Thurman, R.
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Robert Alexander-Farrar Thurman
English Phonetics | Robert Thurman |
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Alternate names
- Tenzin Bob
Dates
Birth: | 1941 |
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Place of birth: | New York, USA |
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About
Primary Language: | English |
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Translates from: | Tibetan;Sanskrit |
Translates to: | English |
- Primary Affiliation (Workplace)
- Columbia University
- Secondary Affiliation
- Amherst College;American Institute of Buddhist Studies;Tibet House U.S.
- Religious Affiliation
- Dalai Lama, 14th;Menla Mountain Retreat & Conference Center
- Teachers
- Gelukpa · Dalai Lama, 14th
PhD University
- Harvard University
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Buddha Nature Project
- Person description or short bio
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All beings have Buddha-nature | |
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Which Wheel Turning | |
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Yogācāra vs Madhyamaka | |
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Zhentong vs Rangtong | |
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Promotes how many vehicles? | |
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Analytic vs Meditative Tradition | |
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What is Buddha-nature? | |
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Svātantrika (རང་རྒྱུད་) vs Prāsaṅgika (ཐལ་འགྱུར་པ་) | |
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Causal nature of the vajrapāda | |
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Full Name[edit]
Robert A.F. Thurman
Affiliation[edit]
- Jey Tsong Khapa Professor of Indo-Tibetan Buddhist Studies at Columbia University
- Ph.D. Harvard
Other Information[edit]
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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