Product Details

• Actors: Deepak Chopra, Robert Thurman
• Format: Color, NTSC
• Rated: NR (Not Rated)
• Number of tapes: 1
• Studio: Mystic Fire Video & Tibet House
• VHS Release Date: January 1, 1999
• Run Time: 90 minutes
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• ASIN: 1561764507
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #336,266 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)

Editorial Reviews

Amazon.com

Spiritually adventurous viewers will find God and Buddha: A Dialogue excellent meditation fodder. Former Buddhist monk Robert Thurman and Vedanta evangelist Deepak Chopra each relate the foundations of their respective spiritual understandings in a format better described as lecture than dialogue. Though there is some discourse between the two, for the most part each sticks to his script, occasionally interjecting small jokes or encouragement at points of confluence. This does not detract from the force of the comparison; if anything, the similarities are made more apparent in the quieter contrast. Chopra's intellectual spirituality plays well off of Thurman's earthier sensibilities, and it is tempting to assign these traits to their respective systems of belief. Ultimately, though, the viewer reaches the conclusion that the men and their beliefs are more alike than not. --Rob Lightner

Product Description

In this unprecedented dialogue, held at Tibet House New York, Chopra and Thurman explore the ultimate harmonies between Buddism and Vedanta.

Customer Reviews

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6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Synergy in Two of the World's Oldest Religious Traditions, May 14, 2001

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margi blewett (Cape Town South Africa) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Tibet House New York Presents: God and Buddha - A Dialogue [VHS] (VHS Tape)

The Buddhist professor and the Vedanta philosopher discuss the great questions of the modern age as seen through the teachings of two of the world's oldest mainstream religions. In doing so they offer an insight into how close both traditions are to today's most modern trends in Quantum Physics and what controls the universe. Thought provoking, stimulating and inspirational this dialogue of two of the great minds in today's spiritual world is both witty and profound. Thurman and Chopra have a rapport that ignites the screen drawing the viewer into the discussion at the deepest level. No spiritual seeker should be without this video on their shelves.

2 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars God & Buddha: A Dialogue, February 16, 2004

By A Customer

This review is from: Tibet House New York Presents: God and Buddha - A Dialogue [VHS] (VHS Tape)

If you want to be profoundly moved and and exhiliarated by the miracle of being alive - buy this tape/DVD! Electronic media does not do this every day! I am so grateful that such brilliant souls as Chopra and Thurman exist on this planet, whose extemporaneous banter can articulate the mysteries and paradoxes of reality with such deft elegance and humor - and so powerfully remind me of what I had forgotten.