Robert Alexander Farrar Thurman

GPTKB entity

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gptkb:Mandala_Award_for_Humanitarian_Service
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Buddhist studies
Indology
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gptkb:religion
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gptkbp:notableAchievement First American to be ordained as a Tibetan Buddhist monk by the Dalai Lama
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gptkb:The_Tibetan_Book_of_the_Dead_(translation)
gptkb:Why_the_Dalai_Lama_Matters
gptkb:The_Central_Philosophy_of_Tibet
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Buddhist monk
author
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gptkbp:position Professor of Indo-Tibetan Buddhist Studies
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interviews on Buddhist teachings
gptkbp:title Jey Tsong Khapa Professor of Indo-Tibetan Buddhist Studies
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