Visioning Tibet

Hi Everyone,

I’m new here! :-) Thanks for the invitation OM.

One of the most uplifting and simultaneously down to earth documentaries I’ve seen in recent years was this, about a Jewish Buddhist eye surgeon from San Francisco travelling to Tibet to operate and more importantly to train local doctors to carry out free cataract operations. They have returned the sight of thousands of Tibetans since 1995.

Visioning Tibet

What impressed me as much as the open-hearted dedication was  also the way the surgeon in question showed real firmness and clarity when having to deal with a corrupt local Chinese head of medicine who was trying to charge the patients. Very impressive.

Made me more informed, made me cry, and made me more determined to give whatever gifts I may have to the world.

What more could you ask from a documentary!

James

Re: Visioning Tibet

I’m still chuckling, James. What more indeed!!


At only 25 minutes, and viewable directly from your link, anyone can see this. I especially appreciated the gorgeous shots of Tibet, and seeing so many of the people.


I immediately suspected it was their altitude (he says 15,000 feet above sea level) that caused such rampant cataracts, and he says this.


Here’s the description of the vid:


This film documents the passion of ophthalmologist Marc Lieberman, founder of the Tibet Vision Project. His mission: to end preventable blindness in Tibet — which has the highest rate of untreated cataract blindness in the world — by 2020. Don’t miss it. 




Thanks, James, for the inspiration.


Blessings, OM Bastet