Talk:Tummo

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1 Warning
- 1.1 Reply: Warning
2 Ripley's Believe It Or Not
3 Removing yoga template
4 Content focus needs to be re-written
5 New references - Effendi (2004)
6 move to tummo

[edit] Warning

A few years ago, a young Frenchwoman froze to death attempting this practice, though I can't find the details at present. Perhaps some sort of warning is appropriate in this article. Shantavira 14:20, 5 September 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Reply: Warning

Yes, I agree with that observation. Tumo might be said to belong to a cluster of meditation-related phenomena that might lead to serious physiological and psychological problems if the practice of meditation is unsupervised, over-done, or situated outside of a proper socio-cultural context. Many of these problems have been adressed in academical articles. A warning is indeed appropriate (For more on this see article on meditation - Adverse effects). --Hawol 15:22, 7 September 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Ripley's Believe It Or Not

Allthough the inclusion of observations from the Tv-show Ripley's Believe It Or Not contains relevant information on the subject of tumo, such Tv-documentaries are highly problematic from a source-critical point of view, and their content can not be considered to be credible background information for an encyclopedic entry. I have therefore removed this contribution. I am however willing to re-include the information if it can be supported by a published study, until then I am afraid we must leave it out. I hope this makes sense.--Hawol 15:47, 7 September 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Removing yoga template

I did originally remove the yoga template becuase of the terms strong relation to hinduism. Tumo is first, and foremost, a tibetan concept, etymologically situated within tibetan buddhism. To complicate matters, Benson and colleagues (1982) do indeed use the term Tum-mo yoga, so an inclusion of the template might after all be highly relevant. I have therefore put the template back into the article. I'm sorry about this confusion on my part. --Hawol 10:10, 7 October 2005 (UTC)

Hopefully, this template will help folks notice that not all forms of yoga are exclusive to Hinduism. ;-) — RDF ^talk 21:46, 7 October 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Content focus needs to be re-written

The content about Tummo/Tumo has more focus on the fact that heat is released from the body. The real purpose of Tummo/Tumo as mentioned in the artile is finally covered briefly in the third paragraph as Yogic Enlightenment! I propose that purpose be mentioned before the sensational aspects of Tummo (Heat in the body) as it makes Tumo seem like the goal is to generate heat (which it is not according to the article).

[edit] New references - Effendi (2004)

New insights on the topic of tumo are welcome. The Effendi (2004) title is however not mentioned in the article text, and might therefore not be considered a reference. I would therefore encourage the contributor of the reference to elaborate upon the theories of this author, and it's relevance to the topic of tumo. --Hawol 17:02, 17 January 2006 (UTC)