Latest Episodes

How Free Are We in Our Choices? – Ep 80
In this podcast Professor Thurman explains how freedom in our choices depends on whether we are living consciously or unconsciously. There is no such...

Bare Awareness – Ep 79
In this podcast professor Thurman introduces great Buddhist masters Vasubandhu and Dignaga. Vasubandhu was a brother of the famous Asangha, who met with the...

Roadmap for the Bardo – Ep78
In this podcast Professor Thurman teaches how each of us creates causes and conditions throughout our life, and how the consequences of those causes...

The Enlightenment of the Buddha – Ep 77
In this podcast Professor Thurman reads a description of Buddha’s Enlightenment from his translations found in “The Jewel Tree of Tibet” providing historical &...

“No Eye, No Ear, No Nose” – Ep 76
In this podcast Professor Thurman teaches the meaning of the cornerstone Buddhist concept of “emptiness.” Many people confuse it with the idea of nothingness;...

Tibetan Book of the Dead – What Is It About? – Ep. 75
In this podcast Professor Thurman talks about the Tibetan Book of the Dead. The Tibetan name of this book — The Bardo Thodol —...