Bob Thurman: Becoming Buddha — on the Web

I thoroughly enjoy the taped talks from the annual TED conferences. The TED, or “Technology, Entertainment, Design” conferences, began in 1984, and have grown ever since. In this talk from December, 2006, Bob Thurman talks about:

In our hyperlinked world, we can know anything, anytime. And this mass enlightenment, says Buddhist scholar Bob Thurman, is our first step toward becoming Buddha. When we can know everything, we can see how everything is interconnected — and we can begin to feel compassion for every living being.

And yes, Bob Thurman is Uma’s dad.

~ by Thor on January 10, 2008.