The Monk and the Centipede
A harrowing experience sparks a budding scholar’s interest in Buddhist medicine.
C. Pierce Salguero
C. Pierce Salguero is a scholar of Buddhism and medicine and a professor at Pennsylvania State University’s Abington College. He is the author of A Lamp unto Yourself: A Beginner's Guide to Asian Spiritual Practices (2025), Buddhish: A Guide to the 20 Most Important Buddhist Ideas for the Curious and Skeptical (2022), and A Global History of Buddhism and Medicine (2022), among other works. Learn more at piercesalguero.com.
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