Robert A F Thurman
Biographic Data
| ID | 1256295 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Robert A F Thurman |
| GIVEN NAMES | Robert A F |
| FAMILY NAME | Thurman |
| SIGNATURE | THURMAN R A F |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 14 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 2 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 13 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1977 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2021 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
The Central Philosophy of Tibet: A Study and Translation of Jey Tsong Khapa's Essence of True Eloquence
A course taught by Prof Robert Thurman at Columbia University, focusing mainly on his book 'The Central Philosophy of Tibet - a study and translation of Jey Tsong Khapa's Essence of True Eloquence (tib: drang nges legs bshad snying po)', but also addressing material in Jey Tsong Khapa's Ocean of Reasoning (tib: rigs pa'i rgya mtso) as translated by Geshe Ngawang Samten and J Garfield, and in Aryadeva's Four Hundred Stanzas (skt: catuḥśataka, tib:…
Tibetan Buddhist Perspectives on Asceticism
What is missing here and should be included with mention of the athlete is mention of the warrior. It seems evident that an important source of asceticism is warrior training, as the life-and-death context of battle is what makes the heroic self-overcomings involved in asceticism realistic. Spiritual asceticism definitionally or essentially must be understood in parallel and contrast with military asceticism, tracing this polarity all the way bac…
Transcendence and The Sacred
Vajra Hermeneutics
Tsong Khapa's Speech of Gold in the Essence of True Eloquence: Reason and Enlightenment in the Central Philosophy of Tibet
"Tsong Khapa's Speech of Gold in the "Essence of True Eloquence
The Literature of the Madhyamaka School of Philosophy in India
Beyond Buddhism and Christianity
In all forms of Buddhism, there is a basic triad of religious practice, namely, view, meditation, and action (drsti-bhavana-carya). The earliest collection of Buddhist writings was into the Three Baskets, those of Discipline, Scripture, and Super-Doctrine (Vinaya-Sitra-Abhidharma), the three together called the Doctrinal Dharma (desana-dharma). Corresponding to these three baskets were the three spiritual educations (adhisiksf), those of ethical …
Dialectical Aspects in Buddhist Thought: Studies in Sino-Japanese Mahāyāna Idealism
The Holy Teaching of Vimalakirti, a Mahāyāna Scripture
Buddhist Hermeneutics
“Hermeneutics” as a philosophical discipline of rational interpretation of a traditional canon of Sacred Scriptures authoritative for a religious community has usually been considered peculiar to the West. This notion is anchored only in the misconception that “Eastern” thought is somehow “non-rational,” or “mystical,” hence excused from the burden of reconciling the tensions between some forms of authority and philosophical reason. Buddhism in p…
Visual Dharma: The Buddhist Art of Tibet
Kindly Bent to Ease Us
The Buddha
Buddhist Hermeneutics
“Hermeneutics” as a philosophical discipline of rational interpretation of a traditional canon of Sacred Scriptures authoritative for a religious community has usually been considered peculiar to the West. This notion is anchored only in the misconception that “Eastern” thought is somehow “non-rational,” or “mystical,” hence excused from the burden of reconciling the tensions between some forms of authority and philosophical reason. Buddhism in p…
Kindly Bent to Ease Us
The Buddha
Buddhist Hermeneutics
“Hermeneutics” as a philosophical discipline of rational interpretation of a traditional canon of Sacred Scriptures authoritative for a religious community has usually been considered peculiar to the West. This notion is anchored only in the misconception that “Eastern” thought is somehow “non-rational,” or “mystical,” hence excused from the burden of reconciling the tensions between some forms of authority and philosophical reason. Buddhism in p…
Visual Dharma: The Buddhist Art of Tibet
The Holy Teaching of Vimalakirti, a Mahāyāna Scripture
Dialectical Aspects in Buddhist Thought: Studies in Sino-Japanese Mahāyāna Idealism
Beyond Buddhism and Christianity
In all forms of Buddhism, there is a basic triad of religious practice, namely, view, meditation, and action (drsti-bhavana-carya). The earliest collection of Buddhist writings was into the Three Baskets, those of Discipline, Scripture, and Super-Doctrine (Vinaya-Sitra-Abhidharma), the three together called the Doctrinal Dharma (desana-dharma). Corresponding to these three baskets were the three spiritual educations (adhisiksf), those of ethical …
The Literature of the Madhyamaka School of Philosophy in India
"Tsong Khapa's Speech of Gold in the "Essence of True Eloquence
Vajra Hermeneutics
Tsong Khapa's Speech of Gold in the Essence of True Eloquence: Reason and Enlightenment in the Central Philosophy of Tibet
Transcendence and The Sacred
Tibetan Buddhist Perspectives on Asceticism
What is missing here and should be included with mention of the athlete is mention of the warrior. It seems evident that an important source of asceticism is warrior training, as the life-and-death context of battle is what makes the heroic self-overcomings involved in asceticism realistic. Spiritual asceticism definitionally or essentially must be understood in parallel and contrast with military asceticism, tracing this polarity all the way bac…
The Central Philosophy of Tibet: A Study and Translation of Jey Tsong Khapa's Essence of True Eloquence
A course taught by Prof Robert Thurman at Columbia University, focusing mainly on his book 'The Central Philosophy of Tibet - a study and translation of Jey Tsong Khapa's Essence of True Eloquence (tib: drang nges legs bshad snying po)', but also addressing material in Jey Tsong Khapa's Ocean of Reasoning (tib: rigs pa'i rgya mtso) as translated by Geshe Ngawang Samten and J Garfield, and in Aryadeva's Four Hundred Stanzas (skt: catuḥśataka, tib:…
Philosophy (13 works) · Indian and Buddhist Studies (10 works) · Theology (7 works) · Buddhism (6 works) · Chinese history and philosophy (5 works) · Art (4 works) · Epistemology (4 works) · History (4 works) · Hermeneutics (2 works) · Literature (2 works)