Thursday, May 23, 2013
8:00pm (Reception 6:30-7:30pm)
An Evening with Deepak Chopra and Sanjiv Chopra
in conversation with Lisa Napoli
Brotherhood: Dharma, Destiny and the American Dream
All Saints Church-Beverly Hills
504 North Camden Drive
Beverly Hills, CA 90210
PURCHASE TICKETS
$20 General Admission
$40 Includes Reserved Seats, Deepak and Sanjiv Chopra’s book
$95 includes Reserved Seating + pre-event reception + book
At a time when America is fiercely divided on the issue of immigration, Brotherhood is the story of two brothers — Deepak and Sanjiv Chopra — who pursued the American dream to its fullest expression. In the early 1970s, they joined a flood of immigrants looking to make a new life in America. Having grown up in postwar India amidst the sudden freedom of the 1947 liberation, their childhood was a blend of the exotic, the mythical, and the modern. Their father was one of the first Indians to become a Western-trained cardiologist, while their extended family maintained deep roots in ancient spiritual traditions.Brotherhood follows the Chopra brothers as one becomes a world-renowned spiritual teacher and the other rises to the top of Western medicine to become a professor at Harvard Medical School.
At school, they learned of William Tell; Deepak later challenged Sanjiv to replicate the feat with a BB gun. The younger brother gave in—shooting Deepak square in the chin. They agreed to blame the wound on a fall, but their grandmother spotted the pellet beneath the skin. This early alliance helped forge a lifelong bond between them.
In Brotherhood, Deepak and Sanjiv Chopra reveal the story of their personal struggles and triumphs as doctors, immigrants, and brothers. Each brother faced obstacles: while Deepak encountered resistance from Western-trained doctors on the mind-body connection, Sanjiv struggled to reconcile the beliefs of his birthplace with those of his new home. Each Chopra eventually decided to stay and build a life as an American citizen. And each went on to great achievements—Deepak as a global authority on Eastern medicine and best-selling author, Sanjiv as a world-renowned medical expert and professor at Harvard Medical School.
Deepak Chopra, MD, is the author of more than seventy books, including twenty-one New York Times bestsellers. Visit www.deepakchopra.com.
Sanjiv Chopra, MD, is professor of medicine and faculty dean for Continuing Education at Harvard Medical School, and the author of Leadership by Example.
Lisa Napoli is a journalist and author. She was a reporter and back-up host for public radio show Marketplace. She covered the Internet revolution and the cultural impact of technology as a columnist and staff reporter for the New York Times’ CyberTimes, and as a correspondent for MSNBC. In her 25 year career in media, she has also worked for CNN. She is author of RADIO SHANGRI-LA: What I Learned in Bhutan, the Happiest Kingdom on Earth. Presently, she is does arts and cultural stories for NPR affiliate KCRW. Visit her website.
This event is presented in association with InsightLA, a non-profit organization that is dedicated to helping people realize fuller and happier lives through the practice of mindfulness and mindfulness-based stress reduction techniques. They offer warm and supportive learning environments that foster compassion and understanding in all relationships – with oneself, with others and with our world. To learn more about InsightLA, and their upcoming talk with Tara Brach on June 8th, visit their website.