About the Author

Robert Thurman, acclaimed translator ofThe Tibetan Book of the Deadand author ofInner Revolution, is the Jey Tsong Khapa Professor of Indo-Tibetan Buddhist Studies in the department of religionat Columbia University and is the director of the American Institute of Buddhist Studies. He is a friend of the Dalai Lama's, president of Tibet House U.S., and one of the most visible and respected Buddhist scholars and thinkers in the West.