Robert Barnett

Robert Barnett is Director of the Modern Tibetan Studies Program at Columbia University in New York. He is a frequent commentator on Tibet-related issues for the BBC, NPR, the New York Times, and other media outlets.

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The Life and Murder of Akong Rinpoche

The founder of the first Tibetan Buddhist center in Europe was committed to the path of social good, even at his death

By Robert Barnett

Nov 15, 2013

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Invasion and Enlightenment

How British Colonel Francis Younghusband invaded his Shangri-La before falling in love with it

By Robert Barnett

Spring 2006

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By Sarah Fleming

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You Can’t Be Yourself By Yourself: Overcoming Structural Selfishness

In this Dharma Talk, Malcolm Martin proposes the term "structural selfishness" to discuss the ways that a fixed idea of self hinders our practice, while offering insight on how to embrace the complexity of interdependence.

Malcolm Martin

Jun 2022

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