Advanced Tibetan Buddhist meditation : the investigations of Herbert Benson, M.D.

Format:

Video

Contributor:

Benson, Herbert, 1935-2022, associated name.

Harvard Medical School. Mind/Body Medical Institute, distributor.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Meditation--Buddhism--Physiological aspects.

Meditation.

Meditation--Buddhism--Therapeutic use.

Meditation--Buddhism.

Genre:

Video recordings.

Physical Description:

1 videocassette (25 min.) : sound, color ; 1/2 in.

1/2 in.

polychrome

Place of Publication:

[Cambridge, Mass.?] : [Mind/Body Medical Institute?], [between 1990 and 1999?]

System Details:

VHS.

analog

magnetic

VHS

Summary:

This films captures an amazing phenomenon on film. Monks in the Himalayan mountains who practice an advanced form of meditation are shown generating enough body heat to dry icy wet sheets on their naked bodies in freezing temperatures. Dr. Benson's investigations search for a physiological explanation in the hopes of advancing medicine.

OCLC:

51935818