Messages From Bob

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 addition to each of the many honors he has received, he has personally met, impressed, and touched the heart of kings and queens, prime ministers, […]
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 world on behalf of his people. Each statement is a heartfelt call to recognize the truth and the factual reality of Tibet’s history and situation; […]

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 his educational training in childhood to ascend to the height of Buddhist learning and the political leadership of Tibet. He attains maturity and bodhisattvic power just […]

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 need of funds to address the situation on the ground there in Nepal: Save The Children’s Nepal Earthquake Children’s Relief Fund will help the organization […]

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 is their love .” But where are today’s philosophers to be found? Too many have almost forgotten that Science and Technology are mere children, that […]