Buddhist Scholar Robert Thurman Speaking In Bangkok Today

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  Dharma teaching by Professor Robert Thurman

  Today, 5-7 pm, Buddhadasa Indapanno Archives, Main meditation hall, 2nd fl.
  
  'The Noble Teaching of Vimalakīrti Mahāyāna Sūtra, and its implications for the relationship between Theravada and Mahāyāna Buddhisms'
  
  Four months after the Dialogue between His Holiness the Dalai Lama and Thai Buddhists was held in Delhi, and two months after his first dharma talk at BIA -'Buddhism in The Present Era of Global Crisis: Thoughts in the Context of the Tibetan–Thai Buddhist Dialogue', we are honoured to welcome Professor Thurman again and hope that these two sessions on April 27th and 28th will interest and benefit many.
  
  Suggested readings for both sessions:
  
  Vimalakīrti Nirdeśa Sūtra:
  http://huntingtonarchive.osu.edu/resources/downloads/sutras/06lotusVimalakirti/Vimalakirti%20Nirdesha%20Sutra.pdf
  
  Samaññaphala Sutta: The Fruits of the Contemplative Life
  http://www.accesstoinsight.org/tipitaka/dn/dn.02.0.than.html
  
  
  About Professor Robert Thurman:
  
  Robert A.F. Thurman is the Jey Tsong Khapa Professor of Indo-Tibetan Buddhist Studies in the Department of Religion at Columbia University, President of the Tibet House U.S., a non-profit organization dedicated to the preservation and promotion of Tibetan civilization, and President of the American Institute of Buddhist Studies, a non-profit affiliated with the Center for Buddhist Studies at Columbia University and dedicated to the publication of translations of important texts from the Tibetan Tengyur.
  
  Time chose Professor Thurman as one of its 25 most influential Americans in 1997, describing him as a "larger than life scholar-activist destined to convey the Dharma, the precious teachings of Siddhartha, from Asia to America." The New York Times recently said Thurman "is considered the leading American expert on Tibetan Buddhism."
  
  Thurman is known as a talented popularizer of the Buddha's teachings. He is a riveting speaker and an author of many books on Tibet, Buddhism, art, politics and culture, including The Central Philosophy of Tibet, Circling the Sacred Mountain, Essential Tibetan Buddhism, The Tibetan Book of the Dead, Wisdom and Compassion: The Sacred Art of Tibet, Worlds of Transformation, Inner Revolution, , Infinite Life, and, most recently, Why The Dalai Lama Matters: His Act of Truth as the Solution for China, Tibet, and the World.
  
  Thurman's work and insights are grounded in more than 40 years of serious academic scholarship and lay Buddhist practice. He has a B.A., A.M. and Ph.D. degrees from Harvard, studied in Tibetan Buddhist monasteries in India and the United States, and received a Vakpati degree from Central University of Tibetan Studies in Sarnath, India. A long-time advocate of Buddhist monasticism, in 1965, Thurman became the first American ordained as a Tibetan Buddhist monk; since returned to ordained lay status.
  
  
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  To see videos of the Dialogue between His Holiness the Dalai Lama and Thai Buddhists:
  
  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GhE0hYk_qeU&list=PLd2YREITF_yndNxxsUxuWVTFTPjmcMlQK&index=1
  
  
  Pre-registration for these two dhamma sessions is not necessary
  
  
  Cost:
  
  Free of charge. Donations will be accepted.
  
  Location:
  
  Suan Mokkh Bangkok - BIA is a 10 minute walk from the MRT Pahon Yothin Station (exit 3) and a 25 minute walk through the park from BTS Mochit Station.
  MAP: http://goo.gl/maps/GkDI
  
  Contact for information: [email protected]