Robert Alexander Farrar Thurman (born August 4, 1941) is an American Buddhist writer and academic. He is the Je Tsong Khapa Professor of Indo-Tibetan Buddhist Studies at Columbia University. He also is the co-founder and president of Tibet House New York and currently holds the first endowed chair in this field of study in the United States. Thurman was born in New York City to Elizabeth Dean Farrar, a stage actress, and Beverly Reid Thurman, Jr., … Wikipedia
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Robert Thurman's flair for the dramatic may be attributed to the weekly Shakespeare readings hosted by his parents, in which Robert participated alongside such guests as Laurence Olivier. literati.net/Thurman/
Robert Tenzin Thurman is co-founder and current President of Tibet House U.S. , a cultural institution dedicated to preserving and promoting the wisdom and the arts of the distinctive and endangered Tibetan civilization. www.bobthurman.com/index.shtml
Robert A.F. Thurman lives to make the teachings of the Buddha interesting and meaningful to people from all over the world. In doing so, he has been recognized as one of America's leading voices for sanity and peace in the new millennium. Working at Colum www.bobthurmanpodcast.com/
The Center for the Study of Science and Religion (CSSR), The Earth Institute at Columbia University, is a forum for the examination of issues that lie at the boundary of science and religion. By examining the intersections that cross the boundaries betwee www.columbia.edu/cu/cssr/archive/past_events/2001-2002/Me...