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Zen sicknesses, Japanese zenbyo 禅病, Tibetan loong[1], are ailments that occur among advanced religious devotees, known from a range of religious traditions. Well-known examples include

  • The Book of Job[2], with persistent boils all over the body
  • Hakuin Zenji's account in his autobiography, Wild Ivy[3], describing an affliction of the lungs
  • Rev. Jiyu-Kennett's illness, described in How to Grow a Lotus Blossom[4], in her heart

Further Reading

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  • Meditation Sickness: Bridging a Gap Between Medicine and Buddhism[7]

https://www.hfa.ucsb.edu/news-entries/2021/10/25/meditation-sickness-bridging-the-gap-between-medicine-and-buddhism

  • A Global History of Buddhism and Medicine[8], by Pierce Salguer
  • Medieval Chinese text entitled the Secret Essential Methods for Curing Meditation Sickness[9] Transcribed in 454 C.E,
  • The Varieties of Contemplative Experience: A Mixed-methods study of Meditation-related Challenges in Western Buddhists[10]
  • Spiritual Sickness chapter in A Death on Diamond Mountain: A True Story of Obsession, Madness, and the Path to Enlightenment[11] , by Scott Carney
  • Balanced Mind, Balanced Body: Anecdotes and Advice from Tibetan Buddhist Practitioners on Wind Disease[12], by Amy Cayton
  • Old Insights for A Hectic World: What Does Hakuin Teach Us Today?[13]

Notes

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  1. ^ Balanced Mind, Balanced Body: Anecdotes and Advice from Tibetan Buddhist Practitioners on Wind Disease, by Amy Cayton
  2. ^ The Book of Job
  3. ^ Wild Ivy
  4. ^ How to Grow a Lotus Blossom
  5. ^ Zen Sickness, by Zen Master Hakuin
  6. ^ Buddhism’s Biggest Open Secret
  7. ^ Meditation Sickness: Bridging a Gap Between Medicine and Buddhism
  8. ^ A Global History of Buddhism and Medicine
  9. ^ Secret Essential Methods for Curing Meditation Sickness
  10. ^ The Varieties of Contemplative Experience: A Mixed-methods study of Meditation-related Challenges in Western Buddhists
  11. ^ A Death on Diamond Mountain: A True Story of Obsession, Madness, and the Path to Enlightenment
  12. ^ Balanced Mind, Balanced Body: Anecdotes and Advice from Tibetan Buddhist Practitioners on Wind Disease
  13. ^ Old Insights for A Hectic World: What Does Hakuin Teach Us Today? https://www.mindandlife.org/session/old-insights-for-a-hectic-world-what-does-hakuin-teach-us-today/

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