A drawing from the Blue Beryl illustrating the TibetanBuddhist view of the chakras (Tib. rsta-khor) and sushumna (Tib. dbu-ma). The tradition emphasizes tha existence of five major chakras which are depicted possessing twenty-four spokes said to symbolize their ability to generate and link with the numerous subtle meridians or currents (Tib. rsta). The Brow end Throat centers are associated with the cosmic plane (Tib. stod), the Heart center to the human plane (Tib. bar). and the Solar and Vitality centers to the earth plane (Tb. smad)[1].
Sangye Gyamtso (1653-1705) was the regent of the Fifth Dalai Lama (1671-1682) who founded the School of Medicine and Astrology on Chagpori Hill[2] and wrote the Blue Beryl (Blue Sapphire) treatise[3][4].
References
^Energetic Healing, Embracing the Life Force by Arnie Lade (1999) p.48
^Medicine Across Cultures: History and Practice of Medicine in Non-Western Cultures (Science Across Cultures: the History of Non-Western Science) by Hugh Shapiro and H. Selin (2006) p.87
^Healing Powers and Modernity: Traditional Medicine, Shamanism, and Science in Asian Societies by Linda H. Connor and Geoffrey Samuel (2001) p.267
