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Robert A.F. Thurman

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in The United States

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Religion, Philosophy, Nonfiction

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Tenzin Robert Thurman is the Jey Tsong Khapa Professor of Indo-Tibetan Buddhist Studies at Columbia University, holding the first endowed chair of Buddhist Studies in the United States. He is the author of the bestseller Inner Revolution, as well as Anger, Infinite Life, and other popular books. He is also a translator of Tibetan texts. He serves as co-founder and president of Tibet House US, a nonprofit organization dedicated to preserving the endangered culture of Tibet.

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Average rating: 3.99 · 9,200 ratings · 749 reviews · 70 distinct works • Similar authors

	Essential Tibetan Buddhism 3.95 avg rating — 798 ratings — published 1995 — 14 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Inner Revolution: Life, Liberty, and the Pursuit of Real Happiness by Robert A.F. Thurman (Goodreads Author), Dalai Lama XIV (Foreword by) 4.02 avg rating — 404 ratings — published 1998 — 13 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Jewel Tree of Tibet: The Enlightenment Engine of Tibetan Buddhism 4.25 avg rating — 361 ratings — published 2001 — 12 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Infinite Life: Awakening to Bliss Within by Robert A.F. Thurman (Goodreads Author), Dalai Lama XIV (Foreword by) 4.05 avg rating — 281 ratings — published 2004 — 17 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Circling the Sacred Mountain: A Spiritual Adventure Through the Himalayas 3.77 avg rating — 154 ratings — published 1999 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Anger: The Seven Deadly Sins 3.42 avg rating — 169 ratings — published 2004 — 18 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Liberation upon Hearing in the Between: Living with the Tibetan Book of the Dead 4.37 avg rating — 95 ratings — published 2005 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Why The Dalai Lama Matters 3.73 avg rating — 107 ratings — published 2008 — 17 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Man of Peace: The illustrated life story of the Dalai Lama of Tibet by Robert A.F. Thurman (Goodreads Author), William Meyers, Michael G. Burbank 4.46 avg rating — 82 ratings — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Central Philosophy of Tibet by Robert A.F. Thurman (Goodreads Author), Dalai Lama XIV (Foreword by) 4.29 avg rating — 38 ratings — published 1991 — 5 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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“Imagine a culture in which everything is geared toward helping all individuals become the best human beings they can be; in which individuals are driven to devoting their lives to becoming enlightened by the natural flood of compassion for others that arises from their wisdom.”
― Robert Thurman

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“No sane person fears nothingness.”
― Robert A.F. Thurman, The Tibetan Book of the Dead

tags: buddhism, buddhist, death-dying, nothing, nothingness, peace, tibet, tibetan-book-of-the-dead

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“Buddhism is all about science. If science is the systematic pursuit of the accurate knowledge of reality, then science is Buddhism, Buddhism is science.”
― Robert A.F. Thurman, Why The Dalai Lama Matters

tags: buddhism, psychology, science, spirituality, wisdom

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