Gilberto Lopes, Chief of the Division of Medical Oncology at Sylvester Comprehensive Cancer Center, shared on X:
“One place I return to whenever I am in Seoul: Bongeunsa Temple, across from COEX. During a difficult time when my son needed surgery for craniosynostosis, I found comfort in familiar Catholic prayers, Stoic philosophy, Zen practice-and unexpectedly in O-Jizō-sama. At WCLC26, I hope to visit again and find Jijang Bosal, the Korean form of the same bodhisattva.
Medicine asks, What can we do? Culture and spirituality also ask, How do we carry uncertainty while we wait? If you are in Seoul for WCLC, Bongeunsa is a beautiful place to pause and reflect.”
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