[vc_custom_heading text=”Ravi Chandra, M.D., D.F.A.P.A, is a Distinguished Fellow of the American Psychiatric Association, and a Diplomate of the American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology. He was the medical director of the Adult Outpatient Clinic at RAMS, Inc (www.ramsinc.org), a community mental health center, from 2008-2012, and continues to volunteer there. He has a private practice in San Francisco (www.sfpsychiatry.com). A graduate of Brown University and Stanford University Medical School, he completed a psychiatry residency at University of California, San Francisco. He has interests in film, creative writing, and spirituality, and is the author of four books and two blogs.
Facebuddha, Dr. Chandra’s full-length nonfiction debut, won the 2017 Nautilus Silver Book Award for Religion/Spirituality of Eastern Thought.
A Fox Peeks Out: Poems won the 2012 San Francisco Book Festival Honorable Mention.
He has appeared on television and radio, and presented at regional and national conferences on technology, film, Asian American issues and narcissism, among other topics.
Dr. Chandra is also the recipient of a proclamation by the San Francisco Board of Supervisors for his community work.
Short bio:
Ravi Chandra, M.D. is a psychiatrist and writer in San Francisco, and a Distinguished Fellow of the American Psychiatric Association. Facebuddha: Transcendence in the Age of Social Networks is his full-length nonfiction debut, and is the winner of the 2017 Nautilus Silver Book Award for Religion/Spirituality of Eastern Thought.
Longer bio:
Ravi Chandra, M.D. is a psychiatrist and writer in San Francisco, and a Distinguished Fellow of the American Psychiatric Association. Facebuddha: Transcendence in the Age of Social Networks is his full-length nonfiction debut, and is the winner of the 2017 Nautilus Silver Book Award for Religion/Spirituality of Eastern Thought. Dr. Chandra is a graduate of Brown University, Stanford University School of Medicine, and UCSF’s Psychiatry residency program. In March, 2016, the San Francisco Board of Supervisors honored him with a proclamation for his community work. He was staff psychiatrist and Medical Director of a community clinic (RAMS, Inc.) from 2006-2013, and still volunteers there leading a group for Cambodian patients. He also teaches Mindful Self-Compassion and Compassion Cultivation Training Workshops. He has blogged regularly for Psychology Today since 2011 (The Pacific Heart) and for the Center for Asian American Media since 2005 (Memoirs of a Superfan). Information on his other books, workshops and performances is available at www.RaviChandraMD.com.” font_container=”tag:p|font_size:17px|text_align:left|line_height:27px” google_fonts=”font_family:Raleway%3A100%2C200%2C300%2Cregular%2C500%2C600%2C700%2C800%2C900|font_style:500%20bold%20regular%3A500%3Anormal” link=”|||”][/vc_column][vc_column width=”1/2″ css=”.vc_custom_1524783319589{margin-top: 0px !important;margin-bottom: 0px !important;padding-right: 0px !important;padding-left: 0px !important;background-position: center !important;background-repeat: no-repeat !important;background-size: cover !important;}”][vc_single_image image=”1222″ img_size=”large” alignment=”center”][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row fullwidth=”yes” fw_columns=”yes” fw_same_height=”yes” top_margin=”0″ bottom_margin=”0″ css=”.vc_custom_1422897490750{margin-bottom: 0px !important;padding-top: 0px !important;padding-bottom: 0px !important;}” font_color=”#ffffff”][vc_column width=”1/3″ animation=”left-to-right” animation_delay=”200″ css=”.vc_custom_1422896884330{margin-right: 0px !important;margin-left: 0px !important;padding-top: 70px !important;padding-right: 5% !important;padding-bottom: 70px !important;padding-left: 7% !important;background-color: rgba(85,98,112,0.49) !important;*background-color: rgb(85,98,112) !important;}”][vc_custom_heading text=”BOOKS” font_container=”tag:h5|font_size:20px|text_align:left|color:%23ffffff|line_height:32px” google_fonts=”font_family:Raleway%3A100%2C200%2C300%2Cregular%2C500%2C600%2C700%2C800%2C900|font_style:800%20bold%20regular%3A800%3Anormal” el_class=”letter-spacing-2″]
[vc_custom_heading text=”Facebuddha: Transcendence in the Age of Social Networks – and more!” font_container=”tag:p|font_size:14px|text_align:left|color:%23ffffff|line_height:26px” google_fonts=”font_family:Raleway%3A100%2C200%2C300%2Cregular%2C500%2C600%2C700%2C800%2C900|font_style:500%20bold%20regular%3A500%3Anormal”]
[vc_custom_heading text=”Memoirs of a Superfan, Psychology Today and more!” font_container=”tag:p|font_size:14px|text_align:left|color:%23ffffff|line_height:26px” google_fonts=”font_family:Raleway%3A100%2C200%2C300%2Cregular%2C500%2C600%2C700%2C800%2C900|font_style:500%20bold%20regular%3A500%3Anormal”]
On Guns Are Not Our God! The NRA Is Not Our Church!
Dr. Ravi Chandra’s approach — scholarly, deeply researched, thoughtful, passionate (and compassionate!) — is excellent. He raises all the right issues in a clear and intelligent manner. The endnotes provide valuable ways to continue reading on this subject. Well worth it!
Howard B.
Amazon Customer
“Facebuddha is magnificent, a breathtakingly personal work that combines memoir, media commentary, Buddhist practicum and depth psychology. Like Martin Luther’s theses, these chapters are nailed on the door of the Cathedral of Technology asking us to look beyond our screens by way of reforming contemporary indulgences. As we do so our world moves beneath the surface sheen and towards the interior. Ravi Chandra’s effervescent prose locates compassion, in his own soul and in the soul of humanity, in real world relationships endangered by modernity. ” F.B. Steele, M.D., psychiatrist and teacher
Former Executive Director, C.G. Jung Institute of San Francisco
F.B. Steele, M.D., Psychiatrist, former ED of the SF Jung Institute
“Facebuddha is both personal journey and social commentary, a good-hearted meander across cultural, artistic and occupational worlds that explores a deep concern for our modern dilemmas with the perspective of a devoted Buddhist.” Jack Kornfield, Ph.D., Buddhist teacher and author
Co-founder Spirit Rock Meditation Center
Jack Kornfield, Ph.D., Buddhist teacher and author
