No Fear, No Death: The Transformative Power of Compassion

Dr. Barry Kerzin bridges East and West in a unique way. He is a western-trained doctor who went to Tibet on an intended six-month trip in 1988 to learn more about Buddhism, but he ended up staying much longer. Dr. Kerzin was ordained as Buddhist monk in 2007. After his ordination, he began traveling and teaching about the interface between modern medical science and Buddhist psychology and philosophy, with particular reference to altruism in medicine and secular ethics as well as compassion, wisdom, meditation, death and dying and emotional hygiene; he has also participated in neuroscience research on the effect of meditation on the brain.

No Fear – No Death: The Transformative Power of Compassion is Dr. Kerzin's first book and brings together his insights on the essential teachings for living a life of happiness, compassion, and service. This small book contains rich ideas and simple suggestions for living well along with profound insights on living and dying well. No Fear - No Death includes a Foreword by His Holiness the Dalai Lama.

Barry Kerzin, M.D. is an American physician and Buddhist monk. He has lived in Dharamsala, India since 1988 and serves as a personal physician to the 14th Dalai Lama, along with treating people in the local community, free of charge. Following his ordination as a monk by the Dalai Lama in the mid-2000s, he has travelled widely, teaching and offering workshops in which he blends Buddhist teaching and his medical training, emphasizing the spiritual and health benefits of meditation and compassion. He has served as a research subject in neuroscience research into the effects of meditation on the brain.

His Holiness the Dalai Lama is the spiritual and temporal leader of the Tibetan people. Born in in 1935, he was recognized as the 14th Dalai Lama at the age of 4. His enthronement ceremony was held in Lhasa, Tibet in 1940 and he assumed full spiritual and political duties in 1950 at the age of 15. He fled to India as a result of China’s incursion into Tibet in 1959 where he lives today in the city of Dharmsala. He received the Nobel Peace Prize in 1989 and travels the world to promote nonviolence, interfaith dialogue, meditation, women’s rights and ecological awareness. He is author of numerous books including The Art of Happinesss and Beyond Religion.