Thurman, R.
Thurman, R.
FirstName / namefirst | Robert |
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LastName / namelast | Thurman |
namemiddle | Alexander-Farrar |
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 |
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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
Homepage: here
List of books: here
Biography
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