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Yuthok Nyingthig (Wylie transliteration: g.yu thog snying thig) is a tantra composed (or re-discovered) by Yuthok Yontan Gonpo the Younger. It is a system of Buddhist practice which combines Traditional Tibetan medicine and Vajrayana practices. These are the primary Vajrayāna practices of Tibetan medicine practitioners.
The Yuthok Nyingthig cycle of texts contains practices such as Yuthok Nyingthig Guru Accomplishment: Compassionate Sunlight for Dispersing Suffering's Darkness ().
The Yuthok Nyingthig is a complete Vajrayāna cycle, including ngöndro, generation stage ( bskyed rim) practices including four forms of Yuthok guru yoga and practices of Deva ( i.e., yidam) and Dakini ( mkha' 'gro ma), and completion stage ( rdzogs rim) practices including the Six Yogas and Dzogchen.
The cycle includes additional practices such as mendrub ( sman sgrub) or rituals for empowering and blessing medicine, healing and protection mantras, several pūjās, long-life practices, Medical Protectors including Shanglön (zhang blon), and instructions on a form of pulse diagnosis.Garrett, F. (2007) Buddhism and the Historicizing of Medicine in Thirteenth Century Tibet. Asian Medicine: Tradition and Modernity 2(2), 204-222. Lastly, there are fifteen topics addressing diagnosis and treatment within Traditional Tibetan Medicine.
These practices have been of interest to academics studying the evolution of Tibetan medicine and mindfulness-based practices. A translation project by the National University of Natural Medicine and the Sorig Institute seeks to translate the work from Tibetan into English language.
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