Q&A: ROBERT THURMAN, Author

Published: April 28, 2011, 12:42 a.m.

b'Aired 04/24/11

ROBERT THURMAN, the author of more than 20 books and the first American ordained as a Tibetan monk by his friend of more than 40 years, the Dalai Lama, is Professor of Indo-Tibetan Buddhist Studies at Columbia University, President of Tibet House US, a non-profit dedicated to preserving and promoting Tibetan civilization.'