Mindfulness and Medicine, with Larry Brilliant and Jack Kornfield

City Arts & Lectures

This week, our guests bring us unique perspectives on life during a pandemic. Larry Brilliant is a renowned epidemiologist whose work with the World Health Organization helped eradicate smallpox, giving him keen insights into how governments can help tackle global disease. In a new book, Sometimes Brilliant, he reflects on his remarkable life and his extraordinary experiences as a doctor, innovator, philanthropist, and cultural revolutionary.

Jack Kornfield was one of the first people to introduce Buddhist mindfulness practices to the West over 40 years ago. His many books include The Wise Heart: A Guide to the Universal Teachings of Buddhist Psychology, A Path with Heart, and After the Ecstasy, the Laundry.

On March 23, 2021, Larry Brilliant and Jack Kornfield joined us for a conversation about mindfulness and medicine. The two talked about our individual and collective responses to the coronavirus pandemic, what it will take to move beyond it, and how we might promote well-being during this uncertain time.