Robert A. F. Thurman

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Meditation and Education: India, Tibet, and Modern America.
This article explores Asian traditions of meditation, with particular attention to Buddhism as it was developed in ancient India. It delineates a core curriculum, initially developed in monastic… Expand
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Inner Revolution: Life, Liberty, and the Pursuit of Real Happiness
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The Tibetan Book of the Dead
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Pointing out the great way : the stages of meditation in the mahāmudrā tradition
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MindScience : an East-West dialogue
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The Holy Teaching of Vimalakirti, a Mahāyāna Scripture@@@The Holy Teaching of Vimalakirti, a Mahayana Scripture
The translation in non-technical English of the Tibetan version of this key Buddhist scripture is more faithful to the original Sanskrit than the Chinese texts. It is clearer (for one thing, it… Expand
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Wisdom and Compassion: The Sacred Art of Tibet
For centuries the priciples of Buddhism have inspired Tibetan artists to create some of the world's most sophisticated, profound and beautiful art. Tangkas, paintings, sculptures and mandalas provide… Expand
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Buddhist Hermeneutics
"Hermeneutics" as a philosophical discipline of rational interpretation of a traditional canon of Sacred Scriptures authoritative for a religious community has usually been considered peculiar to the… Expand
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The Central Philosophy of Tibet: A Study and Translation of Jey Tsong Khapa's Essence of True Eloquence
This is the paperback edition of the first full study, translation, and critical annotation of the Essence of True Eloquence by Jey Tsong Khapa (1357-1419), universally acknowledged as the greatest… Expand
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Kindly Bent to Ease Us
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