Bob Thurman Podcast
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Sinopsis
Professor Robert A.F. Tenzin Thurmans official podcast covering diverse topics including Tibetan Buddhism, Buddhist Studies, spirituality, Tibetan Culture, Asian history, philosophy, Eastern Ideas, and His Holiness the Dalai Lama. These podcasts include original content as well as selected highlights from his lectures and presentations given around the world. Thurman is a recognized worldwide authority on these subjects and is an eloquent advocate of the relevance of Eastern ideas to our daily lives. He is a leading voice of the value of reason, peace and compassion. He was named one of Time magazines 25 most influential Americans and has been profiled by The New York Times and People Magazine.
Episodios
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It’s Your Choice: to Be Happy, or to Be Miserable – Ep 69
03/06/2016In this podcast Professor Thurman reads and comments on an excerpt from The Avataṃsaka Sutra, which describes a cosmos of realms enfolding realms, infinite world systems mutually containing one another. Professor Thurman teaches that […]
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Genesis of Buddhism in Tibet – Ep 68
27/05/2016In this podcast Professor Thurman talks about causes and conditions which brought about Buddha’s teaching in Tibet, and how Buddhism transformed society. This episode was recorded on November 11, 2015 […]
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The Four Noble Truths & the Eightfold Path – Ep 67
21/05/2016 Duración: 21minIn this episode Professor Thurman explains the cornerstone teachings of the Buddha: the teaching about the Four Noble Truths, and the teaching about the Eightfold Path. This episode is an […]
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Do We Need to Believe in Past & Future Lives to Become Enlightened? – Ep. 66
13/05/2016Should we abandon traditional Buddhist views unproven by scientific materialism, labeling them antiquated and irrelevant? What would be the implications of doing so for our study and practice? This episode is an […]
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Transcendent Wisdom & Transcendent Love – Ep 65
07/05/2016In this episode Professor Thurman explains the concept of “intrinsic reality” and how it is different from the concept of “relational reality.” He continues by explaining “emptiness,” how it has […]
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Vimalakīrti’s Verses : Buddhalands – Ep. 64
29/04/2016In this podcast Professor Thurman explains what are Buddhalands and talks about different Buddhalands, based on the Vimalakirti Sutra, which he translated and has been teaching for nearly forty years. […]
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Eight Stages of Dissolution into Death – Ep. 63
23/04/2016According to Tibetan Buddhism, when we lose consciousness and faint, or fall asleep, we go through the same eight stages, but we don’t normally notice this process. In this podcast […]
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Life of Shakyamuni Buddha : Buddhist History 101 – Ep. 62
15/04/2016In this podcast Professor Thurman gives a brilliant compelling account of Buddha’s birth and path to Enlightenment. The account is enriched by his wide-ranging scholarship and familiarity with so many […]
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Three Kinds of Giving : Buddhism 101 – Ep. 61
08/04/2016Tibetan Buddhism teaches that there are three kinds of giving: the giving of material objects, the giving of security and protection, and the giving of teaching. The giving of teaching […]
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Guru: A Boss Or A Friend? – Ep. 60
01/04/2016The Indian word “guru” means “heavy” in Sanskrit, reflecting an understanding from the Indian society of Buddha’s time, in which the guru figure was an authority or a father figure. […]
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Anger Management for Women – Ep. 59
26/03/2016In Professor Thurman’s view, men in our society are socialized to express their anger more readily than women and are expected to be generally more dominating. Women are socialized to […]
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Sacred Feminine & Masculine : Buddhism 101 – Ep. 58
19/03/2016In this episode Professor Thurman shares some secrets of a long marriage, talks about the relationship between sacred feminine and sacred masculine, and about the balance of the feminine and […]
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Is the Goal of Buddhism to Become Nobody? – Ep. 57
11/03/2016The reason why we sometimes think that the goal of Buddhism is just to become nobody is because we don’t understand the concept of selflessness. Selflessness does not mean that […]
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Darwin, Marx, Freud & Buddha – Ep. 56
05/03/2016In this podcast Professor Thurman discusses how the ideas of Darwin, Marx and Freud, although brilliant, are based on a rather despondent bottom line assessment: that we as humans are a […]
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Buddhist Inner Sciences 101: Three Luminosities – Ep. 55
25/02/2016In this episode Professor Thurman talks about a coarse, subtle and super subtle body-mind. He then explains the Tibetan Buddhist concept of “three luminosities”: the states of consciousness, which can be experienced […]
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Why Be Mindful : Buddhism 101 – Ep. 54
19/02/2016In this episode Robert A.F. Thurman discusses the meditation practices of the mindful revolution from a Buddhist perspective. He discusses its influence on the mind and some different ways it […]
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We Can Make Miraculous Change – A Special Losar Podcast
12/02/2016“We must make miraculous change, and the planet will be better than ever,” – Professor Thurman greets us with this positive message in this special podcast, recorded for the occasion […]
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Universal Militarism Versus Demilitarized Society – Ep. 53
05/02/2016According to Professor Thurman, the only effective institutional opposition to militarism in the history of humanity has been monasticism. He argues that monastic institutions enable the inversion of warriors. The […]
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Pureland and Lotus Sutras : Buddhism 101 – Ep. 52
29/01/2016In this podcast Professor Thurman talks about the history and meaning of the Pureland Sutra and the Lotus Sutra. Sutras are canonical scriptures, regarded as records of the oral teachings […]
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MLK, Buddhism and Non-Violence – Ep. 51
21/01/2016In this podcast Professor Robert A.F. Thurman shares his knowledge of the history of non-violence & Buddhism and their influence on the social and ethical development in the countries where […]