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EspañolROBERT THURMAN
:''For the baseball player, see Bob Thurman; for the novelist, see Rob Thurman''
'Robert Alexander Farrar Thurman' (born August 4, 1941) is an influential and prolific American Buddhist writer and academic who has authored, edited and translated several books on Tibetan Buddhism. He is 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. He also is the co-founder and president of the Tibet House New York and is active against the Chinese occupation of Tibet.
Thurman was born in New York City to Elizabeth Dean Farrar, a stage actress, and Beverly Reid Thurman, Jr., an Associated Press editor and U.N. translator.[1] He attended Philips Exeter Academy from 1954 to 1958, followed by Harvard University, obtaining an A.B. in 1962.
He married Christophe de Menil in 1959; they had one child. After an accident in 1961 in which he lost an eye, he decided to re-focus his life, divorced his wife and traveled from 1961 to 1966 in turkey, Iran and India. He converted to Buddhism and became an ordained Buddhist priest in 1964, the first American monk of the Tibetan Buddhist tradition. He studied with Tenzin Gyatso, the 14th Dalai Lama, who became a close friend. Thurman resigned his vow of celibacy and married his second wife, former model Nena von Schlebrugge, in 1967; they had four children, one being the actor Uma Thurman.
He obtained an A.M. in 1969 and a Ph.D. in Sanskrit Indian Studies in 1972 from Harvard. He was professor of religion at Amherst College from 1973 to 1988 when he accepted a position at Columbia University.[2] ''Time'' chose him as one of the 25 most influential Americans of 1997.[3]
Dr. Thurman is highly-regarded for his lucid, dynamic translations and explanations of Buddhist religious and philosophical material, particularly that pertaining to the Gelukpa (dge-lugs-pa) school of Tibetan Buddhism and its founder, Je Tsong Khapa including Tsong Khapa's Speech of Gold: Reason and Enlightenment in the Central Philosophy of Tibet, The Tibetan Book of the Dead, Essential Tibetan Buddhism, and his most recent, Inner Revolution: Life, Liberty, and the Pursuit of Real Happiness.
★ ''The Central Philosophy of Tibet: A Study and Translation of Jey Tsong Khapa's 'Essence of True Eloquence' (Princeton Library of Asian Translations, Princeton University Press, 1991)
★ ''The Tibetan Book of the Dead'' (Bantam Doubleday Dell, 1994)
★ ''Wisdom and Compassion: The Sacred Art of Tibet'' (H. Abrams, 1996)
★ ''Tibetan Buddhism'' (HarperSanFrancisco, 1996, ISBN 0-7881-6757-X)
★ ''Mandala: The Architecture of Enlightenment'' (Shambhala Publications, 1997)
★ ''Worlds of Transformation: Tibetan Art of Wisdom and Compassion'' (Harry N. Abrams, 1999)
★ ''Inner Revolution: Life, Liberty, and the Pursuit of Real Happiness'' (Penguin, 1999)
★ ''The Holy Teaching of Vimalakirti: A Mahayana Scripture'' (translated by Robert Thurman, Pennsylvania State University Press, 2000, ISBN 0-271-01209-9)
★ ''Circling the Sacred Mountain: A Spiritual Adventure Through the Himalayas'' co-authored with Tad Wise (Bantam Doubleday Dell, 1999)
★ ''Infinite Life: Seven Virtues for Living Well'' (Riverhead Books, 2004, ISBN 1-57322-267-4)
★ ''The Jewel Tree of Tibet: The Enlightenment Engine of Tibetan Buddhism'' (Free Press, Simon Schuster, 2005)
★ ''Anger'' (Oxford University Press, 2005, ISBN 0-19-516975-1)
★ The Bob Thurman Podcast
★ Thurman, Robert (1999). Robert A.F. Thurman on Buddhism. DVD. ASIN B00005Y721.
★ Thurman, Robert (2002). Robert Thurman on Tibet. DVD. ASIN B00005Y722.
1. http://www.wargs.com/other/thurman.html
2. Robert Alexander Farrar Thurman. ''Contemporary Authors Online'', Gale, 2007.
3. Time's 25 most influential Americans. ''Time'', 21 April 1997
★ Bob Thurman Authorized web site
★ The Bob Thurman Podcast
★ Thurman Web Site
★ Video of an energetic talk about Buddhism and education at Columbia
★ Thurman's Interview with the Dalai Lama in Mother Jones
★ Bob Thurman: Becoming Buddha -- on the Web TED, Dec. 2006
'Robert Alexander Farrar Thurman' (born August 4, 1941) is an influential and prolific American Buddhist writer and academic who has authored, edited and translated several books on Tibetan Buddhism. He is 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. He also is the co-founder and president of the Tibet House New York and is active against the Chinese occupation of Tibet.
| Contents |
| Life |
| Ideas |
| Works |
| Multimedia |
| References |
| External links |
Life
Thurman was born in New York City to Elizabeth Dean Farrar, a stage actress, and Beverly Reid Thurman, Jr., an Associated Press editor and U.N. translator.[1] He attended Philips Exeter Academy from 1954 to 1958, followed by Harvard University, obtaining an A.B. in 1962.
He married Christophe de Menil in 1959; they had one child. After an accident in 1961 in which he lost an eye, he decided to re-focus his life, divorced his wife and traveled from 1961 to 1966 in turkey, Iran and India. He converted to Buddhism and became an ordained Buddhist priest in 1964, the first American monk of the Tibetan Buddhist tradition. He studied with Tenzin Gyatso, the 14th Dalai Lama, who became a close friend. Thurman resigned his vow of celibacy and married his second wife, former model Nena von Schlebrugge, in 1967; they had four children, one being the actor Uma Thurman.
He obtained an A.M. in 1969 and a Ph.D. in Sanskrit Indian Studies in 1972 from Harvard. He was professor of religion at Amherst College from 1973 to 1988 when he accepted a position at Columbia University.[2] ''Time'' chose him as one of the 25 most influential Americans of 1997.[3]
Ideas
Dr. Thurman is highly-regarded for his lucid, dynamic translations and explanations of Buddhist religious and philosophical material, particularly that pertaining to the Gelukpa (dge-lugs-pa) school of Tibetan Buddhism and its founder, Je Tsong Khapa including Tsong Khapa's Speech of Gold: Reason and Enlightenment in the Central Philosophy of Tibet, The Tibetan Book of the Dead, Essential Tibetan Buddhism, and his most recent, Inner Revolution: Life, Liberty, and the Pursuit of Real Happiness.
Works
★ ''The Central Philosophy of Tibet: A Study and Translation of Jey Tsong Khapa's 'Essence of True Eloquence' (Princeton Library of Asian Translations, Princeton University Press, 1991)
★ ''The Tibetan Book of the Dead'' (Bantam Doubleday Dell, 1994)
★ ''Wisdom and Compassion: The Sacred Art of Tibet'' (H. Abrams, 1996)
★ ''Tibetan Buddhism'' (HarperSanFrancisco, 1996, ISBN 0-7881-6757-X)
★ ''Mandala: The Architecture of Enlightenment'' (Shambhala Publications, 1997)
★ ''Worlds of Transformation: Tibetan Art of Wisdom and Compassion'' (Harry N. Abrams, 1999)
★ ''Inner Revolution: Life, Liberty, and the Pursuit of Real Happiness'' (Penguin, 1999)
★ ''The Holy Teaching of Vimalakirti: A Mahayana Scripture'' (translated by Robert Thurman, Pennsylvania State University Press, 2000, ISBN 0-271-01209-9)
★ ''Circling the Sacred Mountain: A Spiritual Adventure Through the Himalayas'' co-authored with Tad Wise (Bantam Doubleday Dell, 1999)
★ ''Infinite Life: Seven Virtues for Living Well'' (Riverhead Books, 2004, ISBN 1-57322-267-4)
★ ''The Jewel Tree of Tibet: The Enlightenment Engine of Tibetan Buddhism'' (Free Press, Simon Schuster, 2005)
★ ''Anger'' (Oxford University Press, 2005, ISBN 0-19-516975-1)
Multimedia
★ The Bob Thurman Podcast
★ Thurman, Robert (1999). Robert A.F. Thurman on Buddhism. DVD. ASIN B00005Y721.
★ Thurman, Robert (2002). Robert Thurman on Tibet. DVD. ASIN B00005Y722.
References
1. http://www.wargs.com/other/thurman.html
2. Robert Alexander Farrar Thurman. ''Contemporary Authors Online'', Gale, 2007.
3. Time's 25 most influential Americans. ''Time'', 21 April 1997
External links
★ Bob Thurman Authorized web site
★ The Bob Thurman Podcast
★ Thurman Web Site
★ Video of an energetic talk about Buddhism and education at Columbia
★ Thurman's Interview with the Dalai Lama in Mother Jones
★ Bob Thurman: Becoming Buddha -- on the Web TED, Dec. 2006
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