At the intersection of spiritual practice and healing wisdom lies the Yuthok Nyingthig—a complete Tibetan Buddhist path that uniquely integrates Medicine Buddha practices with Sowa Rigpa (Traditional Tibetan Medicine). The Yuthok Nyingthig was transmitted by the great Tibetan yogi-physician, Yuthok Yönten Gönpo in the twelfth century and embodies his most essential heart teachings.

Based on decades’ worth of teachings by renowned Sowa Rigpa practitioner and Buddhist teacher Dr. Nida Chenagtsang, compiled and expanded with newly translated Tibetan texts by Dr. Ben Joffe, this book is the most comprehensive guide to Yuthok’s foundational spiritual practices ever published.

While especially treasured by healers and medical practitioners, Yuthok’s practices are open to and can offer profound benefits to all seekers. Rich with traditional and personal commentary, this volume explores Yuthok’s Ngöndro and Outer Guru Yoga practices and Yuthok's distinctive seven-day retreat approach with unprecedented depth and clarity. At once a guide to one specific Tibetan tradition and an accessible introduction to Vajrayana or Tantric Buddhism in general, it will be of value for both seasoned practitioners and newcomers. It explains and contextualizes the words, visualizations, and profound meaning of Yuthok's Vajrayana practices, showing readers how to connect with them in a deeply personal way in order to directly experience their transformative power.

Massage therapy is a part of every healing tradition in the world, and healing touch may be the oldest and most natural therapy known to humans: ancient Egyptian and Indian written records of massage therapy date from 2500 BCE, and oral traditions speak of origins still older. Kunyé is the massage therapy of Sowa Rigpa—traditional Tibetan Medicine—and with other Sowa Rigpa 'external therapies' forms a key component of a sophisticated and holistic system of medicine that offers us a path to health and happiness through the cultivation of balance and harmony.

With precise and varied manual techniques, specially-prepared herb-infused oils tailored to the individual's unique constitution, environment, and changes of both life and season, along with an array of low-tech tools such as heated and cooled stones, herbal compresses, incense, copper cups, and traditional wooden tools, kunyé and the related external therapies discussed in this book offer a noninvasive and highly-adaptable approach to health and wellness that a properly trained therapist can safely and effectively practice for people of all ages and states of health.

Tibetan physician and teacher Dr. Nida Chenagtsang received extensive training in kunyé and Sowa Rigpa external therapies as a young man, and through witnessing the healing power of these deceptively simple traditional therapies, has been since the beginning of his professional career inspired to both research them extensively as well as advocate for their greater use by Sowa Rigpa practitioners and other healthcare providers to alleviate suffering and improve the health and happiness of patients and clients. After decades of working with patients and teaching students, Dr. Nida now shares his wisdom and experience in this in-depth overview of Sowa Rigpa's treasury of massage and external therapeutic techniques.