By C. Pierce Salguero, PhD
🎓 Professor of Asian History & Health Humanities, Program Chair for Multidisciplinary Studies & Health Humanities
🏛 The Abington College of Pennsylvania State University, 1600 Woodland Rd., Abington PA 19001
📚 Editor in Chief, Asian Medicine: Journal of the International Assoc for the Study of Traditional Asian Medicine
READ

Quick Reads
WATCH / LISTEN

Black Beryl Podcast
My monthly show on Buddhism, Asian medicine, and embodied spirituality. Season 1 and many other episodes since focus on Buddhist medicine.
I have also been interviewed to talk about my scholarship on Vox’s Unexplainable, Buddhist Studies Podcast, Buddhist Studies Footnotes, Mindful Cranks, Imperfect Buddha, Deeper Down the Rabbit Hole, Classical Ideas, Chinese Medicine Education Cooperative, and Imperial Tutor (parts I, II, III)

Guided Meditations
Free audio files with guidance for simple meditation practices. For personal or classroom use.
IMMERSE

Global Buddhist Medicine Project
Virtual Reality, Photography
A global map of Buddhist medicine, visualizing the role that Buddhist institutions play in contributing to health and wellness globally. Now accepting submissions!

Jivaka Project
Documentary Films, Photography
A multimedia ethnography and documentary film project exploring the role of Buddhist institutions, practices, and cultural orientations in the healthcare landscape of multicultural Philadelphia. Includes pedagogical materials for incorporation into your lesson plans.
STUDY

Resources
Buddhist Medicine Library:
The essential reading list to start your library in Buddhist medicine.
Syllabus Repository:
Sample syllabi for college courses on Buddhism and medicine. Now accepting submissions!

Online Courses
BS111 Buddhist Medicine:
An in-depth 4-module course on Buddhist medicine, sold through YogicStudies.com.
Lectures for individual and classroom use:
- A Balanced Introduction to Mindfulness
- Mahayana Medicine
- Global History of Buddhist Medicine
- Buddhist Medicine in Medieval China
- BUNDLE: Discovering Buddhist Medicine, includes all of the above and more!

Webinars
Buddhism & Breath Summit:
Thirteen scholars and practitioners explore Buddhist practices of working with the breath and/or bodily “winds” (2021).
Buddhism in Pandemic:
Webinar and teaching tools related to Buddhism and the coronavirus pandemic (2020).


