Robert Thurman

PersonType	Category:Professors Category:Authors of English Works Category:Translators Category:Western Buddhist Teachers
FirstName / namefirst	Robert
LastName / namelast	Thurman
namemiddle	Alexander-Farrar
MainNamePhon	Robert Thurman
namealt	Tenzin Bob
YearBirth	1941
BornIn	New York, USA
languageprimary	English
languagetranslation	Tibetan;Sanskrit
languagetarget	English
affiliation	Columbia University
affiliationsecondary	Amherst College;American Institute of Buddhist Studies;Tibet House U.S.
religiousaffiliation	Dalai Lama, 14th;Menla Mountain Retreat & Conference Center
StudentOf	Gelukpa  ·  The Fourteenth Dalai Lama Tenzin Gyatso
phduniversity	Harvard University
IsInGyatsa	No
Other wikis	drl:Thurman, R. buddhanature:Thurman, R. bca:Thurman, R. rtz:Thurman, R. dnz:Thurman, R. dudjom:Thurman, R. khyentselineage:Thurman, R. lcp:Thurman, R.

Full Name

Robert A.F. Thurman

Affiliation

• Jey Tsong Khapa Professor of Indo-Tibetan Buddhist Studies at Columbia University

• Ph.D. Harvard

Other Information

Robert A. F. Thurman is an American Buddhist writer and academic who has written, edited or translated several books on Tibetan Buddhism. He is the Je Tsongkhapa Professor of Indo-Tibetan Buddhist Studies at Columbia University, holding the first endowed chair in this field of study in the United States. He also is the co-founder and president of the Tibet House New York and is active against the People's Republic of China's control of Tibet. [Source

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