Tibetan medicine system Sowa Rigpa to get legal recognition soon

 

The use of Sowa Rigpa for medicinal treatment will be legalized in the country once the Bill is passed in the Parliament. The legal status of the Sowa Rigpa treatment would only be conferred after changes are made to the Indian Medicine Central Council Act 1970, Sections 2,3,8,9 and 17. Thus the System of Sowa Rigpa would be recognized legally.

 

 

Although Sowa Rigpa treatment is prevalent in many countries today, it is known as Tibetan Medicine because it owes its origin in Tibet. There is an interesting hearsay how this medicine came into being. In ancient times, it was the Gods who healed humans of all diseases but the ancient king Kashiraja Dewadas had gone to Heaven to learn how to heal and gradually this system was spread to masses till Lord Buddha came and imparted teachings through scriptures. These sacred writings of The Buddha were in Sanskrit, says sources.

 

 

In the Eighth Century Guru Rimpoche translated the medicinal texts into Tibetan language. Even the rulers got interested in healing and they promoted that by seminars on medicine where healers from Tibet and also from different regions of the Himalayas, Indian, China and also the Muslims were invited. Out of these the best practices were taken up and Sowa Rigpa was introduced. Thus came up the Four Medical Tantras also known as Gyu’ shi. These were Sanskrit Tantras, the basis of the Tibetan Medicine Therapy. Later in the fourteenth century, the Chagpori Medical School was set up at Lhasa in Tibet.