Messages From Bob

The Somatic Primer Podcast Interview with Bryson Newell & Robert Thurman

September 28, 2022

The platform is a continuing education program that uses his experience in meditation and the somatic arts as the basis for the show. The Somatic Primer Podcast promotes cross discipline […]

The Ageless Wisdom Mystery School: Tibetan Buddhism with Michael Benner & Robert A.F. Thurman

July 14, 2022

The Ageless Wisdom with Michael Benner is a non-religious approach to spirituality, the nature of the Soul, and the development of consciousness. Also known as the Perennial Philosophy, Esoteric Philosophy, […]

Mindrolling: Wisdom Is Bliss Four Friendly Facts That Can Change Your Life Dialogue with Raghu Markus & Bob Thurman

October 15, 2021

Raghu and Robert catch up, as it’s been some time since their last conversation. They discuss Robert’s connection to the Dalai Lama, and how His Holiness is all about the […]

Wisdom is Bliss on WAMC Radio with Joe Donahue & Bob Thurman

September 14, 2021

Joe Donahue talks to people on the radio for a living. In addition to countless impressive human “gets” – he has talked to a lot of Muppets. Joe grew up […]

Finding Bliss with Bob Thurman & The One You Feed Podcast

September 10, 2021

The One You Feed podcast uses the parable of two wolves at battle within us as a jumping-off point for meaningful discussions about how to live skilfully amidst life’s inherent […]

Support Tibetan Doctors with the Medicine Buddha Mobile Ap and Tibet House US Menla

August 22, 2021

Help celebrate the launch of the Medicine Buddha App, which allows you to book online consultations with Tibetan doctors and wellness practitioners! Through a THUS | Menla’s sponsorship, this app […]

Buddhist Guide to Being a Better Person with Bob Thurman

August 18, 2021

“You engage in your world joyously. When you wake up in this way, you effectively help everyone you encounter come to enjoy the very same bliss, which you see they […]

The Astral Hustle with Cory Allen & Robert A.F. Thurman

August 13, 2021

Find out how to live better, with less suffering, and more awareness with The Astral Hustle Podcast’s Cory Allen, author, meditation teacher, and music producer-as he asks leading experts in […]

Blue Sky Common Sense: Bob Thurman on Substack

August 3, 2021

Prof. Robert A. F. Thurman is pleased to announce that his book, “Wisdom Is Bliss, Four Friendly Fun Facts That Can Change Your Life” has come out on August 3rd, […]

Pre-Order Wisdom Is Bliss: Four Friendly Fun Facts That Can Change Your Life

July 14, 2021

“Robert Thurman is a living treasure, one of today’s most provocative spiritual thinkers.” – Daniel Goleman, author of Emotional Intelligence Buddha had to be an educator, rather than a prophet […]

Skeptic’s Path to Enlightenment: Ten Questions with Dr. Robert Thurman

January 28, 2021

Buddhist scholar Dr. Robert A.F. Thurman answers 10 profound questions: What is the nature of time? What is enlightenment? Why is there no evidence for “nothing?” What is a psychonaut? […]

The Life Adventures of Tenzin Bob: The Jai Dev Show Interview with Robert A.F. Thurman

December 17, 2020

Bob’s life story is extraordinary and in this episode of the podcast, he takes us through many of its amazing stories. This two-hour episode is filled with gems of wisdom, […]

Liberation Through Understanding in the Between: Tibetan Book of the Dead Read by Bob Thurman

October 16, 2020

PRH Audio · The Tibetan Book of the Dead by Robert Thurman, read by Robert Thurman The most accessible and informative version of the Buddhist classic available in English, with […]

Spirit Matters Interview with Robert Thurman by Philip Goldberg & Dennis Raimondi

October 7, 2020

Spirit Matters Talk · Robert Thurman The spiritual landscape has never been more diverse, more eclectic, more individualized or more internally focused. Spirit matters, and in our open-source world, matters […]

The Believer Interview with Robert Thurman by Jane Ratcliffe Illustration by Samar Haddad

The Believer Interview with Robert A.F. Thurman
by Jane Ratcliffe

October 1, 2020

I first met Robert Thurman at a repurposed Boy Scout camp in the middle of the Michigan woods in the early ’90s. It was the annual summer retreat for the […]

Exploring Tibetan Buddhism: Bob Thurman Open Heart Conversation with Unity Radio

August 12, 2020

For nearly 2,500 years, the world has heard about a man called the Buddha, a prince who gave up his kingdom to become a monk and is said to have […]

Indian & Tibetan River of Buddhism :
Robert Thurman | EdX

February 29, 2020

Explore an overview of the history and philosophy of Buddhism throughout India, South and Southeast Asia, Tibet, and Central Asia, featuring the basics of the Buddhist view of reality and […]

Cultivating Compassion : Robert A.F. Thurman | Wildmind

October 29, 2019

I want to open by quoting Einstein’s wonderful statement, just so people will feel at ease that the great scientist of the 20th century also agrees with us, and also […]

“Buddhism As Education” Images by Aaron Burden on Unsplash

Buddhism As Education : Robert A.F. Thurman | Ikeda Center

October 18, 2019

The essence of the human being is that it is a form of life that has the opportunity to evolve to a new state of being — a non-egotistical, enlightened […]

Fear The Right Thing : Robert A.F. Thurman | Lion’s Roar

September 15, 2019

We all think that fear is awful and painful, yet the Buddhists — the master psychologists for thousands of years—don’t include fear in the long list of mental afflictions contained […]

WAMC Book Show Man Of Peace Interview with Joe Donahue

January 9, 2018

In this WAMC Bookshow Interview Joe Donahue & Professor Thurman discuss the Tibet House US Graphic Novel “Man of Peace: The Illustrated Life Story of Tibet’s Dalai Lama” which presents […]

Central Philosophy of Tibet: Audio Class

August 12, 2017

An audio class taught by Prof Robert Thurman at Columbia University, focusing mainly on his book ‘The Central Philosophy of Tibet – a study and translation of Jey Tsong Khapa’s […]

Danny Fisher Shambhala SunSpace Interview

August 10, 2017

Rev. Danny Fisher, M.Div., D.B.S. (Cand.), is a professor and Coordinator of the Buddhist Chaplaincy Program at University of the West. Prior to his appointment at UWest, he served on the […]

Dalai Lama Mother Jones Interview by Robert AF Thurman

August 5, 2017

When the Dalai Lama Accepted the 1989 Nobel Peace Prize for his work on global human rights — particularly for his ceaseless efforts to free his country from Chinese rule […]

On Being Interview with Sharon Salzberg & Robert Thurman by Krista Tippett

July 16, 2017

In a conversation filled with laughter and friendship, Sharon Salzberg & Robert Thurman share much practical wisdom on how we relate to that which makes us feel embattled from without, […]

Tibetan Culture as World Treasure: Interview with Joe Donahue

July 2, 2017

In this WAMC Radio Round Table Interview Joe Donahue speaks to Robert A.F. Thurman about Tibet, it’s unique culture & the intellectual treasures the Tibetans preserved from India. Detailing the […]

The It’s All Happening Podcast Interview with Zach Leary & Robert AF Thurman

June 21, 2017

The brilliance and poetic spiritual genius of Robert Thurman is revealed on this episode of the podcast. Bob beamed in from his abode in NYC and took me on a […]

Man Of Peace Mindrolling Podcast Interview with Raghu Markus + Robert Thurman on The Be Here Network

June 12, 2017

It is easy for anger to emerge when we begin to move our attention to social action, especially so in today’s political climate. In this podcast Robert talks about how […]

Man of Peace Graphic Novel Book Launch Livestream

March 9, 2017

Visionary Man of Peace: An Interview with Dalai Lama

October 27, 2015

The Dalai Lama should certainly be included in any international register of the ten most influential living people in the world, much more so than many heads of state. In […]

My Appeal To The World by HH Dalai Lama

July 6, 2015

Every March 10th, from 1961 until 2011, in commemoration of the greatest uprising of the Tibetan people against the Chinese military occupation, the Dalai Lama delivered an appeal to the […]

Man Of Peace Graphic Novel: Illustrated Life of HH Dalai Lama

June 17, 2015

The story of the Fourteenth Dalai Lama, the world’s foremost proponent of peace and nonviolence, as depicted in this full-color graphic novel, tells in its second and third parts of […]

A Prayer for Nepal & A Call To Action by Robert AF Thurman

June 3, 2015

For those of you who are able and willing to help financially Tibet House US has compiled a list of links to effective and reliable relief efforts that stand in […]

Tsongkhapa, Father Philo & Mother Sophia: Bob Thurman Podcast

May 16, 2015

First, Tsongkhapa’s Essence of True Eloquence is a work of “philosophy,” and hence a communication to “philosophers” in the true sense of the title, as “lovers of wisdom, whose wisdom […]

Buddhism’s Rise & The Development of Vajrayana

May 1, 2015

Around four hundred years after the Buddha had left his body, the Sangha institution had produced many, many free people. And these free people, in a social feedback loop, had […]

Gurus & Teachers with Gelek Rimpoche: Bob Thurman Podcast

April 26, 2015

In most levels of Buddhism the authority and projection level of the mentor or teacher is de-emphasized because the burden is on the students to find things out for themselves, […]

Vipassana Meditation & Realization: Bob Thurman Podcast

April 17, 2015

The bottom line is that you can take responsibility for how you occupy your mind. You can convert negativity into positivity in your life by opening yourself up to the […]

Buddha’s Jewel Community: The Freedom of Asceticism

April 9, 2015

The monastic social movement that emerged from the Axial Age in India swept throughout Asia, transforming the landscapes, the cultures, and the politics of all its nations, as well as […]

Lucid Dying with the Tibetan Book of the Dead

March 31, 2015

Years ago my original teacher, the Venerable Geshe Ngawang Wangyal of the Labsum Shedrub Monastery, gave me a copy of a Tibetan volume printed in India, entitled The Tibetan Book […]

The Truth of Bliss: Bob Thurman Podcast

March 28, 2015

No sane person fears nothingness. It might be boring. It might not be delightful. But at least it should be restful, peaceful, and painless. And relative to all the troubles […]