Brotherhood: Dharma, Destiny, and the American Dream

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Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2013 - Biography & Autobiography - 366 pages

In Brotherhood, Deepak and Sanjiv Chopra reveal the story of their personal struggles and triumphs as doctors, immigrants, and brothers. They were born in the ferment of liberated India after 1947, as an age-old culture was reinventing its future. For the young, this meant looking to the West.

The Chopra brothers were among the most eager and ambitious of the new generation. In the 1970s, they each emigrated to the United States to make a new life. Both faced tough obstacles: While Deepak encountered resistance from Western-trained doctors over the mind-body connection, Sanjiv struggled to reconcile the beliefs of his birthplace with those of his new home.

Eventually, each brother became convinced that America was the right place to build a life, and the Chopras went on to great achievements--Deepak as a global spiritual teacher and best-selling author, Sanjiv as a world-renowned medical expert and professor at Harvard Medical School.

Brotherhood will fascinate and inspire those who still believe in America's capacity to foster achievement and reward hard work.

 

Contents

2 Blind for a Day
19
3 Charmed Circle
31
4 Lucky Sari
47
5 Miracles in Hiding
57
6 Rama and Lakshmana
71
7 Laus Deo
79
8 First on the Waiting List
93
9 Innocent Bystander
107
17 The Pathless Land
225
18 Soothsayer or Charlatan
243
19 Science of Life
257
20 Finger on the Pulse
277
21 Birth Pangs
289
22 Miraculous Cures
311
23 American Dreaming
325
24 Peak Experience
347

10 Real Doctors
123
11 Godfather Land
129
12 First Impressions
145
13 State of the Art
165
14 A Giant in Medicine
181
15 An Obscure Light
197
16 Being and Bliss
211
Postscript
359
Back Matter
365
Back Flap
367
Back Cover
368
Spine
369
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About the author (2013)

Deepak Chopra was born in New Delhi, India in 1946. He was educated as a medical doctor, specializing in endocrinology, at All India Institute of Medical Sciences. He served as Chief of Staff at Boston Regional Medical Center, and has taught at Tufts and Boston University Medical Schools. He recognized limitations in the ways that his medical education approached treatment of individuals. Introduced to the ancient methods of Hindu healing, known as Ayurveda, by Maharishi Mahesh Yogi, he saw a way to add a spiritual dimension to treatment of illness. Chopra's thinking led him to develop a theory that he called Quantum Healing, which combines Western and Hindu medical practice. In 1984, Chopra brought Ayurvedic medicine to the United States, and within a year he established the Ayurvedic Health Centre of Stress Management and Behavioral Medicine in Lancaster, Massachusetts. He is also the founding President of the American Association of Ayurvedic Medicine and eventually founded the Chopra Center for Wellbeing. He has written more than 55 books including Ageless Body, Timeless Mind: The Quantum Alternative to Growing Old; Creating Health: How to Wake Up the Body's Intelligence; Creating Affluence: The A-to-Z Steps to a Richer Life; The Seven Spiritual Laws of Success: A Practical Guide to the Fulfillment of Your Dreams; The Shadow Effect and Muhammad: A Story of the Last Prophet; Spiritual Solutions: Answers to Life's Greatest Challenges; Super Brain: Unleashing the Explosive Power of Your Mind to Maximize Health, Happiness, and Spiritual Well-Being; and The Healing Self: A Revolutionary New Plan to Super Charge Your Immunity and Stay Well for Life. He has won numerous awards including a Quill Award for Peace Is the Way and the grand prize at the 2005 Nautilus Book Awards for The Book of Secrets. He also writes novels including The Return of Merlin; Soulmate; and Jesus: A Story of Enlightenment. Sanjiv Chopra, M.D., is professor of medicine and faculty dean for continuing education at Harvard Medical School and the author of five books, including Leadership by Example. www.sanjivchopra.com