Robert A ThurmanRobert A.F. Thurman, the Jey Tsong Khapa Professor of Indo-Tibetan Studies at Columbia University, "is a prolific translator and writer, a powerful advocate for the liberation of Tibet and the Dalai Lama's cultural liaison to America" (New York Tmes Magazine). His books include a new translation of The Tibetan Book of the Dead and Inside Tibetan Buddhism. Read More Read Less