Journey with Robert Thurman in Bhutan film

From MAD to MUD: Tibetan Buddhism and Nuclear Disarmament

Posted on June 13, 2012 by Emily Davidow

The recent Bob Thurman Podcast (#79), recorded during our Journey with Robert Thurman in Bhutan expedition, reveals the answers to two questions I am frequently asked regarding the film: What is the point of Buddhist education? And what does Bhutan have to do with Tibetan (or Vajrayana) Buddhism? The Bob Thurman Podcast – Episode 79 It also coincides with the twenty-fifth anniversary of the New Zealand Nuclear Free Zone, Disarmament, …

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Outtakes: Flagrantly Delicious

Posted on May 19, 2012 by Emily Davidow

Bob Thurman tells the story of Naropa, illustrating the Buddhist scientific view of reality as a benevolent, sustaining energy.

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Friendly Phalluses of Bhutan

Posted on May 13, 2012 by Emily Davidow

Io9’s recent article, “In Bhutan, friendly phalluses painted on houses scare off evil spirits,” has been making the rounds on all the social networks, causing me to reflect on all the friendly phalluses I encountered on our expedition. Fitting in nicely with the theme of our latest video outtakes post, orgasm and death, here are some of my favorite phalluses encountered while filming Journey with Robert Thurman in Bhutan. The …

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Special to the Prospector - After being on display in 2008 at the Smithsonian Folklife Festival in Washington D.C., an authentic Bhutanese Buddhist lhakhang (temple) will make its way to UTEP to help continue the relationship between the university and the nation of Bhutan.

Bhutan on the Border: El Paso Lhakhang

Posted on October 25, 2011 by Emily Davidow

One of the most striking physical features of Bhutan is its architecture. I was delighted to discover in Lisa Napoli’s wonderful book, Radio Shangri-La, that the University of Texas at El Paso was built to reflect the style of the kingdom’s unique structures, making a little Bhutan on the Border. Inspired by one of the first photo essays about Bhutan, “Castles in the Air,” from the April 1914 issue of …

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Bob Thurman explains how Buddha redefined the Dharma during a talk at Dochula in Bhutan.

Outtakes: Dharma is Reality

Posted on August 30, 2011 by Emily Davidow

Bob Thurman explains how Buddha redefined the Dharma during a talk at Dochula in Bhutan in this outtake from Journey with Robert Thurman in Bhutan.

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Bob Thurman talks on transcending suffering at Dochula in Bhutan.

Outtakes: Transcending Suffering

Posted on August 30, 2011 by Emily Davidow

In this outtake from Journey with Robert Thurman in Bhutan, Bob Thurman explores the nature of suffering and how to transcend it during a talk at Dochula in Bhutan.

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Bob Thurman explores the nature of self and selflessness during a teaching at Dochula in Bhutan.

Outtakes: On Selflessness

Posted on August 30, 2011 by Emily Davidow

Bob Thurman explores the nature of self and selflessness during a teaching at Dochula in Bhutan in this outtake from Journey with Robert Thurman in Bhutan.

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