Jan M. A. van der Valk

Jan M. A. van der Valk is a biologist (MSc, University of Leuven), ethnobotanist, and anthropologist (MSc, PhD, University of Kent, Canterbury) who has been studying Sowa Rigpa with his teacher, Gen. Pasang Yonten Arya, since 2012. He is also a postdoctoral researcher at the University of Vienna, in the Austrian Science Fund project “Potent Substances in Sowa Rigpa and Buddhist Ritual.”

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Responding to an Unfolding Pandemic: Asian Medicines and Covid-19

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Responding to an Unfolding Pandemic: Asian Medicines and Covid-19

Scholars across disciplines working on Asian medicines are currently encountering a multitude of responses to the ongoing pandemic of coronavirus disease (Covid... More

Asian Medicines and Covid-19: An Introduction

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Asian Medicines and Covid-19: An Introduction

The idea for this Hot Spots series emerged in early March 2020, as the epidemic was moving from Asia to Europe and North America. The essays presented here were... More

A Conversation on the Causes of Covid-19 with a Senior Tibetan Doctor Living in Lockdown in Milan

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A Conversation on the Causes of Covid-19 with a Senior Tibetan Doctor Living in Lockdown in Milan

This piece, presented as a contextualized question-answer interview (conducted March 6, updated March 29, 2020), outlines how a senior practitioner, scholar, an... More