Whats a former pathologist doing teaching Buddhist meditation?
Dr Tan Kheng Khoo is an unusual man. He spent nearly 30 years examining dead bodies, before giving it all up to teach meditation. Today, he is one of Singapore’s most famous meditation teachers, counting among his students, BG Lee Hsien Loong. Dr Tan’s move from science to spirituality did not happen overnight. He practised at Singapore General Hospital, then ran his own lab for 14 years. He had already been meditating for 10 years, and was gaining prominence as a lay meditation teacher, when he left his lab in 1985 to teach meditation full-time. Along the way, he also studied at the College of Psychic Studies in London and even visited an abbot in the Thai jungles for advice. Dr Tan also heals people through esoteric methods like “energy channeling.” His public lectures, at places such as the Singapore Chinese Chamber of Commerce, are packed with hundreds of people. Peppering his conversation with words like “chakra,” “prana” and “spirit guides,” the former pathologist gives his views
