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Tea afficionado Miriam Novalle shares tea with Karen and Robert Thurman, who was selected by Time as one of the 25 most influential Americans in 1997. The NY Times called Robert Thurman—actress Uma Thurman's dad—the leading American expert on Tibetan Buddhism. In this insightful discussion Karen and guests talk about the keys to relaxation and finding joy.

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Listen to Tina's interview with Sharon Begley, Science Columnist for Newsweek, The Wall Street Journal, and the author of the ground-breaking book, Train Your Mind, Change Your Brain: How a New Science Reveals Our Extraordinary Potential to Transform Ourselves. They discuss the extraordinary collaboration between neuroscience and Buddhism.

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Jesse Dylan welcomes Deepak Chopra to the show. They discuss various topics from Chopra's new book, Buddha: A Story of Enlightenment.

February's here, which means the Valentine's-Day-industrial-complex has shifted into high gear. Not that chocolates and heart-shaped sentiments are evil, but if you're seeking a deeper love and stronger relationships that don't involve trips to Venus or Mars, these six books are a good start.

Classic

In How to Expand Love: Widening the Circle of Loving Relationships, His Holiness the Dalai Lama names seven steps you can take towards the experience of limitless love in all human relationships-not just romantic ones. All love, he says, begins and ends with the self. (A true "classic" from the Tibetan spiritual leader would be The Art of Happiness: A Handbook for Living, but both books offer the core lessons of Buddhism.)

Over the weekend, I did what I sometimes do––I worried myself into a state that made everything seem overwhelming and impossible, then beat myself up for getting there. I’m usually pretty good about remembering that it passes, observing from a slight distance, etc., but this one had me blind. So I unwrapped Getting Unstuck by Pema Chödrön, a spoken-word CD, and listened.

Author and Columbia University professor Robert Thurman talks about what Buddhism offers American culture that psychology cannot - a way to achieve an emotionally balanced life that acknowledges the existence of the soul and our emotional connections to one another.

A peculiar relationship It's no secret that Science and Buddhism have been having an affair. During last month's Mind & Reality Symposium at Columbia University, scientists and Buddhists co-mingled, explored, and sought definition for their curious enounters. How can the two systems of knowledge forge a working, mutually benefitial relationship? For years now Buddhism has been popping up in science.

Author and Buddhist scholar Robert Thurman talks about the dangers of religious conflict in today’s world. He explores the Buddhist philosophy of compassion and morality and explains how you can be Buddhist and follow another religion at the same time.

An increasing number of Westerners who embrace Buddhism and Hinduism are Jewish. “Rodger Kamenetz, the author of The Jew in the Lotus, says, ‘A third of all Western Buddhist leaders come from Jewish roots,