In loving memory of our dear friend, Dr. Robert Thurman, Dakota shares a recent interview with him in which they explore the bardos and the joyful wisdom of seeing all beings as a Buddha.
You can help continue Dr. Thurman’s life’s work to preserve Tibetan culture. Visit Tibet House to learn more.
In this insightful & heart-opening episode, Dakota and Robert Thurman explore:
- Choosing love just as Ram Dass did
- How the Romans twisted the teachings of Jesus
- Becoming Jesus and doing something really good ourselves
- The connection between psychedelics and the bardos
- The healing that comes after collapse
- Adoring all things just as they are
- Feeling the spark of bliss and connection
- Art as a spiritual practice
- Taking responsibility for our next lives
- Life-long learning as the highest spiritual practice
“We have allowed the more heavily diluted people to take over and spread their misery over all of us. It will collapse, and we’ll heal them by taking away their power and letting them turn their attention to healing themselves.” —Dr. Robert Thurman
About Dr. Robert Thurman:
Robert Thurman (1941-2026) was an American Buddhist author and academic who wrote, edited, and translated many books on Tibetan Buddhism. He was the Je Tsongkhapa Professor of Indo-Tibetan Buddhist Studies at Columbia University, before retiring in June 2019. He held the first endowed chair in Buddhist Studies in the West. After education at Philips Exeter and Harvard, he studied Tibet and Tibetan Buddhism for almost thirty years as a personal student of His Holiness the Dalai Lama. He wrote both scholarly and popular books and lectured widely all over the world. As President of the American Institute for Buddhist Studies, he convened the First Inner Science Conference with His Holiness the Dalai Lama at Amherst College in 1984. He was also a founding trustee of Tibet House New York. Check out his most recent book Wisdom Is Bliss: Four Friendly Fun Facts That Can Change Your Life.
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