Great series , good graphics, check out the Wheel of Life.
Dr. Tao.




NPR : The Lessons of the Buddha: "The Lessons of the Buddha

Buddha's Wheel of Life

* Multimedia Slideshow: Take a tour of Buddha's Wheel of Life with Robert Thurman.




NPR.org, January 23, 2006 · Three experts on Buddhism -- a scholar, and anthropologist, and a former monk and translator for the Dalai Lama -- talk to Bill McQuay about the finer points of some of the religion's core concepts, such as reincarnation and karma. Learn more about each expert, and hear them address how making pilgrimages like the journey around Kawakarpo are central to the faith:
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Robert Thurman

Robert Thurman
Bill McQuay, NPR

Robert Thurman

* BobThurman.com




Thurman on Buddhism:

* The legend of the Wheel of Life
* Mountain passes and the weight of sin
* Buddhism as a science of the mind
* Day-to-day enlightenment
* This life is an evolutionary step
* Tibet's shift from militaristic to monastic
* Pilgrimage cleanses lifetimes of negative karma
* Touring the Buddha in northern India
* How to attain the status of Buddha
* Afterlife vs. 'the between' life




Robert A.F. Thurman is the Jey Tsong Khapa Professor of Indo-Tibetan Buddhist Studies in the Department of Religion at Columbia University. He is also 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, dedicated to the publication of translations of important texts from the Tibetan Tanjur.

Thurman also translates important Tibetan and Sanskrit philosophical writings and lectures and writes on Buddhism, particularly Tibetan Buddhism. He's also an expert on Asian history, particularly the history of monasteries in the Asian civilization.

Thurman's writings focus on the 'inner revolution' of both individuals and societies to discover the true nature of reality, and"