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My name is Robert Thurman

Robert Thurman is Professor of Indo-Tibetan Buddhist Studies in the Department of Religion at Columbia University, President of Tibet House US, a non-profit organization dedicated to the preservation and promotion of Tibetan civilization, and President of the American Institute of Buddhist Studies. The New York Times recently hailed him as “the leading American expert on Tibetan Buddhism.”

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What the Dalai Lama Would Say to Iranians
“A petty little tyrant like Ahmadinejad” could be toppled depending on U.S. actions in the region.
What is your question?
What is your question?
"Why am I not happy"

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Robert Thurman posted a Video at 12:55pm on June 24, 2009

Robert Thurman: "It's the moral high ground which is our only hope."

Robert Thurman: "It's the moral high ground which is our only hope."

“A petty little tyrant like Ahmadinejad” could be toppled depending on U.S. actions in the region.

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Robert Thurman posted a Video at 7:39am on December 19, 2007

What is your question?

What is your question?

"Why am I not happy"

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Robert Thurman posted a Video at 7:22am on December 19, 2007

What is your counsel?

What is your counsel?

Thurman's advice is, that even in the midst of life's gloom and doom, we should try to, "figure out how to understand things to be so joyful, that even if they kill you you'll die happy.

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Robert Thurman posted a Video at 7:01am on December 18, 2007

Life as Art

Life as Art

Robert Thurman compares life to art.

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Robert Thurman posted a Video at 4:47am on December 18, 2007

Where is China Today?

Where is China Today?

Thurman talks about what he loves about Chinese Civilization and China today.

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Robert Thurman posted a Video at 4:47am on December 18, 2007

If you had $100 billion, how would you spend it?

If you had $100 billion, how would you spend it?

Thurman would go after the media and reestablish the Fairness Doctrine.

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Robert Thurman posted a Video at 4:47am on December 18, 2007

What needs to change about American media?

What needs to change about American media?

Thurman talks about what needs to change in media and its affect on the political process.

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Robert Thurman posted a Video at 4:46am on December 18, 2007

Is the American Political system broken?

Is the American Political system broken?

Thurman talks about what we need to do to fix it.

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Robert Thurman posted a Video at 4:46am on December 18, 2007

What is your outlook?

What is your outlook?

Thurman talks about a recurring dream and why hes worried it will not become a reality.

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Robert Thurman posted a Video at 4:46am on December 18, 2007

American Identity

American Identity

Thurman talks about how the United States was once the closest country in history to achieve certain Buddhist ideals, but that it has been subverted.

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