Bob Thurman Podcast

Lam Rim Video #1

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Bob describes how one's encounter with another of a different consciousness is the first step on the path of obtaining enlightenment. Recorded at Tibet House US, NYC, October 2006.

#18 The Bob Thurman Podcast - Lam Rim II

In this series of podcasts, Robert Thurman will discuss in detail the three stages of the Lam Rim. The first stage, renunciation, occurs upon recognition that the nature of all unenlightened life is suffering, from which one can generate a strong transcendence based on the determination to be free from suffering. Recorded at Tibet House US, October 18, 2006.
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#17 The Bob Thurman Podcast - Lam Rim I

In this series of podcasts, Robert Thurman will discuss in detail the three stages of the Lam Rim. The first stage, renunciation, occurs upon recognition that the nature of all unenlightened life is suffering, from which one can generate a strong transcendence based on the determination to be free from suffering. Recorded at Tibet House US, October 18, 2006.


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#16 The Bob Thurman Podcast

In this third and final podcast on the Bhutanese concept of Gross National Happiness, Bob warns of the loss of enlightenment education in the culture when Bhutanese schools teach Western Science's reality picture, which is more akin to materialism than Buddhism. Recorded in Bhutan, November 2005.


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#15 The Bob Thurman Podcast

In this second of three podcasts on the Bhutanese concept of Gross National Happiness, Bob discusses the non-existance of "nothingness" and how "development" under the Bhutanese constitution means the development of the happiness of its people.
Recorded in Bhutan, November 2005.


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#14 The Bob Thurman Podcast

In this first of three podcasts on the Bhutanese concept of Gross National Happiness, Bob asks, "What is Buddhism?" He explains how Buddhism is, contrary to popular thought, not a religion based on any type of faith or belief. Rather, Buddhism is a way of understanding the true nature of reality through wisdom. Recorded in Bhutan, November 2005.


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