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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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*The Central Philosophy of Tibet: A Study and Translation of Jey Tsong Khapa’s Essence of True Eloquence, Princeton University Press, 1984
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*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
*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
*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
*The Jewel Tree of Tibet: The Enlightenment Engine of Tibetan Buddhism, Free Press, Simon Schuster, 2005
*Anger, Oxford University Press, 2005,
*The Holy Teaching of Vimalakirti: A Mahayana Scripture, Pennsylvania State University Press, 2000


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*[http://www.aibs.columbia.edu/ American Institute of Buddhist Studies]
*[http://www.lotsawahouse.org/school/id155.html Glossary of terms used in Robert Thurman's translations]
 
 
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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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