Robert Thurman
Also Known As: Robert A.F. Thurman, Professor Robert A.F. Thurman, Prof. Robert A.F. Thurman, Bob Thurman
Biography: Robert Alexander Farrar Thurman is an American Buddhist author and academic who has written, edited, and translated several books on Tibetan Buddhism. He held the first endowed chair in Buddhist Studies in the West, the Je Tsong Khapa Chair of Indo-Tibetan Buddhist Studies at Columbia University, until his retirement in June 2019.
Department: Acting
Place of Birth: New York City, New York, USA
Birthday: August 03, 1941
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Gender: Male
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Infinity: The Ultimate Trip - Journey Beyond Death
Overview: What happens after we pass from this world? Is there a life after this one? Or do we just disappear forever?
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2009-10-01
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Hamlet
Overview: Modern day adaptation of Shakespeare's immortal story about Hamlet's plight to avenge his father's murder in New York City.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2000-05-12
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The Art of Happiness
Overview: Sergio driving a taxi in a white Naples overflowing sadness and garbage. Pouring rain leads her clients through the city trying to process the death of his brother, who started ten years earlier for Tibet and never returned. A pop singer, a recycler of fragments of life, a radio announcer, an old uncle, alternate seats on its bearing, each in its own way, a trace of his brother loved. Stubborn not to go over and get lost in an endless race, Sergio is overwhelmed by memories and the music produced in pairs with Alfredo, which in Buddhism and in its foundations had found the strength to cope with the disease. Those notes that he believed buried and laid to always return overbearing and demanding a soundboard that resonate and express his being sound. Putting his hand on the piano, Sergio Alfredo feel again, giving the past with the present and realizing itself in the feeling.
Genres: Animation Drama
Original Language: it
Release Date: 2013-11-21
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God and Buddha: A Dialogue
Overview: In this fascinating and unusual conversation, writer and physician Deepak Chopra talks to religion professor Robert Thurman about the connections and differences between two of India's most important philosophical beliefs: Vedanta and Buddhism. Chopra explores the foundation of Vedanta, while Thurman -- the father of actress Uma Thurman -- provides the Buddhist point of view in this meeting held in 1999 at New York City's Tibet House.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1999-01-01
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Crazy Wisdom: The Life and Times of Chögyam Trungpa Rinpoche
Overview: CRAZY WISDOM explores the arrival of Tibetan Buddhism in America through the story of Chögyam Trungpa, who landed in the U.S. in 1970. Trungpa became renowned for translating ancient Buddhist concepts into language and ideas that Westerners could understand and shattered preconceived notions about how an enlightened teacher should behave. Initially rejected, his teachings are now recognized by western philosophers and spiritual leaders as authentic and profound.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2011-11-25
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Robert A.F. Thurman on Buddhism
Overview: Robert Thurman focuses on the Buddha, the Dharma and the Sangha in this three-part lecture series. He explains the Buddha as the teacher of enlightenment, the Dharma as the teaching and the Sangha as the historical and current community of learners. Robert Thurman is professor of Indo-Tibetan studies in the Department of Religion at Columbia University and one of the West's foremost scholars of Tibetan Buddhism.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1999-01-01
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Robert A.F. Thurman on Tibet
Overview: Robert Thurman, one of America's leading voices for sanity and peace in the new millennium, explores the history and culture of Tibet -- from its ancient past to modern times. Topics covered include the development of the monastic system, the institution of the Dalai Lama, modern Tibetan history, the Chinese invasion of Tibet and much more.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2002-07-02
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Tibetan Refugee
Overview: This documentary tells the tragic story surrounding one of the world's most influential spiritual leaders, the Dalai Lama, and the lengths to which people will go in order to experience his power Tibetan Refugee film. After the Chinese government forced him out of his native Tibet, the Dalai Lama settled in Northern India. Featuring interviews with scholars and those who made the same trek over the mighty Himalayas, TIBETAN REFUGEE is a testament to the power of the human spirit.
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Original Language: en
Release Date: 2004-03-30
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The Last Dalai Lama?
Overview: In his 1992 documentary "Compassion in Exile", filmmaker Mickey Lemle created a groundbreaking portrait of the 14th Dalai Lama. His new film takes a fresh look at what is important for His Holiness, who is now in his 80s: the historic confrontation between Tibet and China; his influence in political, spiritual and educational spheres; his work with neuroscientists; and his personal feelings on aging, dying and whether he will be the last Dalai Lama. His impact on the West has grown over the 25 years since the earlier film, and we see some of his influence at work in classes and scientific studies. Artfully weaving interviews and accounts from family, friends and people he inspired, this film vibrantly conveys the Dalai Lama’s humor, wisdom and compassion
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Original Language: en
Release Date: 2017-06-19
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Crazywise
Overview: Western culture treats mental disorders primarily through biomedical psychiatry, but filmmakers Phil Borges and Kevin Tomlinson reveal a growing movement of professionals and survivors who are forging alternative treatments that focus on recovery and turning mental “illness” into a positive transformative experience.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2017-06-06
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Free Tibet
Overview: A film about the Tibetan Freedom Concert in San Francisco in 1996.
Genres: Documentary Music
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1998-09-11
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