This translation and commentary on an ancient Tibetan Buddhist text helps readers grasp the essence of healing and teaches healthcare practitioners how to develop limitless compassion a quality that is essentialas our current healthcare situation makes starkly clear.Compassion as Remedy is a quietly revolutionary book about healthcare ethics and spiritual practice delivered as a commentary on a 2500yearold Tibetan textamp8212the rGyudbZhi The Four Tantras which is the guiding treatise for Traditional Tibetan Medicine. This book which is a translation of The Physician Chapter of rGyudbZhi helps readers grasp the essence of healing and teaches healthcare practitioners how to develop limitless compassion a quality that is essentialamp8212as our current healthcare situation makes starkly clear.Moral development and the practice of compassion should be of great importance to all medical practitioners and amp8220The Physician Chapteramp8221 provides detailed instructions drawn from a millenniaold culture and tradition that is attracting increased attention. Although many books have been written about Ayurveda Traditional Chinese Medicine and more there are very few approachable books regarding the unique features of Tibetan medicine and spiritual and meditation practice.By integrating healthcare with spiritual practice Compassion as Remedy provides guidelines for ethics along with suggestions for developing wisdom and compassion. Throughout the world today both medical practitioners and their patients are increasingly curious about holistic healing traditions seeking to find natural organic and noninvasive remedies with few side effects. This book shows that compassion itself is a source for the alleviation of suffering.Dr. Yonten includes examples from his clinical practice drawn from crosscultural perspectives and neuroscience giving readers a rare view of compassion as remedy. In the words of His Holiness the Fourteenth Dalai Lama one of Dr. Yontens teachers amp8220The