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Hey, hey, our guest this week is one of the most famous and well-respected Buddhist scholars

around. He's also hilarious. He's also the father of Uma Thurman of all things. He's

got a wild backstory. He's one of the first Americans to ordain as a Tibetan monk and

now he teaches at Columbia University. He's written a bunch of books which I recommend

and which you will hear about as we proceed through the podcast. He will make you laugh.

He will really make you think. And he also, he's very close to the Dalai Lama and he's

got this new graphic novel out about the Dalai Lama. He'll talk about that as well.

So I give you Robert Thurman.

From ABC, this is the 10% happier podcast. I'm Dan Harris.

I would love to just get a sense of your personal history. How did you get into this whole

meditation slash Buddhist life?

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