This Classic Course explores the unfolding from the genius and wisdom in each folks in the quest for the liberating insight into selflessness. In the framework of our modern quest for a fresh vision of fact, Robert Thurman discusses the deepest issues of truth and non-reality, transcendent as well as the relative. Dr. Thurman’s outstanding dissertation over the masterful works by the lighted Lama, Tsong Khapa (1357-1419) for the Buddhist Theory of Relativity get this to a fantastic must-have set of recordings.

Robert A.F. Thurman is the Jey Tsong Khapa Professor of Indo-Tibetan Buddhist Studies in the Division of Religion at Columbia College or university, President of the Tibet Home U.S., a nonprofit organization focused on the preservation and advertising 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 writer of many books on Tibet, Buddhism, artwork, politics and culture