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An Evening with Dr. Barry Kerzin, Balancing the Downs and Ups in Life
Vashon Island High School Theater
Vashon, WA
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Barry Kerzin is a former Assist Prof of Medicine at Univ. of Washington, a Visiting Prof at Central University of Tibetan Studies in Varanasi, India, and an Honorary Prof at the University of Hong Kong (HKU). Barry is a fellow at the Mind and Life Institute and consults for the Max Planck Institute in Leipzig on compassion training.

He is founder and president of the Altruism in Medicine Institute (AIMI) http://altruismmedicine.org/ and founder and chairman of the Human Values Institute (HVI) in Japan http://humanvaluesinstitute.org/

For 27 years he has been providing free medical care, and provides medical care to His Holiness the Dalai Lama. Barry has completed many meditation retreats including a three-year retreat. His brain was studied at Princeton Univ. and the Univ. of Wisconsin, Madison as a long-term meditator.  He was ordained as a fully ordained monk by the Dalai Lama and combines his work as a monk and doctor, harmonizing mind and body. He lectures around the world in Hong Kong, Taiwan, Korea, Japan, Russia, Mongolia, Europe, and North America.

For HVI, Barry works in juvenile prisons in Japan. He is developing well-being curriculum for prisons and HKU. He teaches compassion to doctors at St. Luke's hospital in Tokyo, and leads meditation retreats at Mt. Fuji. He delivered a TEDx talk in Philadelphia and Taipei. For AIMI, in June 2015 he gave a medical grand rounds lecture on compassion at Stanford Medical School, and the Stanford CCARE, and in July lectured at Surgical Grand Rounds on the science behind meditation to the Ventura County Medicine Centre, as well as lectured at the Univ. of Washington. In Spring 2016 he lectured at Oxford and Cambridge Universities, and U.K. medical schools. He has written Tibetan Buddhist Prescription for Happiness in Japanese. He is about to publish Nagarjunas Wisdom: A Guide to Practice, and is working with a publisher on a new book, Friends of Compassion. Barry has written many chapters for books and many interviews for radio, and TV including documentaries on PBS New Medicine 2005; PBS Ethics and Religion 2015; and PBS Newshour 2015: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b4BoSPSmWdo
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barry_Kerzin

Although there is no charge for this event, donations will be requested before and after the lecture to support Dr. Kerzin's work and the work of Rj's Kids, a small, Vashon Island non-profit organization.
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Vashon Island High School Theater (View)
20120 Vashon Highway SW
Vashon, WA 98070
United States

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Kid Friendly: Yes!
Dog Friendly: No
Non-Smoking: Yes!
Wheelchair Accessible: Yes!

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Owner: Judith A. Neary
On BPT Since: Sep 06, 2016
 
Judith A. Neary

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Robin T.
United States
Oct 04, 2016 10:10 PM
Ana K.
United States
Oct 04, 2016 10:10 PM
Melanie F.
United States
Oct 04, 2016 9:14 PM
Emma G.
United States
Oct 04, 2016 7:23 PM
Makenzie Y.
United States
Oct 04, 2016 5:59 PM

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