Lineage

The practices of Sowa Rigpa (Tibetan Medicine) and Yuthok Nyingthig taught at Pure Land Farms trace their lineages to the Medicine Buddha through Yuthok Yönten Gönpo the Elder (8th Century) and the Younger (12th Century), known as the “fathers” of Tibetan Medicine.

LINEAGE-BASED ONLINE COURSES

Now Available as Recorded Self-Paced Courses

Yuthok’s Heart Teachings

Yuthok's Heart Teachings offers a very rare opportunity to receive a complete overview of this unique lineage, with in-depth teachings, transmissions, and direct step-by-step guidance through each of the practices taught, by lineage-holder Dr. Nida Chenagtsang. 

Yuthok's Heart Teachings consists of recordings of 30 two-hour live online teachings with Dr. Nida plus 30 more sessions consisting of guided meditations of every practice taught led by Dönla Tsering, Christiana Polites, and Dr. Ben Joffe, and additional question and answer sessions with Dr. Nida.

Included in this comprehensive course are all Yuthok Nyingthig digital practice manuals, supplementary audio and video files, visualization images, and additional prayers, new translations, practice guides, and course notes with key terminology related to the teachings. 

Sowa Rigpa: The Foundations

Introduction to the foundational theory and practice of Sowa Rigpa, Traditional Tibetan Medicine with Dr. Nida Chenagtsang following the Root and Explanatory Tantras (the first and second of Gyud Zhi Four Tantras), students will be guided through a study of:

PART ONE: Tibetan Medical Philosophy: The Five Elements, Three Humors, Balance of Body, Energy, Mind and Causes of Imbalance; The Tibetan Art of Diagnosis: Observation, Urine and Pulse analysis, Questioning of Patient; Five Methods of Treatment: Diet, Lifestyle, Herbal Remedies, External Therapies, Spiritual Healing

PART TWO: Sowa Rigpa Embryology; Introduction to Tibetan Materia Medica and Herbal Medicine

PART THREE: Diet & Lifesyle; Sowa Rigpa Psychology

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Our teachers and practitioners from all over the world teach courses and workshops, guide retreats and practices, and offer a wide variety of services from Sowa Rigpa health consultations to one on one tutoring and counseling to support you on your path.