Inner Revolution: Life, Liberty, and the Pursuit of Real Happiness - Hardcover

Thurman, Robert

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1573220906 ISBN 13: 9781573220903

Publisher: Riverhead Hardcover, 1998

Synopsis

The first American Tibetan Buddhist monk shares his own philosophies for enlightening readers and the world, based on a thirty-year friendship with the Dalai Lama and firsthand experience of the social revolutions of India, China, and Tibet. 40,000 first printing.

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Review:

Buddhist scholar Robert Thurman (yes, he is the father of Uma) was named one of Time magazine's 25 most influential people in 1997. Here's why: Thurman has a knack for helping laymen understand the teachings and history of Buddhism while also explaining why it has taken root in the West. Thurman was the first Westerner to be ordained as a monk in the Tibetan Buddhist tradition after studying under the Dalai Lama in 1964. In this highly polished memoir he tells the story of his pupilage under His Holiness, which was a frolic in Sunday school compared to the task of integrating Buddhism into cold war America. This is an optimistic and highly satisfying discussion of how Buddhism has shaped the life of one fascinating scholar as well as the course of Western spirituality. --Gail Hudson

About the Author:

Robert Thurman, a college professor and writer for 30 years, holds the first owed chair in Indo-Tibetan Buddhist Studies in America at Columbia University. A co-founder and the president of Tibet House New York, an organization dedicated to preserving the angered civilization of Tibet, he is also the author of Infinite Life. Thurman was the first Western Tibetan Buddhist monk, is the co-founder and president of the Tibet House in New York, and shares a close, 35-year friendship with the Dalai Lama.

About this edition

• Publisher: Riverhead Hardcover
• Publication date: 1998
• ISBN 10: 1573220906
• ISBN 13: 9781573220903
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 322