WOODSTOCK, NEW YORK — In the serene and mist-veiled Catskill Mountains, family, close friends, international scholars, and spiritual leaders gathered to bid a final farewell to Robert "Bob" Thurman. Widely…
By Melvin McLeod Published in partnership with Lion’s Roar Main Facts The American Buddhist community and the global world of interfaith scholarship mourn the loss of Robert "Bob" Thurman, widely…
By Melvin McLeod Published in partnership with Lion’s Roar Main Facts: Celebrating the Life of an American Bodhisattva On a sunlit Monday in August, family, friends, international scholars, and spiritual…
Main Facts The Tibetan community, Buddhist practitioners globally, and humanitarian advocates are mourning the loss of a towering figure in contemporary cross-cultural solidarity. For over three decades, Bob stood as…
Main Facts On June 16, the modern spiritual landscape lost one of its most towering and vibrant figures with the passing of Robert "Bob" Thurman. He died peacefully at his…
Main Facts On June 16, the Western world lost one of its most towering spiritual and academic figures. Robert "Bob" Thurman, widely regarded as the preeminent American Buddhist scholar, translator,…
