Buddhist scholar Robert Thurman explains the Dalai Lama’s political wisdom, the myopia of the Chinese, and the essence of the Olympics in “China, Tibet, and the Olympics,” by Peter Kadzis, published in The Boston Phoenix.

On Beliefnet’s new blog, Progressive Revival, Robert Thurman writes that if Chinese President Hu Jintao want to solve problems on the basis of mutual respect, narrowing differences and expanding the common ground, then he must apply those things to China’s policy on Tibet and the Dalai Lama.

Here’s video of Robert Thurman talking with Waylon Lewis of Elephant Journal at the historic Boulder Theater on July 23, 2008.

Listen to “Finding the Middle Way Between China and Tibet“, the July 31, 2008 episode of Interfaith Voices in which Maureen Fielder interviews Robert Thurman about Tibet and the Dalai Lama.

New article by Robert Thurman on The Huffington Post:
The Dalai Lama/Obama/McCain Connection

I just had the huge pleasure of spending three days with His Holiness the Dalai Lama at the Aspen Institute in Aspen, Colorado, with old friends and luminaries in the Tibet world. A sand mandala (sacred celestial mansion diagram) of Avalokiteshvara, the bodhisattva of universal compassion, was created and dissolved. Juniper incense offerings were made, Tibetan music was played, and lively discussions were conducted both about the current crisis in Tibet and about the long-term prospects for the survival of Tibetan culture and identity. [Read more]