Robert Thurman
American Buddhist writer and academic (1941-2026) · United States · Writers · Died at 84
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Something wrong?Robert Alexander Farrar Thurman was an American Buddhist author and academic who wrote, edited and translated books about Tibetan Buddhism. He was the Je Tsongkhapa Professor of Indo-Tibetan Buddhist Studies at Columbia University, before retiring in 2019.
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Robert Alexander Farrar Thurman was an American Buddhist author and academic who wrote, edited and translated books about Tibetan Buddhism. He was the Je Tsongkhapa Professor of Indo-Tibetan Buddhist Studies at Columbia University, before retiring in 2019. He held the first endowed chair in Buddhist Studies in the West. He was the co-founder and president of Tibet House US, New York, and its Menla Retreat & Dewa Spa in Phoenicia, New York. He translated the Vimalakirti Sutra from the Tibetan Kangyur into English. He was the father of actress Uma Thurman, and grandfather of Maya Hawke.
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