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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Jun 12, 2015 • 0sec
Uncreated Mind : Buddhist Inner Sciences – Ep. 20
In this lecture, Professor Thurman explains the concept of non-duality, and that emptiness doesn’t mean we don’t have a mind. Emptiness means we have an uncreated mind—it has always been […]
Jun 5, 2015 • 0sec
The Danger of “Just Meditate!” – Ep. 19
Professor Thurman discusses the potential dangers of cultivating an empty mind without also developing proper understanding of what emptiness is. Just meditating with our default understanding of reality can temporarily […]
May 29, 2015 • 28min
Mahamudra Meditation : Buddhist Inner Sciences – Ep. 18
Robert A.F. Thurman gives advice to a group of students who have been learning the Mahamudra (great seal) meditation. This episode is an extract from a lecture given to students […]
May 22, 2015 • 39min
Buddha and Yoga : Buddhist Yoga – Ep. 17
In this episode Professor Thurman, Richard Freeman, and John Campbell compare and contrast the Hatha Yoga Pradipika and the Brilliant Illumination of the Lamp of the Five Stages. Bob and Richard […]
May 15, 2015 • 21min
Talking to Those Who Depart Through Death – Ep. 16
Robert A.F. Thurman leads a prayer for those who died in the Nepal earthquakes from The Tibetan Book of the Dead. In the Tibetan view of the dying process, death […]
May 8, 2015 • 36min
Tsongkhapa : Father Philo & Mother Sophia – Ep. 15
Professor Thurman introduces the Essence of True Eloquence (drang nges legs bshad snying po), discussing his own personal experience encountering and translating the Tsongkhapa’s great work, and also Tsongkhapa’s own […]
May 1, 2015 • 44min
Buddhism 101: How Vajrayana & Tantra Works – Ep. 14
Professor Robert A,F, Thurman draws from his book, Brilliant Illumination of the Lamp of the Five Stages for a discussion on the distinctions between Theravada, Mahayana and Vajrayana, delving into a […]
Apr 24, 2015 • 33min
Meditation & Mistaken Guru Yoga with Gelek Rimpoche – Ep. 13
Introducing the Vimalakīrti Nirdeśha Sūtra, Gelek Rimpoche and Professor Thurman discuss mistaken relationships with Buddhist gurus and books, particularly in the West. They offer guidance for identifying a good guru […]
Apr 17, 2015 • 34min
Buddhism 101: Reciting the Heart Sutra – Ep. 12
Buddhism’s Heart Sutra is recited at the start of teachings, events & as a blessing. In this podcast Robert AF Thurman leads a recitation of The Heart Sutra and gives […]
Apr 10, 2015 • 37min
Buddhism 101 : Meditation + Realization – Ep. 11
Professor Thurman speaks one on one to a student about meditation practices, quiescence (pali: samatha, sanskrit: śhamatha), insight (pali: vipassanā, sanskrit: vipaśhyanā) and meditative realization (bhāvanā). Includes a discussion of […]
