Robert Thurman’s Fundamental Buddhism is a collective group of 5 lectures he has particular on Buddhism. In these lectures, Thurman patiently will take aside each jewel of Buddhism: the Buddha as the teacher of enlightenment, the Dharma as the teaching, or enlightenment itself, and the Sangha as the traditional and current community of learners seeking to become Buddhas.

Robert A.F. Thurman may be the Jey Tsong Khapa Professor of Indo-Tibetan Buddhist Studies in the Department of Religion at Columbia School, President of the Tibet House U.S., a non-profit organization dedicated to the preservation and promotion of Tibetan civilization, and Leader of the American Institute of Buddhist Research. Thurman is known as a talented popularizer of the Buddha’s teachings. He’s a riveting speaker and an author of many books on Tibet, Buddhism, artwork, politics and culture