A Buddhist lama, he currently works as a chaplain at Boston-based Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, where he counsels and teaches meditation to patients, according to STAT.
Born in Tibet in 1954, Lama Tsering and his family escaped to Nepal and India when Tibet succumbed to the communist Chinese regime. There, he began his own restaurant, discussed his background with foreign travelers and delved deeper into his own Buddhist culture. Eventually Lama Tsering relocated to Germany, where he became an interpreter for a Tibetan Buddhist teacher.
Tibetan teaching focuses on “internal pursuit,” and medicine is herbal-based, according to Lama Tsering. Although healthcare in the U.S. is dissimilar, Lama Tsering has found his own way to help patients.
At Beth Israel Deaconess, he helps patients find “inner peace” and “inner strength” through meditation. “Naturally, I will try to minimize the need of the medicine,” he said, according to STAT.
The hardest part of his position? “The lack of continuity,” Lama Tsering said. “You feel like you can help someone with their problems, [but] the next day they are discharged, or they are dead.”
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