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 inner sciences & psychological wisdom found in the Tibetan Tengyur Professor Thurman connects the ancient wisdom to his recent book: Love Your Enemies: How to Break the Anger Habit & Be a Whole Lot Happier, co-authored by Sharon Salzberg.
This interview was done in conjunction with the talk “Tibetan Culture as World Treasure: What It Is, How It Came to Be, What Are Its Gifts Today” at the State University of New York at New Paltz that Professor Thurman gave on November 4th 2013. The lecture was presented jointly by the Dorsky and SUNY New Paltz’s Distinguished Speaker Series, in conjunction with The Dorsky exhibition, Anonymous: Contemporary Tibetan Art.
Joe Donahue Vice President, News and Programming of WAMC Radio 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 in Philadelphia, has been on the area airwaves for more than 25 years and currently lives in Washington County, NY with his wife, Kelly, and their dog, Brady. And yes, he reads every single book.
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