Bob Thurman Podcast:
Robert A.F. Thurman
Professor Robert A.F. “Bob” Thurman’s official podcast covers diverse topics including Tibetan Buddhism, Buddhist Studies, spirituality, Tibetan Culture, Asian history, philosophy, Eastern Ideas, and His Holiness the Dalai Lama.
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Aug 21, 2015 • 0sec
Vimalakīrti’s Verses : Deconstructing the Self – Ep. 30
In this episode, Professor Thurman explains how to use analysis to realize non-duality. Deconstructing our habitual understanding of body, mind- everything you think of as solid and real dissolves under […]
Aug 14, 2015 • 0sec
Meeting Vimalakīrti : Buddhism 101 – Ep. 29
In this episode, Professor Thurman reads the first chapter of Vimalakirti, which he translated and has been teaching for nearly forty years. Thurman illuminates the meaning of the text, the […]
Aug 7, 2015 • 0sec
All Beings Are My Mother : Buddhism 101 – Ep. 28
In this podcast Robert A.F. Thurman discussed the Buddhist perspective on the health and happiness of all beings. One of the unique aspects of Tibetan culture is that for hundreds […]
Jul 31, 2015 • 0sec
Bliss is Legal : Buddhism 101 – Ep. 27
In this episode, Professor Thurman points out the unspoken rule in our culture that it isn’t OK to be happy for no apparent reason. He explains that in fact, reality […]
Jul 24, 2015 • 0sec
Flowing Through the Knots : Buddha & The Yogis – Ep. 26
All of us have knots in our energetic system from our conditioning and emotional trauma that need to be uncoiled through spiritual practice. However, if we try to pierce them […]
Jul 17, 2015 • 0sec
Buddhist Inner Sciences : Revealing Your Rainbow Body – Ep. 25
Yuthok Nyingthig is the most important practice for Tibetan medicine healing practitioners. The practice of Yuthok Nyingthig helps reveal the rainbow body that is each person’s natural state. Professor Thurman […]
Jul 10, 2015 • 0sec
The Ethics of Enlightened Self-Interest – Ep. 24
In this episode, Professor Thurman discusses Buddhist ethics, which he translates as the ten-fold path of skillful and unskillful action. Instead of right and wrong, Professor Thurman urges us to […]
Jul 3, 2015 • 0sec
Buddhism 101 : Transforming Anger to Compassion – Ep. 23
One of the Dalai Lama’s slogans is: “If you want to be happy, be compassionate.” In this lecture, Professor Thurman discusses how to do this by opening our hearts to […]
Jun 26, 2015 • 0sec
Buddhist Inner Sciences : Mis-knowing – Ep. 22
The Buddha’s Wheel of Dependent Origination describes the cycle of existence—the endless wheel of samsara and suffering. The first link on this wheel is ignorance, or mis-knowing. Specifically, the idea […]
Jun 19, 2015 • 0sec
Pilgrimage : Buddhist Soul – Ep. 21
In this episode, Professor Robert A.F. Thurman responds to the question: “Does Buddhism believe in a soul?” Buddhism teaches that we have no inherent self, so how can there be […]
