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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: "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.

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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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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