Medical advice from the Dalai Lama’s doctor

Tibetan doctors think we get sick when our physical, psychological and spiritual well-being are out of balance, so they often prescribe kindness and compassion to cure illness. Tibetan compassion meditation may lower stress-induced immune responses. Tibetan medical experts want more collaborative projects with modern medicine, and the Dalai Lama wants more scientific testing of Tibetan

Tibetan doctors think we get sick when our physical, psychological and spiritual well-being are out of balance, so they often prescribe kindness and compassion to cure illness. Tibetan compassion meditation may lower stress-induced immune responses. Tibetan medical experts want more collaborative projects with modern medicine, and the Dalai Lama wants more scientific testing of Tibetan traditional medicine.

CNN, 12/5/2012

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