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Yeshe Dhonden, famed Tibetan doctor and physician to Dalai Lama, dies at age 93

by Sam Littlefair| November 29, 2019

Yeshe Dhonden, famed Tibetan doctor and physician to Dalai Lama, dies at age 93

Yeshe Dhonden, the foremost Tibetan doctor in the world, died on November 26. He was 93.

Billionaire donates $100 million to compassion research after conversation with Dalai Lama

by Lilly Greenblatt| July 25, 2019

Billionaire donates $100 million to compassion research after conversation with Dalai Lama

The research will explore how to cultivate empathy and compassion in medical professionals.

A Neurosurgeon Working with the Suffering Mind

by Lilly Greenblatt| April 26, 2019

A Neurosurgeon Working with the Suffering Mind

As a Zen priest and a neurosurgeon, Dr. Patrick Codd investigates the truth of suffering on a daily basis.

Helping, Fixing, or Serving?

by Rachel Naomi Remen| August 6, 2017

Helping, Fixing, or Serving?

“Fixing and helping create a distance between people, but we cannot serve at a distance. We can only serve that to which we are profoundly connected.”

Mindfulness is the Best Medicine

by Sister Dang Nghiem| August 25, 2016

Mindfulness is the Best Medicine
Medicine Buddha. Photo by/via geraldford.

After 13 years as a Buddhist nun, Sister Dang Nghiem looks back on her medical career and realizes monastic practice and medicine aren’t that different.

A Few Words Before They Drag Me Away

by Diana Atkinson| January 1, 2006

A Few Words Before They Drag Me Away

In and out of hospital since childhood, Diana Atkinson on a life cut to pieces.

Thoughts about Consciousness while Cutting in the Brain

by Joseph McElroy| September 1, 2004

Thoughts about Consciousness while Cutting in the Brain

Novelist Joseph McElroy watches Neurosurgeon Werner Doyle at work in the operating room, and together they ponder the mystery of brain and mind.

Intimate Distances

by Francisco J. Varela| September 1, 2004

Intimate Distances
Photo via pixabay.

Photo via pixabay.Speculations on the nature of self, other, boundary and embodiment by the great cognitive scientist and Buddhist practitioner Francisco J. Varela, written after undergoing a liver transplant. The scene is viewed from the side. The patient is lying on his half-raised hospital bed. Tubes, sutures and drains cover his body from nose to […]

The Lama in the Lab: Neuroscience and Meditation

by Daniel Goleman| March 1, 2003

The Lama in the Lab: Neuroscience and Meditation
Photo by Jesse Orrico.

Daniel Goleman reports on the dialog between science and Buddhism, especially on how neuroscientists are measuring the effects of meditation.

In Defense of Western Medicine

by Chris Stewart-Patterson| March 1, 2003

In Defense of Western Medicine

At what time and place in history would you choose to be seriously ill?

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