Thurman, Robert

Robert Thurman is the author of the critically acclaimed, popular original books "Inner Revolution" and "Infinite Life" and a translator of sacred Tibetan texts, including "The Essence of True Eloquence" and "The Tibetan Book of the Dead." He teaches at Columbia University and holds the first endowed chair in Indo-Tibetan Buddhist Studies in America. Cofounder of Tibet House US and Menla Mountain Retreat Center, he lives in New York City and Woodstock, New York.