Tribe Buddhism!
April 20, 2013
TODAY’S TRIBAL LEADER:
Robert Thurman First American Ordained Tibetan Monk
Having been named by Time as one of the “25 Most Influential Americans”, Robert Thurman has cultivated a worldwide awareness of Tibet through his writing, translation of important Buddhist texts, and activism. He is the co-founder and president of Tibet House U.S., along with actor Richard Gere and modern composer Philip Glass (among others) at the behest of the 14th H.H. Dalai Lama, Tenzin Gyatso. Mr. Thurman is also the Je Tsong Khapa Professor of Indo-Tibetan Buddhist Studies at Columbia University, holding the first endowed chair in this field of study in the United States. Bob has been a personal friend of the Dalai Lama for over 40 years and has been hailed by the New York Times as “the leading American expert on Tibetan Buddhism”.
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Listen to the interview on The Drew Marshall Show: