Robert Thurman

Professor of Indo-Tibetan Buddhist Studies at Columbia University.

"On Faith" panelist Robert A.F. Thurman is the Jey Tsong Khapa Professor of Indo-Tibetan Buddhist Studies in the Department of Religion at Columbia University, 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, a non-profit affiliated with the Center for Buddhist Studies at Columbia University and dedicated to the publication of translations of important texts from the Tibetan Tanjur. He is the author of several books including "Inner Revolution: Life, Liberty and the Pursuit of Real Happiness," which Publisher's Weekly chose as one of the best books of 1998. Close.