Dr. Robert Thurman, internationally recognized Buddhist scholar, professor at Columbia University, and author of Inner Revolution: Life, Liberty, and the Pursuit of Real Happiness, clarifies that while the West categorizes Buddhism as a religion, the teachers themselves see Buddhism as a system of learning that became a movement due to its successful influence on so many. It is a system to educate yourself to have a pleasant and happy life.Touching on the history of the Buddha, his discovery of true happiness and his methods to attain Nirvana or the extinguishment of unnecessary personal suffering, Dr. Thurman elucidates the origins and methods of this most powerful inner revolution.