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'''Robert A.F. Thurman''' is the Jey Tsong Khapa Professor of Indo-Tibetan Buddhist Studies in the Department of Religion at Columbia University, President of the Tibet House U.S., a non-profit organization dedicated to the preservation and promotion of Tibetan civilization, and President of the American Institute of Buddhist Studies, a non-profit affiliated with the Center for Buddhist Studies at Columbia University and dedicated to the publication of translations of important texts from the Tibetan Tanjur.  
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===Short Biography===
Important [[Dzogchen]] master; root guru of both [[Longchenpa]] and the [[3rd Karmapa]] [[Rangjung Dorje]], to whom he taught the [[Vima Nyingthig]] cycle, one section of what was later to become the [[Nyingthig Yabshi]].


Professor Thurman also translates important Tibetan and Sanskrit philosophical writings and lectures and writes on Buddhism, particularly Tibetan Buddhism; on Asian history, particularly the history of the monastic institution in the Asian civilization; and on critical philosophy, with a focus on the dialogue between the material and inner sciences of the world's religious traditions.
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Short Biography

Important Dzogchen master; root guru of both Longchenpa and the 3rd Karmapa Rangjung Dorje, to whom he taught the Vima Nyingthig cycle, one section of what was later to become the Nyingthig Yabshi.

Literary Works

Main Teachers

Main Students

Main Lineages

Alternate Names & Spellings

Other Reference Sources

Internal Links

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External Links