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Robert Thurman

About Robert Thurman

Robert Thurman is a professor of Indo-Tibetan Buddhist Studies at Columbia University, and President of Tibet House U.S.

Miedo y valentía: Lo que enseñan los budistas

by Judy Lief, John Daido Loori, Robert Thurman, Sylvia Boorstein and Traleg Rinpoche| January 11, 2021

Miedo y valentía: Lo que enseñan los budistas

Mucho de nuestro sufrimiento -como individuos y como sociedad- es causado por el miedo. De hecho, de acuerdo al budismo, el miedo se ubica en la mera raíz del ego y del samsara. Cuatro maestros budistas sobresalientes discuten la práctica vital de trabajar con nuestros miedos.

The Meaning of the Dalai Lama for Today

by Robert Thurman| September 30, 2020

The Meaning of the Dalai Lama for Today

When I have attended His Holiness the Dalai Lama giving Buddhist teachings to large assemblies, I have had an odd sensation lately…

Know Your Enemy

by Sharon Salzberg and Robert Thurman| September 29, 2020

Know Your Enemy

We call people who harm us enemies, but is that who they really are?

The Tibetan Buddhist View of Death and Rebirth

by Robert Thurman| May 11, 2018

The Tibetan Buddhist View of Death and Rebirth

In the March 1995 Lion’s Roar magazine, Professor Robert Thurman explained the Tibetan Buddhist view of death and rebirth.

Fear and Fearlessness: What the Buddhists Teach

by Judy Lief, John Daido Loori, Robert Thurman, Sylvia Boorstein and Traleg Rinpoche| May 25, 2017

Fear and Fearlessness: What the Buddhists Teach

So much of our suffering—as individuals and as a society—is caused by fear. In fact, according to Buddhism, fear is at the very root of ego and samsara.

Book Review: Tibet on Fire

by Robert Thurman| May 11, 2016

Book Review: Tibet on Fire

Robert Thurman reviews Tsering Woeser’s book “Tibet on Fire,” which explores immolations in Tibet and includes cover art by Chinese artist Ai Weiwei.

Circling the Sacred Mountain

by Robert Thurman and Tad Wise| March 6, 2016

Circling the Sacred Mountain
Photo by Vijay Kiran.

Haunted by the famed mountain since he was a young monk, Robert Thurman leads a small group of pilgrims overland to Tibet’s Mt. Kailash, the sacred axis mundi of central Asian cosmology. In this excerpt from “Circling the Sacred Mountain: A Spiritual Adventure Through the Himalayas,” the party arrives at its destination. The narrator is Tad Wise.

“Attachment is unhealthy” — Robert Thurman on intimacy, Part 2

by Robert Thurman| November 4, 2013

“Attachment is unhealthy” — Robert Thurman on intimacy, Part 2

Robert Thurman discusses “deep violations” in intimate relationships, and whether non-Buddhists can benefit from Buddhist ideas.

Robert Thurman on the benefits and disappointments of intimacy

by Robert Thurman| October 23, 2013

Robert Thurman on the benefits and disappointments of intimacy

Here Robert Thurman, in discussion with Sachico Ohanks, addresses the benefits and disappointments of intimacy.

A Cry for Freedom

by Robert Thurman| February 8, 2012

A Cry for Freedom

Robert Thurman’s commentary on the Tibetan plight and the horrifying phenomenon of Tibetans self-immolating in protest of Chinese rule.

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