WINTER-SPRING 2024 | ISSUE 32 VOL. 2

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LETTER FROM THE PRESIDENT January 6, 2024—the 25th Day of the 11th Lunar Month, Naro Dakini Day Greetings Dear THUS Members and Friends!

We have not yet been able to start a 21rst century of peace, prosperity, and widespread individual spiritual growth in most countries, even though now we are tightly tied together by the internet, the climate crisis, and our urgent need for peace, into His Holiness’ recommended one global 8-billion-person family. We are still caught in the violent 20th-century struggles initiated by mostly male leaders who are driven by the obsolete imperatives of conquest cultures, while the war technology now developed has made war actually impossible, self-defeating in every way. We rightly count ourselves as living in the 21st century, but the leaders whose styles might have been appropriate for the World Wars, the break-up of colonialism, and the materialism crusade just don’t know how to give up conquering so that they may better enjoy happier lives. So the last fascists left over from the WWII intelligence services are still causing the major troubles today, as Mahatma Gandhi in the 1930’s predicted they would.

We need a global community based on education systems that successfully enable people to conquer themselves rather than conquering others. Tibetan culture serves a community that mainly did accomplish that transformation through a thousand- year process from roughly 650 to 1650 C.E. They helped the fearsome Mongolians do the same in only three or four hundred years. If we can get it done now on the planet, thanks to superfast technologies, it will have been only almost a century since the atomic bombs changed the possibility of all-out war. The inprinciple nonviolent Tibetan culture that emerged from the 1650’s still survives openly in exile and covertly hidden in the Tibetan people’s hearts under harsh colonial occupation in their own vast high-altitude homeland.

defeatism to feel encouraged to take responsibility for insisting on living free from our collective self-destructive materialist, consumerist, and militarist “20th century” crisis. For the last six decades, this has been the mission of His Holiness, who is known worldwide for his good cheer under the extreme duress of forced exile from a nation under genocidal oppression. His person is perhaps the ultimate artifact of Tibetan culture, the proof of concept of what a human being can become as an example of the self-conquering educational development. He is someone who demonstrates the clear ability to empower others with his good cheer, his nonviolence, his intelligence, and his tireless compassionate advocacy of never giving up, as he points out the path of “World Peace through Inner Peace.”

After forty joyful years of working with him for these aims, now that he is more retiring at the age of 88, we at THUS are determined to carry on, playing our small part in His Holiness’s outreaching presence, with his iconic thousand arms of kindness and thousand eyes of sensitive intelligence. We will keep up the work of amplifying his tireless inspiration of people to turn inward to find their own inner blessings by keeping the beauty of Tibet and its cheerful and peaceful culture widely known and gratefully appreciated. We intend to work with other Tibet Houses in other lands to spread the love of Tibet so widely all over the world (within the huge field of His Holiness’s aura), that everyone’s life-changing appreciation of its spiritual life-support field will play a role in helping the world calm down and become more realistic. Tasting Tibetan culture, seeing its artifacts, and feeling its perspectives, tends to cheer people up, and to make their lives better. Even the Chinese imperium will notice it, find peace with it, and help make His Holiness, the Tibetan people, and our 8 billion brothers and sisters lastingly happy!

Once we introduce people to the Tibetans’ story and culture, they often join other organizations politically to save them from genocide, morally to support their quest for human rights within the originally forced union with This culture is what His Holiness the Dalai Lama asked China, and philanthropically to enrich the economic THUS to help preserve, protect, and promote for the survival of their diaspora in exile. Quite a few people sake of the beleaguered long-suffering people of Tibet, take advantage of Tibetan spiritual culture to educate and also so that widespread knowledge of the details of its themselves in inner development through philosophical, amazing nature will rouse others from their state of anxious yogic, and contemplative skills. We are happy for THUS Cover: Akshobya Buddha 14c. Repatration Collection 2 / TIBET HOUSE US DRUM

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to be a kind of introductory doorway to such Tibetsupportive activism. Our mission will be accomplished during this first generation when these lighthouses for Tibetan spiritual culture shine so brightly with their signal to the heart of the world’s people that they must not allow any governments or corporations to destroy such a humanistic culture based on nonviolence, wisdom, and compassion. Tibetan culture thus monumentalized, people in other cultures may be inspired to infuse in their own lifeways the positive elements of the Tibetans’ culture of scientific wisdom, open-minded peace, and altruistic, joyful-kindness activism.

our Love Tibet motto by generously giving and working with us to preserve its precious culture. Thank you all so much for your cheerful presence and contributions of every kind. We will need your help even more to expand our presence in America for the next generations, inspiring all to save its culture of essential spiritual knowledge and practical lifestyle. With all blessings for your health and happiness during the coming year of the Wood Dragon!

As I always say, dear friends, you are all also engaging with

Robert A.F. Thurman, President

Faithfully yours,

Zul Celebration: An Evening Of Kalmyk Culture For Children Presented by Kalmyk Youth Coalition

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STAFF AND BOARD TIBET HOUSE US—Cultural Center of H. H. Dalai Lama FOUNDING PATRON HIS HOLINESS THE XIVth DALAI LAMA HONORARY CHAIR NAMGYAL CHOEDUP, US Rep. of CTA & H. H. DALAI LAMA BOARD OF TRUSTEES ROBERT THURMAN, president, PHILIP GLASS, vice president, INA BECKER, secretary, BEATA TIKOS, treasurer, ANONYMOUS, DANIEL AITKEN, PETER BACKMAN, ANNIE CHRISTOPHER, JANET FRIESEN, GESHE DR. THUPTEN JINPA, SUSAN KESSLER, DAVID KITTAY, LUDWIG KUTTNER, MARJORIE LAYDEN, MICHELE LOEW, MICHAEL MCCORMICK, JOHN MILLER, DAVID L. PHILLIPS, VEN. TENZIN PRIYADARSHI, JOHN REZK, LAURENCE H. SILVERMAN, NENA THURMAN, UMA K. THURMAN HONORARY DIRECTORS ALAN B. ABRAMSON, LAVINIA CURRIER, PEGGY HITCHCOCK, NAVIN KUMAR, ADAM LINDEMANN, TENZIN NAMGYAL TETHONG, FORTUNA VALENTINO TIBETAN EX-OFFICIO BOARD CHHIME CHOEKYAPA, Private Office of H. H. Dalai Lama VEN. GESHE DORJI DAMDUL, director, tibet house new delhi, india KELSANG & KIM YESHI, directors, norbulingka institute, dharamsala, india VISITING SPIRITUAL ADVISERS KARMAPA OGYEN TRINLEY DORJE, NECHUNG KUTEN RINPOCHE, KYABJEY LINGTSANG RINPOCHE, SAKYA TRICHEN RINPOCHE, LAMA PEMA WANGDAK, LELUNG RINPOCHE, LAMA TENZIN WANGYAL TIBET HOUSE STAFF GANDEN THURMAN, executive director, BEATA TIKOS, managing director, KYRA BORRÉ, special events, SONAM CHOEZOM, membership, ANNA VARSHAVSKAYA, office manager, TENZIN KUNSANG, program associate, MAGGIE MOHLER, programming, JOE COSEY, digital development, TASHI TSERING, programs/events, DELGIRA SAMTONOVA, social media, THOMAS F. YARNALL, publications MENLA STAFF NENA THURMAN, executive chair, MICHAEL G. BURBANK, executive director, LYNN SCHAUWECKER, managing director, AMBER HALLINAN, general manager, ALICIA OJEDA, executive chef, ISSIS ORREGO, front of house, JESSICA ROMANELLO, dewa spa, DAVID GIANGRECO, facilities, ADAM FOIZEN, events & operations, IQUWAH BEZUYEN, Head Gardener, JUSTIN STONE-DIAZ, new media TIBET HOUSE DRUM BOB THURMAN, editor-in-chief, KYRA BORRÉ, MICHAEL BURBANK, SONAM CHOEZOM, GANDEN THURMAN, BEATA TIKOS, ANNA VARSHAVSKAYA, editors, JOE COSEY, WILLIAM MEYERS, CEDAR THOKME, design & production

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Join us for the 37th Annual Tibet House US Beneet Concert at Carnegie Hall on February 26, 2024, celebrating the Year of the Wood Dragon.

ARTISTIC DIRECTORS: PHILIP GLASS & LAURIE ANDERSON P E R F O R M A N C E S BY

LAURIE ANDERSON | JOAN BAEZ | GOGOL BORDELLO MAYA HAWKE | CHRISTIAN LEE HUTSON MAGGIE ROGERS | TENZIN CHOEGYAL THE PHILIP GLASS ENSEMBLE | BOWEN YANG WITH THE PATTI SMITH BAND MARTHA MOOKE AND THE SCORCHIO QUARTET Gala tickets that include prime tickets to the concert and entrance to the Gala Dinner are on sale now through Tibet House US at thus.org. Concert-only tickets are also on sale now visit carnegiehall.org to purchase or call CarnegieCharge at 1-212-247-7800, or visit the Carnegie Hall Box Office (57th Street and 7th Avenue). Don't miss this unforgettable evening!

V I S I T T H US .O RG F O R M O R E I N F O R M AT I O N

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THUS NEWS Winter Greetings from THUS in the city! I hope this note finds you and yours in good health and high spirits!

Tibet House US and its mission to share the best of Tibetan Arts, Culture, and Philosophy with new, larger, and diverse audiences is doing well.

We have a robust array of programs both here, at Menla, and online, which you will see elsewhere in this issue and on the website.

I am happy to announce that we are launching a partnership with Sera Je Monastery (via their branch in Queens) in order to enhance the Tibetan Buddhist offerings available through the programs. We are starting small with the return of lunchtime guided meditations led by Geshe Ngawang Thugje, the spiritual director of the Queens branch of Sera Je monastery. As before the sessions will be done on a walk-in and donation basis as well as being non-denominational and suitable for all levels of practitioners including beginners. These are on Wednesdays and Fridays from 12:15 to 1. Starting in March we will add Tuesdays and Thursdays as well. I should note that we are also holding Vajra-Ashtanga Yoga classes taught by John Campbell in the early mornings on Wednesdays, Fridays, and Sundays which are hybrid and ticketed but more importantly presenting some of the physical iterations of yogic practice to complement the meditations. Taken together these programs and other lectures and retreats here and upstate comprise small components of our developing Vajrayoga programming wherein we introduce some of the paths from mastery of basic meditation and basic yoga to the various advanced yogic practices such as the tantric practices found in Taoism, Hinduism, Buddhism, etc... with an emphasis on Tibetan Buddhist 6 / TIBET HOUSE US DRUM

advanced yogic practices because that’s our primary focus as a Tibet based institution. Think of it as a kind of masters program for yogis of all kinds looking for more applications of the techniques they have mastered.

The Vajrayoga program represents an important step in presenting the advanced uses of meditation and yoga in the self-development of their practitioners and the communities they in turn serve. At this point American interest in these yogic practices, in their most basic/generic forms, has produced many many experts in both (nevermind the various industries stemming from both) who are ready and eager for more advanced studies building upon their accomplishments in cultivating their bodies, hearts, and minds. In any case, we’re happy to announce the return of regular guided meditations and the addition of yoga sessions, we hope they will be useful, informative, accessible, and uplifting!

The facility and its displays and resources continue to serve as an oasis of contemplation of, and revelation about, the beauty of Tibetan Arts in the shadow of the ongoing demolition of Tibetan culture back in its homeland.

We have, as usual, enjoyed hosting a number of school groups interested in learning more about Tibet’s religion, history, status, and distinctive arts and letters. We recently received a group from a model UN conference, for example. The Repatriation Collection continues to grow through the generosity of our donors along with the kind attention of board member Michael McCormick. Our archives of previous events and programs continue to grow and are getting better organized, for comprehensiveness and ease of use, every day. Finally, while we love the current display of Alchi’s murals, statues, and bas relief, which continues to awe and inspire visitors in all its immersive glory, we are looking forward to restarting the rotating exhibitions in the gallery with the meditation THUS.ORG | MENL A.ORG

THUS NEWS and Buddhism inspired paintings of Jon D’Orazio, this fall, as soon as we can finish the installation of the new AC system for the facility this spring. I should note that a second immersive show is coming next year as well.

As for the institution as a whole, things are going well.

The endowment, while informal and modest, continues to grow whenever we have savings to add to it. An anonymous gentleman from Wisconsin just joined the small group of our supporters who have placed Tibet House in their wills, which is both touching and encouraging, for example. Our board, likewise, remains actively engaged in different aspects of the institution and its administration, programs, and projects. In particular, they remain focused on the long term continuity and sustainability of the organization, particularly through our recent (the last couple years) consultations with fundraising and endowment specialists, branding consultants, and public relations experts, in addition to their visits, alone and in groups, with His Holiness in India to check in on His continuing blessing of the organization, the mission, and our efforts to advance both in service to the World and the Tibetan People. As always we remain grateful for all the kinds of support we receive at all levels in furtherance of our mission to reveal the Tibetans’ distinctive joie de vivre as it is presented throughout their culture.

Lastly, let me just add that we are very proud of several special projects which I will note here. The Animated History of Tibet project will bring an important resource to bear on the Tibetan issue as well as the public understanding of the people and their distinctive history. It is a simple retelling of the history of Tibet from the rise and fall of the Tibetan empire in the first millennium to the present day wherein its existence, as a distinctive product of a unique people, is being erased to accommodate a few imperial, political, and colonial interests of the communist government of China. In any case, The Animated History will serve as a great resource for education and public interest. Hopefully it will get some discussion going about Tibet in addition to setting a standard for future exposition on the subject. We are very much looking forward to a visit this spring or summer by a group of nuns from the Jangchub Choeling Nunnery.

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the much beloved and venerated female Bodhisattva Tara. Please keep an eye out for the announcement of their specific itinerary and visit. Finally, a shout out to Tibetan and Tibetan-inspired artists: take a look at Bespoke Tibetan Carpets and Tibet House US’s WOVEN DREAMS: A Tibetan Rug Art Competition. Tibetan wool is highly prized for its long and thick fibers (due to the altitude and conditions in which they grew) which in turn made Tibetan rugs similarly valued and so here we are partnering with a Tibetan rug company to create, through an artistic competition, a new Tibetan rug infused with a modern take on the traditional craft.

Thanks and have a great year!

With All Best Wishes, Always Already,

Ganden Thurman Executive Director, THUS

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IN MEMORIAM GESHE DADUL NAMGYAL It is with deep regret and heavy hearts that we record the untimely passing of a beloved member of Tibet House US’ Board of Directors, the venerable Geshe Tenzin Chodrak (Dadul Namgyal) who was a prominent scholar in Tibetan Buddhism, with a summa doctorate (Geshe Lharampa) in Buddhism and Philosophy from the Drepung Monastic University earned in 1992. He also held a Master’s degree in English Literature from Punjab University in Chandigarh, India. Author of several articles on Buddhism, Geshe-la was a professor of Philosophy at Central Institute of Higher Tibetan Studies at Sarnath, Varanasi, India for seven years. Additionally, he was the Spiritual Director of LSLK Tibetan Buddhist Center, Knoxville, USA. Several years ago, His Holiness the 14th Dalai Lama expressly requested that Geshe Dadul serve on our Board, and since then Geshe la has graced us with his constant good humor, sparkling eyes, and glowing heart, Geshe la was a delight for all of us every time we saw and heard him.

Due to his facility in both Tibetan and English, Geshe Dadul served as interpreter and speaker for numerous conferences exploring the interface of Buddhism with modern science, Western philosophy and psychology, and other religious traditions on both a national and international level, and talked about doing the same at THUS. His language ability enabled him to serve as an English language translator for His Holiness the Dalai Lama throughout the world.

As an author and translator, Geshe-la published a Tibetan translation of His Holiness the Dalai Lama’s Power of Compassion, a language manual, Learn English through Tibetan, and a critical work on Tsongkhapa’s Essence of True Eloquence. From 2010 until recently, he served as Senior Resident Teacher at Drepung Loseling Monastery in Atlanta. Around the same time, he undertook a full-time position as Senior Translator/Interpreter with the Center for Contemplative Science and Compassion-based Ethics at Emory University, Atlanta. There he developed a six-year bilingual (English and Tibetan) science curriculum and prepared additional research & pedagogy materials in Modern Science for use in Tibetan monasteries and nunneries.

Over the past few years, Geshe la’s health challenges led him to be a resident teacher at Shravasti Abbey, where he enjoyed a sheltering environment for his bodhisattva self. We at THUS will miss him very much, but doubtless Geshe la’s spirit, memory and continuing compassionate and wise presence in pure lands and wherever he can benefit others, will continue to inspire us.

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THANKS

TO OUR VOLUNTEERS! Celebrating the spirit of altruism and dedication, Tibet House US extends its deepest gratitude to our exceptional volunteers who have assisted us in immeasurable ways from the simplest to the most complex of tasks. We want to take a moment to spotlight the work and achievements of the individuals below.

Victoria Southwell has single handedly transformed our library into a treasure trove of knowledge, juggling her Peace Corps adventures with an unmatched skill as a literary aacionado, organization wizard, who pulled together a comprehensive system for our lending library. Her dedication shines through as she swoops in to restore order whenever chaos starts to creep back in.

Bob Gibson travels across the country with family and friends to volunteer for the beneet concert and party- they are our gala superheroes! One of many things that were greatly missed during the pandemic when the concert was virtual was Bob and companies good cheer and tremendous work ethic and overall ability to connect to the spirit of the event.

Chime Lhatso, Lhatso one of our newest volunteers, worked tirelessly on our Second Annual Lhakar Festival to help create another unforgettable concert of modern sounds in contemporary Tibetan music. Her instrumental role in curating such a diverse show is a testament to the enthusiasm and dedication of our volunteers. �e collective efforts of all of our volunteers have assisted greatly in our endeavors, enriched our initiatives and helped to advance the mission. We have always relied on the sincere generosity of time and talent by individuals who support the work of Tibet House US to protect and preserve Tibetan culture. We extend our heartfelt thanks to these stellar volunteers and to all of the other ones throughout the years!

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MENLA NEWS Menla Event and Program News Menla’s 2024 year of the Wood Dragon will be our busiest retreat season since we opened our doors in 2002. Tibet House US program highlights this year will include our spring Vajrayoga intensive, as THUS/Menla continues to develop its signature yoga offering, Vajrayoga, as one strand in His Holiness the Dalai Lama’s third life-aim effort of bringing Tibetan and Indian Universal Vehicle Buddhist spiritual philosophy, inner science, and yogic practice into its ancient multi-millennium conversation with all the other Indian Inner Science traditions.

In this context, we are honored to announce the first ever visit (in April) to Menla by His Eminence the 7th Kyabje Yongzin Ling Rinpoche, whose previous incarnation was the Great XIVth Dalai Lama’s senior tutor and a towering figure in contemporary Tibetan Buddhism. On two days, April 17 and 18, Kyabje Rinpoche will offer a refuge ceremony followed by a Medicine Buddha initiation and teachings in the beloved Nalanda Conference Center.

Immediately following Rinpoche’s offering, Tibetan Dr. Nida Chenagtsang will team up with Robert Thurman for a Yuthok Nyingtig Medicine initiation and Bardo and Tummo intensive retreat. These two modules will comprise our main in-person Vajrayoga offering for the spring.

We are also pleased to sponsor for the first time Lama Lhanang Rinpoche, who teams up with pioneering ambient musician Laraaji, his partner Arji OceAnanda, and Tibetan Doctor Phuntsog Wangmo for a sonic Tibetan healing journey in July. In August, Jonang Kalachakra master Khentrul Rinpoche will teach certain rare Kalachakra yoga dimensions for our summer Vajrayoga intensive, co-lead by master yogini Michele Loew and Professor “Tenzin” Bob Thurman.

With these programs and others, Tibet House US is continuing our efforts to align more closely with the next generations of eminent lamas who are now beginning to teach more widely in the west, so we are positioned well to facilitate them as they continue the transmission of Buddhist teachings and practices to the west as the older

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generations retire. We sincerely appreciate the enthusiastic engagement of our worldwide community in attending these wisdom and compassion teachings as well as keeping awareness of Tibetan cultural and spiritual offerings alive and well in the Catskills!

In addition to our many in-person and hybrid Tibet House US retreat offerings at Menla, we are sponsoring a free online global summit Feb 15-19 called the Great Reflection. The Great Reflection Summit convenes a global community of renowned visionaries, conscious leadership pioneers, and innovators gathering annually to use the power of pause to refresh, reenergize, and reimagine the more beautiful world we know is possible.

We invite you to join a wildly inspirational community event to unlock your power of purpose, fulfillment, and joy. Find out more and register for free at https://www. greatreflectionsummit.com/ Of special note is that on October 25 last year, THUS/ Menla was honored to host the Eminent Seiji Yamamoto Sensei, a Japanese master of the sacred ways of the old Shinto masters. Yamamoto Sensei conducted an ancient ceremony to invite and enshrine the Shinto deity, Sukunahikona at Menla. Sukunahikona is the deity of healing, medicinal plants, fermentation, agriculture and hot springs, and he is revered as one of the mythic founders of the nation of Japan. His divine form is that of a blue dragon, which resonates deeply with the Dalai Lama’s recognition of a large naga (water guardian serpent-dragon) abiding on the land, guarding the purity of Menla’s extraordinary spring, considered sacred by the First American tribes. Sukunahikona now resides in the natural boulder hokora (shrine) located below the Lhasa Inn and supports Menla’s healing activities to benefit many people in the wider community. The hokora is open to visitors who like to offer respects and make a connection with Sukunahikona, a mighty deity with global reach who can benefit all in a multitude of ways. There is also an interior altar for Sukunahikona by the fireplace in the Lhasa Inn dining room. We invite you to commune with our new divine friend on your next visit!

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MENLA NEWS Also in October of 2023, Bob and Nena Thurman and Menla’s Executive Director Michael Burbank were special guests for the grand opening of the Tashi Kyil Tibetan Buddhist Center on Route 28 near Kingston.

This institution, formerly known as the Tibetan Center, was recently sold to the Tashi Kyil monastic community, originally based in Amdo, Tibet, and now active in India, to serve as their US headquarters. Tashi Kyil was one of the largest monastic centers in old Tibet, and this addition marks an important step for their work in the US. The monastery’s head lama, Arjia Rinpoche, who was an honored guest at Menla for two days, presided over and led the ceremony, and the Sikyong (President of the Central Tibetan Administration in India) Penpa Tsering also visited two days later to help inaugurate the center and give poignant remarks on the status of the situation in Tibet and in exile. THUS/Menla will partner with the Tashi Kyil monks for many years to come, with special events taking place at Menla periodically. Tibet House US heartily welcomes them to the Catskills.

We will host many other wonderful retreats this year in addition to the ones mentioned above. Please check our current upcoming events list and go to www.menla.org/ retreats for the most up-to-date list. We continually add new retreats, so we encourage you to check back . Many Tibet House US retreats at Menla are now offered in hybrid format, so check

Dewa Spa News

After another record-breaking year, Menla’s Dewa Spa will see a significant expansion of our wellness offerings in 2024. In addition to our unique offerings of Tibetan external healing therapies, such as meridian massage, herbal baths, etc., we are partnering with our friend and colleague Dr. Alberto Villoldo to bring his groundbreaking Grow a New Body healing program to Menla as a regular part of our wellness offerings. This exclusive program includes brain foods and nutrients that repair the brain, regulate cellular energy production, and reverse damage done by free radicals and oxidative stress, as well as antioxidant and mitochondrial repair formulas.

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grown popular in recent years as treatment for many chronic illnesses, fatigue, viral infections, muscle aches and more. Dr. Villoldo’s program also features the use of a portable oxygen delivery system. The first Grow a New Body retreat is scheduled for June of 2024 and will be led

by Alberto and his expert team.

In conjunction with introducing the Grow a New Body program, and because our Dewa Spa is now booked to capacity much of the year anyway, we are building a 1500+ square foot addition to the existing spa building. This extension will house six additional treatment rooms, a dedicated space for IV vitamin therapy treatments, and innovative medi-spa services such as oxygen and ozone therapies. Fundraising is well underway for this project, with the first $100,000 (of a $530K goal) having been donated to THUS in December. We invite you to join us in this endeavor to make our spa an even more remarkable destination for those seeking restoration, well-being, and a profound connection to the ancient wisdom of Tibet.

Your donation will be instrumental in realizing our vision to expand the horizons of healing for all who seek it.

To make a fully tax-deductible donation, please email mburbank@menla.org.

Over the past several years and delayed by various pandemic disruptions to supply chains, we have carefully developed a Dewa branded line of six luxury beauty products in conjunction with the famed Ila Spa in England: an Enriching Facial Cleanser, a Radiant Face Serum, an Immortal Day Cream, a Meditative Body Balm, a Meditative Body Oil, and a Bath & Salt Scrub Ritual. These products are crafted with sustainablysourced wild and organic ingredients cultivated in women’s cooperatives, tribal communities, and villages across the planet, including several from the Himalayan region. Several of the products are powered by plant stem cells, which are thought to contain a concentration of antioxidants 1000 times greater than other forms of plant extracts and have anti-inflammatory properties to defend your skin against sun damage and aging. These products smell and feel amazing! We will launch our Dewa product line in May, both at our NYC and Menla locations as well as at select spas around the world.

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EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMS IN-PERSON | HYBRID | ONLINE | RETREAT For further info visit THUS.ORG | MENLA.ORG

BUDDHIST STUDIES Monthly Buddhist Teachings Venerable Robina Courtin Co-sponsored with Shantideva Center February 8, March 14, April 18, May 23 Location: Tibet House HYBRID

The Great Reflection Global Summit 40+ World Leading Speakers Feb 15-19, 2024 ONLINE

Tummo and Tibetan Yoga: Profound Pathways to Inner Healing Dr. James Bae March 1-4, 2024 Location: Menla IN PERSON

21 Praises to Tara: Exploring the Facets of our Buddha Nature Michael Lobsang Tenpa April 10 Location: Tibet House ONLINE

The Eightfold Path: Dharana Kevin Courtney & Special Guests March 10-17, 2024 Location: Menla

Vajrayoga: Tummo Fire & Heart Drop Yoga Retreat

CERTIFICATION PROGRAMS

HYBRID

Boundless Leadership: Integrating Buddhist Wisdom And Practice With Everyday Life And Work | 5-Week Course

Dr. Nida Chenagtsang, Bob Thurman, Michele Loew & James Bae April 19-24, 2024 Location: Menla

Dharma Moon Windhorse Retreat: Raising Power and Energy to Meet the Challenge of Living David Nichtern May 1-5, 2024 Location: Menla HYBRID

Mother’s Day | 21 Praises to Tara Löpon Chadra Easton May 12 Location: Tibet House HYBRID

The Power of Devotion & Wisdom Krishna Das & Bob Thurman May 30-June 2, 2024 Location: Menla HYBRID

The Breath of Kindness: Uniting Prana and Maitrī in Meditation Michael Lobsang Tenpa Saturdays, June 1-July 6 Location: Tibet House ONLINE

His Eminence the 7th Kyabje Yongzin Ling Rinpoche & Bob Thurman April 17-19, 2024 Location: Menla HYBRID

Ascending the Mystical Mountain: Sonic Tibetan Healing Journey Lama Lhanang Rinpoche, Laraaji, Arji OceAnanda & Dr. Phuntsog Wangmo July 3-7, 2024 Location: Menla HYBRID

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ONLINE

Death Doula Training Henry Fersko-Weiss Feb 26-Mar 1, 2024 Location: Menla IN PERSON

From Fire to Light: Completion Stage Yogas: Templates for Transforming Trauma into Fully Awakened Humanity

Joe Loizzo and Dr. Nida Chenagtsang April 26-28, 2024 Location: Menla HYBRID

Cultivating Emotional Balance 42 Hour Course Michael Lobsang Tenpa September 28-December 7 Location: Tibet House ONLINE

IN PERSON

Refuge Ceremony and Medicine Buddha Empowerment

Elazar Aslan And Joe Loizzo Co-Sponsored with Nalanda Institute for Contemplative Science Tuesday, January 30, February 6, 13, 20, 27 Location: Tibet House

MEDITATION Meditation: Boundless Aspirations – Resounding The Words Of Shantideva Michael Lobsang Tenpa January 7 Location: Tibet House ONLINE

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Mindful+ Meditation Life Series: Everything Is Workable

Maho Kawachi January 8, February 12, March 11, April 8 (2nd Monday Each Month) Location: Tibet House IN PERSON

Dharma Friends: A Monthly Community Gathering

Megan Mook, Kevin Townley, And Special Guests January 17, February 21, March 2 Location: Tibet House IN PERSON

Here in the Floating World: A Workshop using Qigong and Lojong for a Calmer Mind

Rejuvenate and Heal Amy Smith Feb 22-26, 2024 Location: Menla IN PERSON

Yoga Nidra for Super Bliss, Wisdom & Compassion Michele Loew March 28-31, 2024 Location: Menla HYBRID

Skillful Action in Iyengar Yoga Jessica Becker Apr 11-14, 2024 Location: Menla IN PERSON

Annie Bien March 1-2 Location: Tibet House

Limitless Love: Yoga & Meditation Retreat

Resetting the Anchor from Loss with Bodhicitta

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YOGA Instruction from the Ashtanga Tradition, Mysore-Style: Foundations of the Vajra Yoga Path John Campbell Wednesdays and Fridays ongoing Location: Tibet House HYBRID

Winter Reset: a Yoga and Yoga Nidra Retreat Taryn Burns Feb 22-25, 2024 Location: Menla

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Gemma Farrell Apr 12-15, 2024 Location: Menla

Sparks of Divinity: A Summer Solstice Iyengar Yoga Retreat Susan-Elena Esquivel June 20-23, 2024 Location: Menla IN PERSON

Show Up with Love: Nidra and Restorative Yoga Libby Nicholaou June 21-23, 2024 Location: Menla IN PERSON

Foundations of Yoga Nidra: Five Day Immersion Tracee Stanley & Chanti Tacoronte-Perez June 23-27, 2024 Location: Menla

OTHER IN PERSON RETREATS AT MENLA Equinox Mesa Gathering & Global Fire Vigil: A Wisdom Retreat of Healing, Nourishing Ceremonies, Learning and Celebrations For Mesa/Misha Carriers Julie Hannon & Jim Dewell Mar 17-20, 2024

An Invitation to Meet Yourself: Non-Ordinary Explorations

Gita Vaid, Monica Windsor, Robert Thurman & Friends May 10-13, 2024

Emerge, Grow, and Bloom: An Alchemical Constellations Retreat Emily Blefeld & Dan Cohen May 14-17, 2024

Alchemical Constellations: The Space in Between Emily Blefeld & Dan Cohen May 17-19, 2024

The Fundamental Principles of SoundHealing from the Ancient Shamanic Tradition to New Science & Tuning Fork Studies Lea Garnier & Friends May 17-19, 2024

Seeing with Your Heart: Alchemical Constellations Training and Facilitator Certification

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Grow a New Body: A Week of Healing, Renewal, and Wisdom Alberto Villoldo June 3-9, 2024

Friends of Fungi: A Hiking, Foraging and Mushroom Cultivation Retreat John Michelotti June 7-9, 2024

Finding Safety in Yourself & Others Luis Mojica June 12-16, 2024

Refuge the Heart Retreat with Yoga, Mantra, and Music Nina and Shamina Rao June 13-16, 2024

Tibet House US- Lunchtime Meditation: with Geshe Ngawang Thugje from Sera Je Monastery and others!

Cultivating Joy: A Ketamine Assisted Mindfulness Retreat for Professionals

Jayne Gumpel, LCSW, Seema Desai, MD, Rohini Kanniganti MD, MSPH, HMDC, Lisa Wang MD, Saundra Jain, MA, PsyD, LPC & David Gumpel M.A. June 20-23, 2024

13th Annual Sage Academy Summer SoundHealing Intensive Silvia Nakkach, Lea Garnier, Angell Deer, Katya Valomova & Scott Williams Jun 28-30, 2024

Sacred Metals: Standing Gongs/Himalayan Singing Bowls, Bells & Shruti Songs Lea Garnier & Friends July 26-28, 2024

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REPATRIATION COLLECTION collections.thus.org The Unique and Sacred Arts of Tibet Among the Buddhist arts of Asia, Tibetan art holds a unique position, serving as an expression of the profound and developed Buddhist thought that is a hallmark of its culture. Stylistically, Tibetan art has absorbed elements from other great traditions of Buddhist art, but rises to preeminence through its distinct qualities of clarity, spiritual realism, breadth of content, and depth of meaning. Naturally, not all periods of Tibetan art are equal; some feature more distinctive aspects of either Indian, or Nepalese, or Central Asian, or Chinese Buddhist art influence. Nevertheless, Tibetan Buddhist art consistently creates and sustains a special aesthetic and religious vision. Inheriting the humanistic and cultural treasures of India’s Buddhist period (circa 500 B.C. to 1100 A.D.), Tibet produced one of the world’s most astonishingly sophisticated, and prolific art traditions, spanning more than 1,000 years with its creation of tens of thousands of artworks in every conceivable medium including painting, sculpture, woodworking, printing, textile work and more.

The goal of Tibet House’s blockbuster international exhibition ‘Wisdom and Compassion: The Sacred Art of Tibet,’ which toured worldwide 1992 - 1998 to 11 museums in six countries and, was to present and provide an academic and artistic platform to appreciate the unique art of Tibet. Described and interpreted in terms of its iconography, religious meaning, aesthetic qualities, chronological developments, and regional variations in

style, the two catalogs of the exhibition(translated into six language) offerfed the general public a comprehensive and accurate understanding of this unique cultural heritage. It also preserves precious spiritual qualities long lost to the modern world. As primarily a religious art form, learning about certain aspects of Buddhist thought, philosophy, and practice is important for viewers’ education and hence appreciation. These elements are rooted in the motivation and manifestation of Buddhist teachings as they developed in Tibet, emphasizing compassion and wisdom, within the vast and profound canon of Tibetan Buddhist works.; They artistically offer pathways for the realization of the potential for full enlightenment for all humanity and indeed, all sentient beings.

The Repatriation Collection was started in 1992, inspired by the wellspring of support and appreciation expressed by the general public and individual contributors during the organization of the exhibition “Wisdom and Compassion: The Sacred Art of Tibet”. Generous collectors who love Tibetan art and who are deeply concerned about the ultimate disposition of the cultural heritage of the Tibetan people are thoughtfully giving back representative examples of a once vast repertoire of Tibetan arts. These works were created in Tibet over the last thirteen hundred years. Since the Chinese communist occupation of Tibet beginning in 1949, the majority of these art works and Buddhist manuscripts were destroyed, particularly during the Cultural Revolution. Fortiunately, some have been preserved in museums and private collections, with a growing number gathering in the Repatriation Collection.

Shakyamuni with Arhats

19th century | Gift of Lieberman Collection In all Buddhist schools, an arhat (a saint, as “a worthy one”) is regarded as having attained nirvana, marking the end of their worldly suffering through liberation from samsara (the cycle of rebirth). The most famous were a group of sixteen, known as Shakyamuni Buddha’s closest disciples, who remained in the world until their deaths. A prominent Shakyamuni Buddha sits in the center of this painting, surrounded by six arhats (directly left, right, and below his figure), two directional guardians in the lower corners, and three other Buddha figures positioned at the top. Interestingly, one of the lower arhats in this painting is depicted with dark-toned skin, contrasting significantly with their conventionally depicted lighter skin tone. Comparable iconography of the Buddha with six arhats – one of which exhibiting a particularly dark skin tone – can be found at the Gyantse Kumbum stupa in Tibet.

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REPATRIATION COLLECTION collections.thus.org Nāro Dākini

18th century | Gift of Private Collection This Dakini, “Skywalker” buddha goddess appeared in this form to initiate the great adept Nāropa. She stands on a time-fire disc encircled with flames. She is also known as Vajrayogini, a perfect buddha in dynamic woman form. Her evocation is prominent within the Unexcelled Yoga ‘Mother’Tantra practices, common to all schools of Tibetan Buddhism, particularly within the Gelukpa tradition. She gave extensive teachings to the 11th century tantric Mahasiddha Naropa, which were recorded in etensive and sophisticated yogic texts. In this painting, the female buddha deity stands upon two prostrate divine forms that represent negative anger and lustful passion. Her hands hold her primary ritual implements: a skull bowl filled with demon blood, representing the transformation of delusion into wisdom and a curved knife, representing the analytical widom that destroy negative forces; while holding a seer’s staff balanced on her shoulder representing the hr mstery of the yogic subtle body and mind. She has a ferocious face and wears a multi-skull tiara on her head as her black hair flows down her back. At the top of the composition sitting on lotus bases in the clouds are two lamas and a siddha at center (not shown). The lama at top left holds a prayer book and a wisdom sword and is most likely Je Tsong Khapa, founder of the Gelugpa order.

Amitabha Buddha in Sukhavati Paradise 19th century | Gift of Lieberman Collection

According to the Larger Sutra of Immeasurable Life, Amitābha was, in very ancient times and possibly in another system of worlds, a monk named Dharmākara. In some versions Dharmākara is described as a former king who renounced his throne after receiving some Buddhist teachings. He then resolved to become a Buddha and to create a “Buddha-land,” a realm beyond ordinary human and divine realities, created by the merit accumulated in his achievement of buddhahood for the sake of bringing beings into an ideal, celetial setting for learning how to becoime buddhas themselves. This resolution was expressed in his famous forty-eight vows, which described the kind of pure realm Dharmākara aspired to create, the conditions under which beings might be born into that world, and what kind of beings they would be when reborn there.

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AN INTERVIEW WITH LHADON TETHONG ABOUT THE FATE OF 1,000,000 TIBETAN CHILDREN BEING FORCIBLY ASSIMILATED IN CHINA I recently interviewed a colleague Lhadon Tethong about some work she has been doing through her Tibet Action Institute regarding the forced assimilation of Tibetan children away from their families and into the fringes of Chinese society, as factory workers far from their homes, through a vast network of boarding schools taking in Tibetan children from preschool onwards. You can read the full transcript here (edited for readability after being recorded and transcribed by computer). The highlights of this story are as follows. The program seems to have really begun in earnest in 2016 and has all the appearances of the similar efforts made by, for example, the US and Canadian Governments throughout much of the 20th century, whereby select religious organizations subsidized and authorized by their respective governments ran a network of boarding schools designed to forcibly assimilate and indoctrinate the children of American Indians in order to completely eradicate any traces of their indigenous culture in them, particularly by ignoring (even punishing the use of ) their languages with English only instruction and by forcing someone else’s religious beliefs on them.

Needless to say, the efforts were a massive atrocity and total failure, even of their own stated goals, by all accounts and every measure; and both the US and Canadian governments are still trying to grasp the enormity of the damage, apologize for it, and here and there to make such amends as they can to the families and generations of people victimized by the whole racist, totalitarian, and theocratic effort in the name of rigid conformity and whatever benefits it was supposed to confer to whomsoever it didn’t degrade. The debates we have now about the right amounts of diversity or conformity, in business, life, and academia, while still toxic by and large, pale by comparison to those sad projects of the last century, involving a culture war against multiple large populations fought by antagonizing them family by family and child by child.

Even more sadly, we have the Chinese Government undertaking the same project today for their ethnic minorities, specifically the Tibetans, despite the proven failures of such obsolete projects of yesterday’s colonial empires. I suppose the Chinese government is optimistic

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that it can recreate a 17th century colonial empire using 21st century technology, much the way the Russian Government seems intent on re-creating a Soviet Empire and many other self-proclaimed strongmen are loudly hawking Tomorrow’s Empires fashioned from Yesterday’s Greatness but for the presence of “those people,” the others, who will have to be marginalized, removed, punished, suppressed, and somehow gotten-rid-of for that grandiose project to go forward... But as usual, I digress to the general, from the specific...

Lhadon explained the whole situation in China whereby all the local schools everywhere in Tibetan areas have been closed to force Tibetans to send their kids to special boarding schools -- on pain of harassment, loss of benefits, and services, and other government sponsored pressures -- where they only learn Chinese and the Chinese Government approved history of China as well as what they call “Xi thought” which are apparently the terribly wise ideas of their latest president for life, Xi Jinping.

From there, the kids are shipped off to factories around China far from where they grew up and it seems, alone, to assimilate as best they can while toiling fruitlessly for some “comrade’s” profits until they die. The estimates of the numbers of Tibetan children now sucked into this “school system” is almost 1 million out of a Tibetan population in China of about 7.5 million, essentially an entire generation of an entire People.

Fortunately, news of this soul-crushing, criminal, and family-rending project -- of erasing a culture and its language, history, and people -- has been leaking out of Tibet and a number of NGOs are doing what they can to leverage world opinion to force transparency at least about what’s happening to these children and, just as importantly, their families and communities.

Lhadon’s group put out a report on what’s known so far -- click here --and this has helped galvanize international diplomatic action on the issue in the form of demands for information, sanctions, and public declarations of concern for the well being of the people involved. We’ll see what the goodwill of humanity, marshalled by the advocacy of NGOs, politicians, and activists around the world, can do for this latest chapter in human folly but in the meantime THUS.ORG | MENL A.ORG

please take a look into the matter and what others have done so far using the links above, and maybe try to focus not only on the perpetrators and their wicked actions but on the creative and nonviolent opposition to them using only truth in the light of day as leverage for engaging the conscience of everyone involved: victims, witnesses, bystanders, and the perpetrators,most importantly. The latter would not hide what they do if they didn’t know it was wrong, which is a start, the proper beginning of a solution perhaps, in the form of some well deserved shame. This is nonviolence in action: peacefully confronting the aggressor with opposition to their aggression in the presence of witnesses possessing both conscience and understanding....

Read the full interview transcript on thus.org the origins of the modern Tibetan diaspora.

The project aspires to foster dialogue and raise awareness about Tibet’s unique history and the challenges it has faced – not just over the last seventy years, but over the course of centuries. By telling Tibetan stories and shedding light on the rich tapestry of Tibetan history, The Animated History of Tibet seeks to promote empathy, cultural exchange, and a deeper appreciation for the experiences of the Tibetan people.

The Animated History of Tibet is a nine-part historical documentary series featuring original artwork, maps, and interviews with leading specialists in Tibetan history and culture from universities across Europe and North America. The series will take viewers on an animated journey through over 1300 years of history, starting with the rise and fall of the Tibetan Empire and the first spread of Buddhism to Tibet in the 7th century CE. Later episodes will focus on the origins of the Tibetan Buddhist sects, the court intrigue of the government of the Dalai Lamas, and the complex and shifting relationship that Tibet shared with the Mongol Yuan, Chinese Ming, and Manchu Qing dynasties. The final two episodes will explore Tibet as an object of European orientalist fantasy and imperial ambition, as well as the invasion and annexation of Tibet by the People’s Republic of China and

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In association with Tibet House US, the series is written and directed by Dr. Alexander K. Smith, a Tibetologist with a PhD in Tibetan and Himalayan Studies from the University of Paris and a MA in Tibetan Studies from Oxford University. The Animated History of Tibet, however, is a collaborative endeavor, involving a team of dedicated professionals, including historians, animators, illustrators, and Tibetan cultural consultants. The series, which will be free to watch, is currently in production and is expected to be released in English on the 27th of November through the academic YouTube channel Armchair Academics. Tibetan- and Mandarin-language versions of the series will follow in 2024. To learn more, visit www.youtube.com/c/ armchairacademics101.

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The Kālacakra Tantra: by Vesna Wallace (2011)

Chapter on Sadhana. Together with the Vimalaprabha Commentary Publisher: American Institute of Buddhist Studies ISBN: 978-0975373446

396 pages US$59.95

This is the first complete English translation of the 4th chapter of the esoteric Buddhist Kalacakra Tantra text and its eleventh-century commentary, the Stainless Light (Vimalaprabha).

Building upon the Chapter on the Cosmos and particularly the Chapter on the Individual (AIBS, 2004, see listing below) which provide the theoretical background to the Chapter on Sadhana, and the reasons for the given structure and contents of the Kalacakra sadhana practice. The fourth chapter illuminates the intricate connection between the practice of the Kalacakra sadhana and the Kalacakra Tantra’s worldview. This fourth chapter describes Buddhist Tantric generation stage practices (Utpattikrama), including instructions on protecting the place of practice, the meditative practices of the origination of the body and the deities abiding in the body, and the diverse mundane sadhanas designed to induce the mundane siddhis. It then also describes the more advanced Buddhist Tantric completion stage practices (Sampatti-krama), designed to lead directly to the attainment of buddhahood, called here the “Adibuddha” (Primordial Buddha). The translation is supplemented with annotations and references to Tibetan commentaries and other esoteric Buddhist works. It also includes the first critical edition of the Mongolian version of the fourth chapter.

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Kālacakra and the Tibetan calendar:

by Edward Henning (2007) Publisher: American Institute of Buddhist Studiest ISBN: 978-0975373491

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“If you are a genuine scholar of the Buddha Dharma, especially the Tantra system, then know that the Kalacakra Tantra is exceptional and the most advanced, most comprehensive, most updated Tantra— very clear and elaborate. This means Kalacakra is an exceptional system in many ways inclusive and suitable for the modern world. Therefore, if we understand the Kalacakra, then the perfect Golden Age will be closer and closer to us. That’s why this book on Kalacakra astrology is exceptional in general.

This astrological system is what everybody uses for the source of everything — what we adapt and what is abundant, and discover the source of auspiciousness. Kalacakra astrology is very precise, but still, sometimes people make little mistakes. Edward Henning is an exceptional and sharp person. He discovered many of these calculation errors, so this book is going to be exceptional and valuable to those who want accuracy.”

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The KālacakraTantra: by Vesna Wallace (2004)

The Chapter on the Individual together with the Vimalaprabha Publisher: American Institute of Buddhist Studies ISBN: 978-0975373415

398 pages US$59.95

First complete English translation of the 2nd chapter of the esoteric Buddhist Kalacakratantra text, and its 11th-century commentary, the Stainless Light (Vimalaprabha), often accorded pride of place as the first volume of the Tibetan Tanjur. This chapter elaborates the “individual” in terms of the cosmic human who embodies the cosmos within, showing the homology of macrocosm and microcosm, the outer and inner aspects of the person. Supplemented with copious references to Tibetan commentaries, and includes the first critical edition of the Mongolian version of the second chapter.

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MAN of PEACE – The Illustrated Life Story of the Dalai Lama of Tibet by Robert Thurman, William Meyers, Michael G. Burbank.

Tibet House US 304 pages ISBN-13: 978-1941312049

Publisher: American Institute of Buddhist Studies Hardcover 396 pages ISBN: 978-0975373446

DREAM WISDOM–Tarab Rinpoche’s Astounding Insights, A Guide to Evolving a Life of Joy and profound body-mind existential horizons. by Lene Handberg Tarab Institute International 325 pages ISBN: 978-8793289154

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MY APPEAL TO THE WORLD Presented by Sofia Stril-Rever Tibet House US 400 pages ISBN: 978-0967011561

Publisher: American Institute of Buddhist Studies Hardcover 408 pages ISBN: 978-0975373491

DREAMS and TRUTHS from the OCEAN of MIND: Memoirs of Pema Lodoe, Sixth Sogan Tulku of Tibet

by Pema Lodoe Tibet House US 312 pages ISBN: 978-1941312087

THE KALACAKRA MANDALA – The Jonang Tradition

by Edward Henning. 272 pages ISBN: 9781949163261

Publisher: American Institute of Buddhist Studies Hardcover 398 pages ISBN: 978-0975373415

UNDEFEATED: Confessions of a Tibetan Warrior

by Paljor Thondup Tibet House US 248 pages ISBN: 978-1941312100

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Conservancy for Tibetan Art and Culture (CTAC) 1825 Eye St. NW St. 400 Washington, DC 20006 Phone: 202-828-6288 info@tibetanculture.org https://tibetanculture.org Dokham Chushi Gangdruk Contact: Gytatso New York, USA Phone: (917) 361-8566 Email: contact@ chushigangdruk.org

The Tibet Fund 241 East 32 Street New York, NY 10016 Phone: (212) 213-5011 info@tibetfund.org https://tibetfund.org Tibet Justice Center 440 Grand Avenue, Suite 425 Oakland, CA 94610 Phone: (510) 486-0588 tjc@tibetjustice.org https://tibetjustice.org Tibetan Community of NY & NJ 57-12 Tibet Way, 32nd Ave Woodside, NY 11377 Phone: (347) 612-3407 https://tcnynj.org info@tcnynj.org

International Campaign for Tibet 1825 Jefferson Place,NW Washington, D.C. 20036 Phone: (202) 785-1515 info@savetibet.org https://savetibet.org

United States –Tibet Committee (USTC) 241 East 32 Street New York, NY 10016 Phone: (212) 481-3569 ustc@igc.org https://ustibetcommittee.org Voices of Tibet

International Tibet Independence Movement 26 S. bottom Avenue Indianapolis, IN 46219 Phone: (773) 398-1178 rangzen@aol.com https://rangzen.org

Tibetan Oral History Project 595 Main Street, Suite 203 New York, NY 10044 Contact: Tashi Chodron Phone: (212) 355-1527 tashi@voicesoftibet.org

Office of Tibet 1228 17th Street NW Washington, DC, 20036 Phone: (202) 948-2986 otdc@tibet.net https://tibetoffice.org

FRIENDS OF TIBET ORGS

Students for a Free Tibet 602 East 14 Street, 2nd Fl. New York, NY 10009 Phone: (212) 358-0071 info@studentsforafreetibet.org https://studentsforafreetibet.org

Bay Area Friends of Tibet 1310 Fillmore Street, Ste. 401 San Francisco, CA 94115 Phone: (415) 409-6353 bafot@friends-of-tibet.org https://friends-of-tibet.org

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Los -Angeles Friends of Tibet https://facebook.com/ Los-Angeles-Friends-ofTibet-132968430570/ friends@latibet.org Project Tibet Inc. 403 Canyon Road Santa Fe, NM 87501 Phone: (505) 982-3002 info@projecttibet.org San Diego Friends of Tibet 1613 Lake Drive Encinitas, CA 92024 Phone: (760) 315-2229 lesli.bandy@gmail.com

Santa Barbara Friends of Tibet 315 Meigs Road #A-104 Santa Barbara, CA 03909 Contact: Kevin Young Phone: (805) 564-3400 Email: keviny42@hotmail.com Tibetan Bridge Phone: (347) 935-1929 Fax: (212) 290-0214 samten@tibetanbridge.org https://tibetanbridge.org Tibetan Mongolian Buddhist Cultural Center 3655 S Snoddy Rd Bloomington, IN 47401 Phone: (812) 336-6807 https://tmbcc.org tmbcc.kcl@gmail.com

RESTAURANTS BaRo 1376 Restaurant and Bar 75-32 Broadway Elmhurst, NY 11373 Phone: (781) 475-4434 Cafe Himalaya 78 E 1st Street New York, NY 10009 Phone: (212) 358-0160

Dawa’s Tibetan Restaurant * 51-18 Skillman Ave, Woodside, NY 11377 (718) 899-8629 Gakyizompe 47-11 47th Avenue Flushing, NY 11377 Phone: (917) 832-6919 Himalayan Yak Restaurant* 72-20 Roosevelt Avenue Jackson Heights, NY 11372 Phone: (718) 779-1119 Khampa Kitchen* 75-15 Roosevelt Avenue Jackson Heights, NY 11372 Phone: (347) 507-0216 Lhasa Liang Fen 8007 Broadway Queens, NY 11372 Phone: (718) 806-1712 Lhasa Tibetan Restaurant NYC* 177 1st Avenue New York, NY 10003 Phone: 917-388-2230 Lhasa Tibetan Restaurant (Queens)* 76-03 37th Avenue Jackson Heights, NY 11372 Phone: 347-952-6934 Lungta Restaurant 75-16 Broadway Jackson Heights, NY 11373 Phone: (917) 745 1777 MOMO Ramen 78 5th Avenue Brooklyn, NY 11217 Phone: (718) 622-4813 Momo Ramen 160 Havemeyer Street

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Brooklyn, NY 11211 Phone: (347) 529-5999/ (347)463-9773 Nagma Restaurant* 83-17 Broadway Elmhurst, NY 11373 Phone: (347) 730-6117

NY Lhasa Liang Fen 74-17 Roosevelt Avenue Jackson Heights, NY 11372 Phone: (718) 779-6777 Om Wok Restaurant* 40-13 78th Street Jackson Heights, NY 11372 Phone: (929) 615-2827 Om Wok Restaurant* 89017 Northern Boulevard Queens, NY 11372 Phone: (718) 639-8800 Phayul* 37-65 74 Street 2nd Floor Jackson Heights, NY 11372 Phone: (718) 424-1869 Phayul Restaurant* 37-59 74 Street Jackson Heights, NY 11372 Phone: (718) 433-9688 Spicy Tibet* 75-04 Roosevelt Ave Queens, NY 11372 Phone: (718) 779-7500 Tibetan Japanese Restaurant 75-26 37th Avenue Jackson Heights, NY 11372 Phone: (718) 440-9359 Trisara Restaurant & Bar* 72-19 Roosevelt Avenue Jackson Heights, NY 11372 Phone: (347) 808-0033

Wasabi Point* 76-18 Woodside Avenue Elmhurst, NY 11373 Phone: (718) 205-1056

STORES CC Brow Bar 78 West 47th Street Ste. 303, New York, NY 10036 Phone: (917) 472 7748/ (703) 997-4157 Danang Publications: Himalayan Plaza Email: danangpublications@gmail.com (929) 510-7077 Danang Tsongkhang (store) Himalayan Plaza 76-11 37th Avenue, Suite 201 Jackson Heights, NY 11372 (347) 730-4983 Dharmaware Inc. 7 Maple Lane Woodstock, NY 12498 Intl: (845) 679-4900 https://dharmaware.com Distinctly Himalayan Imports Wholesale 300 Enterprise Drive Kingston, NY 12401 Phone: (845) 876-6331 sales@distinctlyhimalayan.com https://distinctlyhimalayan.com Do Kham* 117 1st Avenue New York, NY 10003 Phone: (212) 966-2404 https://dokham.com Dolma Inc.* 417 Lafayette Street, Fl. 2 New York, NY 10003 Phone: (212) 460-5525 dolmarugs@gmail.com https://dolmarugs.com

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dZi –Tibet Collection Phone: 800-318-5857 info@tibetcollection.com https://dzi.com

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Eastern Knots, Inc.* Handmade Tibetan Rugs 3263 33rd Street Long Island City, NY 11101 Himalayan Arts Gift Shop* 10 Main Street #408 New Paltz, NY 12561 Phone: (845) 256-1940 Himalayan Eyebrow Threading Salon 75 West 47th St. 2 Fl. New York, NY 10036 Phone: (212) 840-0084 Jewels of Buddha group 28-42 Steinway Street Astoria, NY 11103 obelgasi@hotmail.com jphuntsok@yahoo.com Phone: (718)-880-8172 Karma Nepal Craft* 266 Bleeker Street New York, NY 10014 Phone: (918) 926-0834 Karma Nepal Craft - Brooklyn 169 Seventh Avenue Brooklyn, NY 11215 Phone: (918) 926-0834 Kathmandu Artifacts* 4625 Liberty Avenue Pittsburgh, PA 15224 Phone: (412) 742-4461 Kunye Tibetan Healing Center: Himalayan Plaza, 76-11 37th Avenue, Suite 201 Jackson Heights, NY 11372 Phone: (718) 255-1622 Kyichu Tibetan Handicrafts* 45-53 47th Street Sunnyside, NY 11377

Phone: (929) 522-0207

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Land of Buddha II 20%* 11 St. Mark’s Place New York, NY 10003 Phone: (646) 602-6588 sales@lobny.com https://lobny.com

Tibet Gallery* 1909 9th Street, Ste. 120 Boulder, CO 80302 Contact: Tenzin Pasang Phone: (303) 402-0140 https://tibetgallery.net

Mandala Tibet – Park Slope* 59 7th Avenue Brooklyn, NY 11217 Phone: (718) 789-0071 mandalatibet@aol.com https://mandalatibet.com

Tibet Home 417 Lafayette Street New York, NY 10003 Phone: (212) 460-5688 https://tibet-home.com Tibetan Art & Crafts* 7 Rock City Road Woodstock, NY 12498 Phone: (845) 679-2097 https://tibetanartsncrafts.com

Mandala Tibet –Bedford* 132 North 5th Street Brooklyn, NY 11211 Phone: (718) 302-0005 mandalatibet@aol.com https://mandalatibet.com Modern Tibet–Wholesale* 86-30 Chelsea Street Jamaica, NY 11432 Contact: Tsering Naktsang Karma Yangzom Phone: (917) 912-8788 Phone: (917) 470-8310 moderntibet@yahoo.com https://moderntibet.com PEMA Boutique 187 Bedford Avenue Brooklyn, NY 11211 (347) 916-1517 Pemcho Design Designer Pema Chodon Phone: (718) 205-7820 pemcho4@hotmail.com Potala Tibetan Store 46-07 90th Street Elmhurst, NY 11373 Phone: (917) 5795 https://potala.com Tea Tibet Dr Tashi Rapten Phone: (845)-268-7717

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Tibetan Market* 40-23 76th Street Jackson Heights, NY 11372 Phone: (929) 423-5653 https://tibetanmarketnyc.com Vision of Tibet I 76 Main Street New Paltz,, NY 12561 Phone: (845) 633-8541 Vision of Tibet II 416 Main Street Rosedale, NY 12472 Phone: (845) 658-3838 Windhorse Trading Inc. 33-31 71st Street.

Jackson Heights, NY 11372 Phone: (718) 606-9565

TIBETAN AGENCY Jamling Law Firm 37-32 75th St. 2nd Floor Jackson Heights, NY 11373 Phone: (718) 500-3141 https://jamlinglaw.com Tibetan Care 349 Fifth Avenue New York, NY 10016

Phone (646) 599-2645 Email:pema@tibetancarenyc. com https://tibetancarenyc.com Tibetan Nannies 68-01 Central Avenue Glendale, NY 11385 Phone: (646) 266-9694 Tibetan Nanny 14 Wall Street, 20th Floor New York, NY 10005 Phone: 866MY-NANNY info@tibetannanny.com Tibetan Practitioner Meridian Medical Group Dr. Choeying Phuntsok 102 E. 30th Street New York, NY 10016 Phone: (212) 683-1221

TIBETAN BUDDHIST STUDY CENTERS Center for Buddhist Studies Columbia University 80 Claremont Ave, Room 303 New York, NY 10027 Phone: (212) 851-4122 ba2165@columbia.edu https://cbs.columbia.edu/ Center for Dzogchen Studies 157 Northfield Rd. Litchfield, CT 06759 Phone: (203) 387-9992 https://dzogchenstudies.com Chuang Yen Monastery 2020 Route 301 Carmel Hamlet, NY 10512 Phone: (845) 225-1819 https://baus.org Dandang Library: Himalayan Plaza 76-11 37th Avenue Suite 201 Jackson Heights, NY 11372 (929) 510-7077

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Deerpark Buddhist Center 4548 Schneider Drive Oregon, WI 53575 Phone: (608) 835-5572 https://deerparkcenter. org Dharma House NYC 6006 39th Avenue Woodside, NY 11377 (between 60th St. & 61st St.) Phone: (718) 635-2849 https://dharmahouse.org Drala Mountain Center 151 Shambhala Way Red Feather Lake, CO 80545 Phone: (970) 881 2184 Drikung Meditation Center 29 Mohawk Street Danvers, MA 01923 Phone: (339) 368-5740 Drikung Dharma SuryaBuddhist Temple 5300 Ox Rd. Fairfax, VA 22030 Phone: (703) 273-5189 Gairesville Karma Thegsum Choling 4168 Herschel Street Gairesville, FL 32210 (352) 335- 1975 GainesvilleKTC@gmail. com https://ktcgainesville.org

Gompopa Center 1202 West Street Annapolis, MD 21401 Phone: (410) 881- 3230 Kagyu Dzamling Kunchab

410 Columbus Avenue New York, NY 10024 Phone: (917)-406-3602 https://kdk-nyc.org

Naropa University 2130 Arapahoe Avenue Boulder, CO 80302 Phone: (303) 444-0202

Karma Thegsum Choling 690 Alison Rd. Shamong, NJ 08088 Phone: (609) 268-3341

Natural Dharma Fellowship 253 Philbrick Hill Road Springfield, NH 03284 info@naturaldharma.org https://naturaldharma. org

Karma Triyana Dharmachakra Monastery 335 Meads Mountain Road Woodstock, New York 12498 (845) 679-5906 https://kagyu.org

Nechung Foundation Lama Pema Dorjee 537 Depot Hill Road Poughquag, NY 12570 Phone: (347) 771-2529 nechungfoundation.org

Kunzang Palchen Ling 4330 Rte 9G Red Hook, NY 12571 Phone: (845) 835-8303 info@kunzang.org

New York Insight Meditation Center 28 West 27 Street, Fl. 10 New York, NY 10001 Phone: (212) 213-4802 https://nyimc.org

Nalanda West 3902 Woodland Park Ave. N Seattle, WA 98103 Phone: (206) 529-08258 https://nalandawest.org

Nitsan Choephel Ling Buddhist Temple 186 West 6 Street Howell, New Jersey 07731 Phone: (732) 367-3940

Nalandabodhi Buddhism Centre 64 Fulton Street, Ste.400 New York, NY 10038 https://nyc. nalandabodhi.org

Orgyen Cho Dzong Retreat 5345 Route 81 Greenville, NY 12083 Phone: (646) 668-0742 https://tersar.org

Namgyal Monastery Institute of Buddhist Studies 210 Tibet Drive Ithaca, NY 14850 Phone: (607) 272-2785 https://namgyal.org

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Padmasambhava Buddhist Center 618 Buddha Highway Sidney Center, New York 13839 Phone: (607) 865-8068 https://padmasambhava. org Palden Sakya Center (PSC)

4 West 101 Street, #63 New York, NY 10025 318 Marlboro Road Eaglewood, NJ 07631 Khenpo Pema Wangdak Phone: (212) 866-4339 https://vikramasila.org Palpung Thubten Choling 245 Sheafe Road Wappinger Falls, NY 12590 Phone: (845) 297-5761 https://kagyu.com

Palyul Retreat Center 359 German Hollow Road McDonough, NY 13801 Phone: (607) 656-4645 https://retreat.palyul.org

Samye Hermitage New York Tibetan Buddhist Meditation Retreat Center 412 Gilmmerglen Road Cooperstown, NY 13326 Phone: (607) 547 5051 rygcooperstown@gmail. com https://samyenewyork. org Sera Jey Buddhist Culture Center 41-30 57th Street Woodside, NY 11377 Phone: (347) 601-1726, https://serajey.org serajeyusa@yahoo.com

Nyingma Palyul Dharma Center 23-11 98th Street Flushing, New York 11369 https://palyulnyc.org

Shambhala Meditation Center Boulder 1345 Spruce Street Boulder, CO 80302 Phone: (303) 444-0190 x100 https://boulder. shambhala.org

Rashi Gempil Ling First Kalmuk Buddhist Temple 47 E. 5th Street Howell Township, NJ 07731 Phone: (732) 364-1824

Siddhartha School Partnership P.O. Box 3405 Portland, ME 04104 Phone: (207) 776-9927 https://siddharthaschool. org

Rigpa NYC 151 West 30th Street New York, NY 10001 Phone: (866)200-5876 X 715 info@rigpaynyc.org Sakya Monastery of Tibetan Buddhism 108 NW 83rd Street Seattle, WA 98117 Phone: (206) 789 2573 https://sakya.org monastery@sakya.org

Tibetan Meditation Center 9301 Gambrill Park Road Frederick, MD 21702 Ven: Khenpo Tsultrim Tenzin Phone: (301) 473-5750 https://drikungtmc.org

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