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Robert Thurman
AuthorBooks · Second handSince 1941
Robert Alexander Farrar Thurman is an American Buddhist author and academic who has written, edited, and translated several books on Tibetan Buddhism. He was the Je Tsongkhapa Professor of Indo-Tibetan Buddhist Studies at Columbia University, before retiring in June 2019. He was the first endowed chair in Buddhist Studies in the West. He also is the co-founder and president of the Tibet House US New York. He translated the Vimalakirti Sutra from the Tibetan Kanjur into English. He is the father of actress Uma Thurman and grandfather of Maya Hawke.
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Robert Thurman was born in New York in 1941 and is a renowned American academic and writer.
His work as a university professor and translator has been instrumental in bringing Buddhism to Western audiences.
He is an expert in Buddhist studies and has dedicated much of his career to researching spiritual and religious life.
His most notable work, The Dalai Lama's Little Book of Mysticism, reflects his deep knowledge of the subject.
Throughout his career, he has published 48 works and served as a museum curator and exhibition organizer.