HIMALAYA, the Journal of the Association for Nepal and Himalayan Studies Volume 39 Number 1 Article 13 July 2019 The Potency of Tradition: Turquoise, Coral, and Pearl in Sowa Rigpa Barbara Gerke University of Vienna,
[email protected] Follow this and additional works at: https://digitalcommons.macalester.edu/himalaya Recommended Citation Gerke, Barbara. 2019. The Potency of Tradition: Turquoise, Coral, and Pearl in Sowa Rigpa. HIMALAYA 39(1). Available at: https://digitalcommons.macalester.edu/himalaya/vol39/iss1/13 This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative Works 4.0 License. This Research Article is brought to you for free and open access by the DigitalCommons@Macalester College at DigitalCommons@Macalester College. It has been accepted for inclusion in HIMALAYA, the Journal of the Association for Nepal and Himalayan Studies by an authorized administrator of DigitalCommons@Macalester College. For more information, please contact
[email protected]. The Potency of Tradition: Turquoise, Coral, and Pearl in Sowa Rigpa Acknowledgements The research for this chapter was carried out during the Lise- Meitner senior research fellowship M1870, and the writing was completed during the FWF project P30804-G24, both funded by the Austrian Science Fund (FWF) through the University of Vienna. The author is indebted to the Men-Tsee-Khang in Dharamsala and especially the Tibetan physicians Dr. Choelothar, Dr. Tenzin Thaye, and Dr. Penpa Tsering for sharing their time and Sowa Rigpa expertise. The