Venerable Barry Kerzin will hold an online talk “Medicine Buddha: Overcoming Pain and Loss”

The Save Tibet Foundation invites you to take part in the talk “Medicine Buddha: Overcoming Pain and Loss,” which will be given by Venerable Barry Kerzin — Doctor of Medicine (USA), personal physician to His Holiness the Dalai Lama, and a Buddhist monk. Venerable Barry Kerzin will speak about how to offer spiritual help to people and animals in the difficult conditions of the pandemic. The talk is being held in response to numerous requests from listeners. The meeting will take place on February 14 at 19:00 (Moscow time) and will include a lecture, meditation with the teacher, and answers to questions. Registration is required to participate. After registering, you will receive a link to join the conference. (We ask you not to post the link publicly. This will help prevent malicious intrusions during the broadcast.) Venerable Barry Kerzin will hold an online talk “Medicine Buddha: Overcoming Pain and Loss.” Barry Kerzin has lived in Dharamsala (India) for more than twenty years, providing professional medical care not only to high lamas but also to the poor. Combining many years of Buddhist meditation practice with the knowledge of a Western scientist, Barry Kerzin has devoted many years to studying the influence of contemplative practices on a person's psycho-physical health, researching the structural and functional differences between the brain of a long-term meditator and that of an ordinary person. Barry Kerzin is one of the few physicians aware of the state of post-mortem meditation, “tukdam,” and engaged in its scientific study. After the heartbeat ceases and breathing stops, an experienced spiritual practitioner is able to remain in meditation on the clear light, keeping the body from decay and preserving inner warmth. Barry Kerzin has three times had the honor of caring for great contemplatives who had entered the post-mortem meditative state. With the blessing of His Holiness the Dalai Lama, Barry Kerzin teaches Buddhist philosophy, instructs in the fundamentals of meditation, and conducts silent retreats in the countries of North America and Europe, as well as in Japan and Mongolia.