In this podcast Professor Robert AF Thurman discusses the classic British Science Fiction Series 'Dr. Who' drawing parallels to the Buddhist text 'The Vimalakirti Sutra'. Includes an in depth exploration of the Buddhist perspective of selflessness & non-dualism.

This talk was recorded during the 2016 Force For Good Class #6 at Tibet House US in New York City in February 2016.

 

'A Force For Good' is a Tibet House US course to further the Dalai Lama’s contemporary world initiatives, from His Holiness’ American Institute of Buddhist Studies and Mind and Life science dialogues (Universe in a Single Atom) and His creation of Abhidharma 2.0 through the “Science for Monks” programs, his “secular ethics” (Ethics for the New Millennium and Beyond Religion), His nonviolent approach to conflict resolution, including His Nobel Peace Laureate activities to seek dialogue and a win-win reconciliation with China in the face of the ongoing ethnicidal policies in Tibet (Freedom in Exile and Man of Peace: The Illustrated Life Story) & along with his emphasis on positive activism (A New Reality: Charter of Universal Responsibility).