Yuthok Yonten Gonpo the Younger (1126-1202), born in Tibet, learned medicine from his father, and started practicing it when he was only eight years old. He also studied under the nine physicians who were the lineage holders of the medical traditions which had reached that period directly from the 8th century through oral transmission. These physicians were renowned experts in the art of healing (gSowa Rigpa). He traveled to India via Nepal six times to further learn about...