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Tibetan Buddhist overtone chant,
164
Chinese medical philosophy, 19, 41
Chinese philosophy, 12–13, 18
Neo-Confucianism, 70
community in, 169
Taoism, 52, 141
Yin/Yang, 41
Clothing, 75
Communication, 8, 168, 172
and body, 173
Community, 8, 9, 69, 108, 167–74
Consciousness
cultivation of, 7, 122–23
as bodily activity, 22
Consciousness and Materiality, 5–6,
13, 28, 42, 139. See also San-
skrit terms indexPrakÓrti and
PuruÓsa
Cortisol, 159
Creativity, 68, 72–73
Culture, 8, 69, 74
Cultural health, 68–69

Dance, 7–8, 155–56, 157
as a religious therapeutic, 153
Death, 60, 66–67, 102–3, 107
healthy, 51–52
Deity, image as object of meditation,

123. See also God
     Democracy, 69
     Devan ̄agari script, 151
     Development, human, 50–52
     Diagnosis, 17, 46, 58, 59
     Diet, 41, 53, 56, 80, 106. See also
     Food; Digestion
     unethical, 107
     Digestion, 41, 43, 59, 60, 61, 81, 154,


124. See also Diet; Food
     Disease, 45, 72, 103, 121, 136. See
     also Sanskrit terms index
     Sam ̄adhi; Vy ̄adhi
     as pragmatic concept, 49
     Diseases, disorders
     acute and chronic, 61
     asthma, 116
     anxiety, 159

cancer, 107, 159

depression, 104, 159

diabetes, 116

digestive problems, 159

heart disease, 65, 77, 107, 159

hypertension, 107, 116, 159

infection, 107, 159

malnutrition, 171

obesity, 116

schizophrenia, 77

smallpox, 55

Disequilibrium, 103. See also

Equilibrium

Dreams, dream consciousness, 27, 59,

98

Drum, 162, 165, 166

Dualism, 5–6, 13, 14, 20, 22–23, 24,

26, 28, 32, 33, 34, 64, 93, 115,

139–40, 173

and etiology, 159

and music, 159

Ecology, 39, 71–72, 168. See also

Environment

Education, 69

Embodied life, 5, 78, 83, 167, 173

Endurance, 57–58, 113–14

Enjoyment, 75, 78

Environment, 18, 39, 52, 53, 54, 63,

74. See alsoEcology
    Epinephrine and nor-epinephrine, 159
    Equilibrium, 46, 52–54, 60, 62, 76,
    82, 113–14, 116
    in ̄Ayurveda, 103, 114. See also San-
    skrit terms index DoÓsa–s
    psychological, 114
    Ethics, 15, 55, 79, 92, 115
    and health in Yoga, 105–12. See
    also Sanskrit terms index Niy-
    ama; Yama
    Buddhist, 79, 106
    Christian health-ethics, 12
    Hindu, 106
    in Descartes, 55
    in sexuality, 145
    Jain, 106
    non-injury, 106–7

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