Doctor attends Mind, Knowledge & Sustainability meeting

Dr Tenzin Namdul of Clinical Research Department attended a meeting on ‘Mind, Knowledge & Sustainability’ organized by the World Students’ Community for Sustainable Development, which works under the ‘Alliance for Global Sustainability’.

This is a yearly event of the alliances of universities across the world that gets together and talks on global development and sustainability. The meeting this year took place at Zurich University. A student committee under the Zurich University advocates work on Project 21. The project, that deals mainly with the sustainability of traditional Tibetan Medicine (TM). In relation to this project, Dr Namdul attended the seminar and presented a talk on TM.

The objective of the seminar is to project long term benefit and goal for any development that take place in the world. Because of the fact that world today measures its development through the materialistic growth, where inner development, motivation and sustainability clearly do not come into the projected frame.

Therefore, to bridge the wide gap between materialistic world and inner development, the seminar hopes to bring out many issues related to human development that has direct impact on inner value, sustainability, motivation, education, environment, climatic condition, etc., that bear all the ill-effect of human creations.
Many participants from through out the world are reported to have gave talks on sustainable developments touching topics such as education, agricultural science, human psychology, human motivation & general development, etc.

Dr Namdul gave lecture on Tibetan culture with special emphasis on TM; its history, concept, diagnostic and therapeutic procedures in relation to world sustainable development highlighting key issues such as how the very concept of TM can help in facilitating sustainable development.

It is reported that participants initially showed reluctance in appreciating the concept of TM yet as time rolled in participants expressed greater interest on TM. Some participants including the organizer of the next year’s meeting scheduled to take place in Tokyo in Japan extended request to the Men-Tsee-Khang administration to depute its representative.

This year’s organizer believed inclusion of Men-Tsee-Khang’s representative has helped in creating awareness on TM and particularly helped strengthen better understanding on the project 21 being initiated under the Zurich University. This is taken as a true sign of anticipation and concern shown on TM.
Through this, the administration wishes to thank all the people involved and especially Mr. Stephan Kölliker for his high spirit and never say die attitude.