In this podcast Professor Thurman shares insights on the concepts of virtue, beauty and skillfulness in Tibetan Buddhism. We think of virtue as beautiful and associate the good with light and brightness.

By drawing from the etymology of the Tibetan word "virtuous", Professor Thurman shows how virtue also includes aspects of beauty and skillfulness. He goes on to analyze the evolutionary cause of beauty, and how we can define creativity in Tibetan Buddhism.

This episode is an excerpt from the recording made for compiling the "Bob's Thoughts book" on October 18, 2015.

Evolutionary Cause of Beauty – Episode 40 of the Bob Thurman Podcast Tara Image via www.himalayanart.org.

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The songs “Trance Tibet” & ‘Dancing Ling’ by Tenzin Choegyal from the album ‘Heart Sutra‘ (2004) by Ethno Super Lounge is used on the Bob Thurman Podcast with artist’s permission, all rights reserved.