Buddhist Monk and Tibetan Activist Dr. Robert Thurman.
Dr. Robert Thurman, the first American to be ordained as a Tibetan Buddhist monk. He later returned to the United States and established The Institute for Buddhist Studies at the University of Massachusetts. He visited Tibet in the fall of 1987 and is now setting up a Tibet House in New York City.
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Other segments from the episode on February 12, 1988
Fresh Air with Terry Gross, February 12, 1988: Interview with Robert Thurman; Interview with Orlando Haddad; Interview with Steven Segal; Review of the film "The Shadow of the Thin Man."
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