What can the West learn from other cultures?
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About the video: ‘What can the West learn from other cultures?’
Scholar, author and former Tibetan Buddhist monk, Dr. Robert Thurman talks about how the West has simply gone too far. He discusses the urgent need for western institutions to exercise greater self-restraint and moderation and hints at how East can help West in developing a deeper and more pervasive sense of ethics.
Total views: 5,174
Filmed: Oxford, UK on 22 August 2003
Credits: Interviewer - Marcus Morrell Camera - Petica Watson Editor - Marcus Morrell
Copyright © 2003 Big Picture TV
About Robert Thurman
Professor Thurman is an American Buddhist writer and academic who has authored and edited several books on Tibetan Buddhism.
He is Director of Tibet House in New York City and is active against the People’s Republic of China’s control of Tibet.
In 1997 Time Magazine chose him as one of the 25 most influential people in America.
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