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Robert Thurman



Robert Thurman, PhD, is an influential American Buddhist author, academic, and human rights activist. He taught at Amherst and Columbia universities, cofounded the Tibet House in New York at the request of the Dalai Lama, and has received the prestigious Padma Shri award for his work in literature and education.

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Love Your Enemies: How to Break the Anger Habit and Be a Whole Lot Happier

When people and circumstances upset us, how do we deal with them? Often, we feel victimized. We become hurt, angry, and defensive. We end up seeing others as enemies, and when things don't go our way, we become enemies to ourselves.

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Sharon Salzberg, Robert Thurman
2014
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Bob Thurman: We Can Be Buddhas

In our hyperlinked world, we can know anything, anytime. And this mass enlightenment, says Buddhist scholar Bob Thurman, is our first step toward Buddha nature.

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Robert Thurman
2007
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Inner Revolution

The New York Times calls him "America's number one Buddhist." He is the co-founder of Tibet House New York, was the first American Tibetan Buddhist monk, and has shared a thirty-five-year friendship with the Dalai Lama.

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Robert Thurman, The Dalai Lama (foreword)
1999
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Emptiness the Womb of Compassion, Robert Thurman

We hear a lot about compassion nowadays, along with mindfulness, and there is no doubt it is the essence of all spirituality and also essential for any viable society or world.

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Robert Thurman
2015
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Robert Thurman: “The Wisdom of Anger”

Robert Thurman, PhD, makes the teachings of the Buddha interesting and meaningful to people all over the world. He is cofounder and president of Tibet House, US, a non-profit organization dedicated to preserving and promoting the wisdom and the arts of Tibet.

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Robert Thurman
2011
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50 Years of Marriage and Mindfulness with Nena and Robert Thurman

“If you share a spiritual outlook,” she said, “it’s an area you can return to when you are having your petty struggles, which are nonsense compared to what you really care about" - Nena Thurman

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Penelope Green
2017
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Infinity: The Ultimate Trip - Journey Beyond Death

What happens after we pass from this world? Is there a life after this one? Or do we just disappear forever? These are the questions asked in this powerful and poignant feature documentary,...

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2009
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Living a Sacred Life Webinar Series - A Year of Healing Practices from Today's Leading Shamans, Mystics, and Spiritual Teachers

We've entered a new era of understanding in science and technology, synthesizing information at an unprecedented rate. Yet we have been simultaneously praying at the wrong altars—those of greed and speed, rather than openness and connection. We now find ourselves on the brink of a global crisis . . .

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Robert Thurman: Love Your Enemy

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Robert Thurman
2013
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Rick Fields, 57, Poet and Expert on Buddhism

Rick Fields was one of our foremost interpreters of Buddhism for Americans,'' said Robert A. F. Thurman, professor of Indo-Tibetan Studies at Columbia University and the nation's pre-eminent scholar on Tibetan Buddhism.

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Nick Ravo
1999
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