municipal area.
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