Journey with Robert Thurman in Bhutan film

Robert Thurman at Menla Mountain Retreat center in Phoenecia, New York. Photo by Emily Davidow.

Interview with Robert Thurman on gurus and love

Posted on June 14, 2012 by Emily Davidow

Delighted to share an excerpt from an interview with Robert Thurman by a fellow traveler on our Journey with Robert Thurman in Bhutan expedition, David Bullard. David is a San Francisco-based clinical psychologist, licensed marital and family therapist, and clinical professor of medicine and medical psychology (psychiatry) at the University of California, San Francisco. He offers a series of insightful interviews related to relationships, Buddhism and psychology at DrBullard.com. This …

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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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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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True capitalism is based on generosity

Posted on October 8, 2011 by Emily Davidow

Excerpt of Robert Thurman speaking at Tibet House on Oct 5, 2011 as part of a NY Open Center class on the Yoga of Daily Living in the House of Vimalakirti We don’t want to simplistically think that Wall Street is the den of all evil, but the abuse of wall street, and the deification of it, and making it the shrine to Mammon, that’s the problem. It operated reasonably …

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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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