DRUM Newsletter - Fall 2021

TIBET HOUSE US FALL 2021 / WINTER 2022 – ISSUE 30.11

LET T ER FROM T HE PRESIDENT DEAR THUS MEMBERS AND FRIENDS OF TIBET, August 17, 2021 Guru Rinpoche Celebration Day as Guru Kading Tsal It is my great pleasure to write to you on this day, the tenth day of the 7th lunar month of the Iron Ox Year. Tibetans celebrate it as a special day in the life of Guru Padma Sambhava when he demonstrated the reality of emptiness/relativity, wisdom/compassion, his buddha’s intuition of the true nature of reality overflowing into blissful performance art for the benefit of sensitive beings, by his “Flying in the Sky Display” (Kading Tsal). As the story goes, he was thrown into the Ganges by fanatics who thought him a heretic, but instead of drowning, he rose up in the sky and performed a dance of triumph, shocking them to open minds and hearts. Such psychically technological manifestations displayed his supernormal accomplishments, enabling his altruistic work to free even his enemies from the inner pain of hating. Such performance arts are also the driving force behind the gradual, historically miraculous transformation of Tibet’s culture from a harsh conqueror culture of violence into an evolutionarily powerful culture of spiritual and social happiness, pursuing and finding it person by person!

The people of Tibet are especially blessed with what I call “millennial consciousness,” whereby they feel the immanent possibility of personal fulfillment through enlightenment in their daily lives, even as they are aware of the arduous process of educational and social practice required to actually attain it. Just like us, they enjoy a vivid sense of the value of human life, which drives them to make it meaningful.

This is intensified by their healthy awareness of the immediacy of death, which helps them cherish the moment, as the door to happiness in this and future lives. Nowadays many of us cultivate higher mindfulness in one way or another and are just beginning to melt into the infinite moment, to live in joy through the endless future. Knowing the brave Tibetan people as being with us in this deepest way gives us a consoling faith that the Chinese Communist Party’s doubling down on its stubbornly misguided, seventy-year-long effort to crush Tibetan culture and turn Tibetans into obedient Chinese communists will continue to fail and will as ever have precisely the opposite effect.

We recently celebrated as usual the 86th birthday of our founder, H. H. the Dalai Lama, and we recited together His “Long Life Prayer,” joining millions of devotees all over the world to gratefully wish Him to enjoy His blissful endless future. Also, trailing along behind Him in the process of our non-retiring, joyfully voluntary caretaking of the good ship THUS, Nena and I this year celebrated our 80th birthdays at THUS’s Menla Healing Retreat, and we were deeply blessed to receive a note of congratulation from His Holiness Himself. I must share verbatim a short statement He made about Himself in his 86th year, clearly to encourage us to expand the critical mission of Tibet House US, on into our 9th decade.

As for me, I too am in good health and full of joy. I firmly ­believe that it is altruism, putting others before self that makes this ­possible. Although I have reached 86 this year, I am ­confident that I will be able to live long in the service of others.

Inspiring tears! We at THUS do feel honored to work for His Holiness’s cultural center in America, Tibet’s unofficial cultural embassy, a node in the slowly growing worldwide Tibet House network. Whenever I do anything at THUS in either New York City or upstate at Menla,I feel good—hopeful, energized, and less troubled than usual by all the chaos happening all over our endangered planet. It confirms for

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me that what we always need to do when upset by things going wrong is to see the bigger picture with wisdom and compassion and cultivate joy in vigorously resisting the negative and acting positively for love and wisdom and common sense. We must never give up, with ourselves, with Tibet, with America, with our overheated planet in crisis.

The very good news to report on the current state of Tibet House US is that we have survived the “coronapocalypse” and are beginning to reopen, both at THUS City Center and at THUS Menla. Our dedicated staff members have survived furloughs and working-from-home and are back on the job. We are delighted to welcome a new staff member, Ms. Tenzin Kunsang, who comes with great dedication and high qualifications, from a long experience at Tibet House New Delhi. We thank you all for your generosity that brought success in the essential matching fund drive and also thank our precious USA government for its small business grants, and not least the altruism of staff members, outright volunteers, and creative activists on Zoom. His Holiness himself helped us by authorizing us to work with the Lion’s Roar Foundation to hold popular online summits, beginning a series.

As I always say, dear friends, you all do Love Tibet by giving and working with us to save its precious culture, as we now approach the fifth year of our fourth decade. You are THUS members (please don’t forget to renew!) because you know that life on this earth without Tibet’s unique psychological wisdom and art of freedom, without its beauty and joy—and its teaching of both the blissful grace of every moment blessed by infinite compassionate beings; and the inspiring evolutionary purpose of awakening life—just would not measure up to our precious opportunity of being fully human. Amazing how the shards of the shattered crystal grail of its compassionate culture have landed all around us, reflecting glimmers of its rainbow light. to everyone’s pleasant surprise.

Thank you all so much for your cheerful presence and contributions of every kind, which make our work possible. We will need even more help to solidify our presence in America for the next generations, to help the restoration of the Tibetan spiritual lighthouse on the roof of the world, and to save its culture of essential spiritual knowledge and practical lifestyle that has long sustained the “Third Pole,” the glacial water tower of Asia, which between monsoons nurtures the lives of more than two billion Eastern, Southeastern, and Southern Asian animals and humans—children, women, and men. With all blessings for your health and happiness during the rest of the Year of the Iron Ox and on into the Water Tiger Year!

Faithfully yours,

Robert A. F. Thurman, President August 17, 2021 c.e.; Iron Ox Year; Tibetan Royal Year 2147 PS: Remember your THUS mantra—LOVE TIBET! And Tibet’s mantra, !!OṀ MANI PADME HŪṂ!! It evokes the Divine Holder of the jewel of compassion and the lotus of wisdom, expressing the enlightened vision that true love, deeply intelligent and vastly compassionate, pervades the world, heaven and earth, including the vital center of every sensitive heart! By the way, since I am online book-touring just now, if you need sustained reasoning to cheer yourself and your loved ones up in these tough times, read my latest book, Wisdom Is Bliss: Four Friendly Fun Facts That Can Change Your Life, which my dear friends at Hay House published on Nena’s and my 80th birthday!

TIBET HOUSE US—Cultural Center of H. H. Dalai Lama patron

HIS HOLINESS THE XIV DALAI LAMA honorary chair

NGODUP TSERING, US REPRESENTATIVE OF H. H. DALAI LAMA board of trustees — executive officers ROBERT A. F. THURMAN, president, PHILIP GLASS, vice president, LUDWIG KUTTNER, secretary, BEATA TIKOS, treasurer, CHHIME CHOEKYAPA, ex officio, Private Office of H. H. Dalai Lama board of trustees — directors ANONYMOUS, PETER BACKMAN, INA BECKER, ANNIE CHRISTOPHER, JANET FRIESEN, SUSAN KESSLER, DAVID KITTAY, MARJORIE LAYDEN, MICHAEL MCCORMICK, JOHN MILLER, GESHE DADUL NAMGYAL, LAURA PINTCHIK, 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 VEN. GESHE DORJI DAMDUL, director, tibet house new delhi, india KELSANG & KIM YESHI, directors, norbulingka institute, dharamsala, india visiting spiritual advisers GYALWA KARMAPA XVII–OGYEN TRINLEY DORJE, NECHUNG KUTEN RINPOCHE, LAMA ZOPA 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 coordinator, ANNA VARSHAVSKAYA, office manager, TENZIN KUNSANG, JEN LIU, program associates, JOE COSEY, director of digital development, TASHI TSERING, programs/events coordination, THOMAS F. YARNALL, publications director menla staff NENA V. S. THURMAN, executive chairwoman, LYNN SCHAUWECKER, managing director, MICHAEL G. BURBANK, administrative director, AMBER HALLINAN, general manager, ANNE MARIE MILLER, programming & sales manager, ALICIA OJEDA, executive chef, ISSIS ORREGO, front of house manager, MORGAN BRILL, dewa spa manager, DAVID GIANGRECO, facilities manager tibet house drum ROBERT A. F. THURMAN, editor-in-chief, KYRA BORRÉ, MICHAEL BURBANK, SONAM CHOEZOM, GANDEN THURMAN, BEATA TIKOS, TASHI TSERING, ANNA VARSHAVSKAYA, editors, JOE COSEY , WILLIAM MEYERS, MARC GREENE, production & design, MILTON GLASER, original logo art volunteers SONAM WANGCHUK, TENZIN YESHI, AIDAN THOMAS SPECKHARD Cover: Palden Lhamo, Repatriation Collection, Tibet House US

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G A L L E RY

On View: September 21, 2021–December 15, 2021

12:00–5:00 pm Wed.–Sun. or by appointment; email: sonam@tibethouse.us

Transforming Minds: Kyabje Gelek Rimpoche and Friends Photographs by Allen Ginsberg 1989–97

Transforming friends: Philip Glass, Gelek Rimpoche, and Allen Ginsberg

In exile from Tibet since 1959, Gelek Rimpoche was at home on the streets of New York City.

“Allen never missed the opportunity to teach me about American culture and language. He pushed me all the time. He was really so kind. And then what little dharma I know I contributed to him.”

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Tibet House US Gallery is delighted to partner with The Allen Ginsberg Estate and Jewel Heart International on an exhibition of unique images by the celebrated visionary poet Allen Ginsberg.

Best known as one of the most influential poets of the 20th century, with groundbreaking poems such as “Howl” and “Kaddish,” Allen Ginsberg (1926–97) is also recognized for his photography, intimately capturing friendships from the birth of the Beat Generation through the countercultural and l­iterary circles he helped to inspire.

Allen’s lifelong spiritual quest, beginning early on with visionary experiences involving the 19thcentury English mystic and poet William Blake, ­ultimately evolved into a deep commitment to and practice of Tibetan Buddhism in the final decades of his life.

This extraordinary selection of images focuses on Allen’s Tibetan Buddhist teacher and friend, the renowned Tibetan Buddhist master, Kyabje Gelek Rimpoche, and his friends and students.

Gelek Rimpoche (1938–2017) was one of the last Tibetan Buddhist lamas educated in Tibet and is considered to be one of the great Tibetan ­Buddhist teachers of the 20th and 21st centuries. He fled Tibet in 1959, and in the late 1970s began teaching Westerners in northern India. By the late 1980s he had moved to the United States, and in 1988 established Jewel Heart here, having already opened Jewel Heart centers in Europe and in Asia. He remains ­particularly known for his thorough knowledge of English, his familiarity with modern cultures, and his effectiveness in teaching Westerners Tibetan Buddhism.

In 1989, Allen Ginsberg’s close friend, Philip Glass, a student of Rimpoche, brought Ginsberg to Michigan to perform a benefit concert for Jewel Heart. From that first meeting and until Ginsberg’s death in 1997, Rimpoche was his Tibetan Buddhist teacher and friend. Ginsberg was also, in many ways, Rimpoche’s teacher—a consultant in matters involving the English language and the more ­puzzling facts of Western culture. The two formed an indissoluble bond. “. . . Philip & I had come out to visit and perform [at the] Jewel Heart benefit. H.E. Gelek Rimpoche, once abbot of Gyuto Monastery in Lhasa, had learned Oxovian-accented English with my own root teacher Chögyam Trungpa Rinpoche, his old friend, so we all fell in love.”

Allen Ginsberg’s friends, peers, and teachers are subjects in all of his photographic images highlighting and documenting his life—as is the case in this exhibition— focusing on his life with Gelek Rimpoche and friends, many of whom they shared. Images in the show include H. H. the Dalai Lama, Philip Glass, Patti Smith, Francesco Clemente, Robert Thurman, and others, and exemplify the trans­ formational nature of this time in U.S. history.

“I’ve had a very good life, especially great luck with teachers, particularly Chögyam Trungpa Rinpoche and now Gelek Rinpoche. Both have great hearts. So there’s a basic security to all that.”

Rimpoche teaching the Dharma at Jewel Heart

The special exhibit “Transforming Minds” will be on d­ isplay at the Tibet House Gallery (22 West 15th Street, New York, NY) from September 21 to December 12, 2021.

Prints are on sale through the Gallery as well as online, with proceeds split among the sponsoring organizations.

The exhibition is a partnership between Tibet House US, The Allen Ginsberg Estate, and Jewel Heart International, and was curated by Peter Hale and Ben Paljor Chatag.

COVID-19 protocol will be observed (https:// tibethouse-us/plan-your-visit-2021-covid-policy/) and updated as the situation evolves. Please check the website (https://tibethouse.us/) for updates, online and hybrid programs, and new hours..

The new hours for the Gallery are 11– 4pm,. Wednesday through Sunday. Timed tickets are required in order to view this show. The time slots are for a duration of two hours. The available time slots are as follows: 11am–1pm and 2–4pm, limited to 25 people.

Allen Ginsberg, Philip Glass, Gelek Rimpoche, and Robert Thurman at Menla

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COLLECTIONS Tibet House US

Repatriation Collection

13th-century manuscript page (Tib. pecha); ink and pigment on paper; formerly from the John and Berthe Ford Collection; donated by Arnold Lieberman

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Perforated medical manuscript 19th century; ink on paper

part of the THUS mandate is to collect diverse examples of Tibetan sacred, fine, and folk arts, with the hope to ultimately repatriate them to a National Museum in a culturally free Tibet. To this end, the Repatriation Collection was started in 1992. This growing collection is comprised of 1,500 objects: tangkas, bronzes, ritual objects, and folk art. Generous collectors who are deeply concerned about the ultimate disposition of the cultural heritage of the Tibetan people have and continue to thoughtfully give representative examples of the vast and sophisticated 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 such art works and Buddhist manuscripts were destroyed, particularly during the Cultural Revolution. Surviving art objects have slowly found their way to the international art market, and an emerging understanding of their aesthetic beauty and symbolic meaning has firmly established the world-class quality and distinctive excellence of the Tibetan artistic tradition. Objects donated to the Repatriation Collection are carefully documented and conserved, and selections of the Collection are on display at the cultural center in New York City, and are often circulated in national and international exhibitions. We are grateful to all of the generous donors who have supported our efforts to preserve this precious visual aspect of the Tibetan cultural heritage. This year we gratefully acknowledge a gift of a 13th-century manuscript page formerly from the Ford Collection, donated by Arnold L ­ ieberman, and an extraordinary six-armed Maha­ kala, from western Tibet, ca. 1400, from John C. Rezk.

https://thus.org/collections/ by appointment — email: btikos@tibethouse.us

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This center of heaven This core of the earth This heart of the world Fenced 'round by snow The headland of all rivers Where the mountains are high And the land is pure —Tibetan poem, written about 1,200 years ago*

* source: Translation from text of the Tibetan Chronicle, written on the back of Chinese Buddhist scrolls. The scrolls were part of a large hidden library discovered in 1908 at the Dunhuang caves in Gansu by Western scholars Auriel Stein and Paul Pelliot. The Tibetan Chronicle was probably compiled in the period a.d. 800 to 840, and represents the earliest surviving record of Tibetan literature. It is kept as part of the Pelliot Collection at the National Library of France, in Paris.1 The English version of this poem was first quoted in A Cultural History of Tibet (1968), by David Snellgrove & Hugh Richardson.

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area that does not receive the attention it should in climate and activist circles is the Third Pole, or the Hindu Kush Himalaya mountain region (HKH). It is nicknamed the “Third Pole” because it has the largest concentration of ice on the planet outside the Arctic and Antarctica. It stretches over a vast area including the Tibetan Plateau, Nepal, Bhutan, large areas of India, Pakistan, Afghanistan, and China—which controls the largest portion of the region.2 It is the birthplace of ten of Asia’s major rivers and is instrumental in the ecological health of Asia and the planet at large.3 As Tshering Tobgay, former Prime Minister of Bhutan said, “The Hindu Kush Himalaya mountains—the entire region is like the pulse of the planet. If the region falls sick, the entire planet will eventually suffer.”4 The problem is—the region is already falling sick. It is facing many sustainable development challenges including being stripped of its resources while facing extreme poverty, inequality, and an intensification of climate change before much of the rest of the world.5 Due to ethnic oppression and public misinformation, this reality is falling under the radar in mainstream climate conversations.

Climate change is by far the greatest cause of environmental degradation in the Third Pole region; this hydra’s many heads include deforestation, desertification, melting permafrost, ecological destruction, and deglaciation. Separating

any one of these massive issues and serious consequences of climate change from the others is impossible—and usually unhelpful—but in this case, deglaciation is perhaps the greatest issue at stake in the Third Pole region because it has direct impact on the future of freshwater in Asia. ­Average temperatures in the region have risen at a rate of nearly .5 degrees Celsius per decade over the last three decades. It is now already at the critical threshold of +1.5 degrees Celsius outlined in the Paris Climate Agreement. The Tibetan Plateau is warming at a rate 2 to 4 times that of sea level, due to a phenomenon called “altitude warming,” primarily characterized by the loss of cold days.6 Glaciers are therefore already melting at an alarming rate.7 Even at current temperatures, a third of the glaciers in the third pole are expected to melt by 2100. If global warming trends continue, however, the effects could be devastating with more than two thirds of glaciers in the Third Pole melting by 2100. This melting process is accelerated by other factors like increased air pollution from industrial centers throughout Asia and especially on the Tibetan Plateau.

So, what does this mean for the Third Pole, the rest of Asia, and the planet? The difficult reality is that deglaciation

on this scale will have and is already having dramatic impacts on the health and stability of Asia’s rivers affecting the lives of the 225 million people in the immediate Third Pole Region, the 1.9 billion people downstream, and the approximately 4.1 people globally who depend on exported food sources from these affected river basins.8 While some rivers that are entirely glacially fed may dry up completely, most will be affected primarily as a result of lacking the glaciers’ regulatory abilities. As Professor Martin A. Mills of the Scottish Centre for Himalayan Research described it, all the glaciers in the HKH combined constitute “the most fundamental regulating mechanism for the water cycle in Asia.”9 This means increased flooding and landslides during the monsoon and increased drought during the dry seasons. Many of Asia’s rivers will essentially become only seasonal, suggesting a future inability to support large populations and agriculture.10 This crisis will inevitably have huge socio-economic and political impacts. In the age of climate change, clean freshwater is becoming an ever scarcer resource. The wars that were once fought over oil may in the future be fought over water.11 This crisis is not limited to a distant future. The effects of climate change on freshwater can already be felt in the Third Pole

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in the form of increased drought and desertification in some areas and increased flooding and landslides in others.12 The number of floods and landslides have exponentially ­increased over the last few years in the mountainous regions of Asia, often wiping out entire towns and villages.13 The people of the HKH have always been resilient and are aware of the dangers that come from a life lived at nearly 15,000 feet above sea level.

However, the vast majority of towns and villages are ill-prepared

Lhamo La-tso—the legendary "Oracle Lake" of Tibet 10

for the ecological changes and natural disasters ­occurring on a more and more frequent basis.

There has also been a dramatic increase in damming in the Third Pole region, especially on the Tibetan Plateau. Despite the positive use of hydroelectric power as an alternative to fossil fuels, these dams can have detrimental effects on the surrounding environment and the lives of local indigenous communities. According to expert Michael Buckley, China’s 1.2

mile-wide Three Gorges Dam, which cost 28 billion dollars to construct, “submerged an astonishing 13 cities, 140 towns, and 1,350 villages, displacing more than 1.3 million people.”14 More ‘mega-dam’ projects are in the works on the Tibetan Plateau—some larger than Three Gorges—and will dramatically reshape the landscape and cause the mass relocation of thousands of Tibetans. China also plans to undertake new freshwater diversion projects that are practically unimaginable in their scale, quite literally reshaping the flow of freshwater in Asia and causing even more environmental degradation and mass migration.

Along with most other glacial areas around the world, the Third Pole Region has seen a pronounced reduction of the overall ‘mass balance’ and retreat of its glaciers in almost all areas since the 1950s. This is largely a product of overall atmospheric warming and black carbon pollution ­deposits from regional urbanisation and industrialisation. At present rates, it is estimated that the majority of the TPR’s glaciers will have disappeared by the end of the century, and with them the crucial year-round fresh water support they provide to major Asian industry, agriculture and population centres.

—Professor Martin A. Mills of the Scottish Centre for Himalayan Research

Major governments in the Third Pole region, especially China and India, need to step up in a number of ways.

First, their current plans for reaching carbon neutrality have timelines that are simply too long, which will cause further irreversible damage to the region before their emissions goals are met. Second, these plans, especially China’s, involve thousands of hydroelectric-dam projects and waterdiversion projects, which are problematic for river health as well as the livelihood of local communities. And last, the pollution from industrial urban centers is effecting water and air quality on the Third Pole and further accelerating deglaciation; this calls for stronger regulation of population movements, industrial emissions, and pollution. Solutions must also be contrived in partnership with local indigenous communities including Tibetans if there is any hope for securing the future of freshwater in Asia.

Please join us at Tibet House US in support of climate activism and sustainable policy-making on the Third Pole. Consider visiting the Tibetan-run Third Pole website www.tibet3rdpole. org for more information and ways to get involved.

notes 1

Michael Buckley, Meltdown in Tibet: China's Reckless Destruction of Ecosystems from the Highlands of Tibet to the Deltas of Asia (New York, NY, Palgrave Macmillan Trade, 2014), 17.

2 Martin A. Mills, “Climate Change on the Third Pole: Causes, Process and Consequences,” The Scottish Centre for Himalayan Research for the Scottish Parliament’s Cross-Party Group on Tibet, ( January 2021): 9. https://scotlandtibet.files.wordpress.com/2021/02/schr-working -paper-2021-climate-change-on-the-third-pole.pdf 3 Ibid., 4.

4 Tshering Tobgay, “An urgent call to protect the world’s ‘Third Pole,’” filmed September 5, 2019 at TEDSummit 2019, video, 8:18, https:// www.ted.com/talks/tshering_tobgay_an_urgent_call_to_protect _the_world_s_third_pole 5 Philippus Wester, “The Hindu Kush Himalaya Call to Action: Sustaining Mountain Environments and Improving Livelihoods,” Mountain Research and Development, 40, no. 1 (Feb 2020): 1.

6 Mills, Martin. “Climate Change on the Third Pole,” Future Visions, filmed July 14, 2021, London, video, 17:00, https://www.youtube .com/watch?v=8TRFn4KxAJ0&ab_channel=FutureVisions.

7 Philippus Wester, “The Hindu Kush Himalaya Call to Action: Sustaining Mountain Environments and Improving Livelihoods,” Mountain Research and Development, 40, no. 1 (Feb 2020): 2.

8 Phillippus Wester, The Hindu Kush Himalaya Assessment: Mountains, Climate Change, Sustainability and People, (Switzerland: Springer Open, 2019), 3.

9 Mills, Martin. “Climate Change on the Third Pole,” Future Visions, filmed July 14, 2021, London, video, 5:50, https://www.youtube.com/ watch?v=8TRFn4KxAJ0&ab_channel=FutureVisions 10 Mills, Martin. “Climate Change on the Third Pole,” Future Visions, filmed July 14, 2021, London, video, 33:00, https://www.youtube .com/watch?v=8TRFn4KxAJ0&ab_channel=FutureVisions 11 Tshering Tobgay, “An urgent call to protect the world’s ‘Third Pole,’” filmed September 5, 2019 at TEDSummit 2019, video, 9:30, https:// www.ted.com/talks/tshering_tobgay_an_urgent_call_to_protect _the_world_s_third_pole.

12 J. M. Maurer, “Acceleration of Ice Loss across the Himalayas over the Past 40 Years,” Science Advances 5, no. 6 (2019): 1, https://doi .org/10.1126/sciadv.aav7266.

13 Phillippus Wester, The Hindu Kush Himalaya Assessment: Mountains, Climate Change, Sustainability and People, (Switzerland: Springer –Open, 2019), 6.

14 Michael Buckley, Meltdown in Tibet: China’s Reckless Destruction of Ecosystems from the Highlands of Tibet to the Deltas of Asia (New York City, NY: Palgrave Macmillan Trade, 2014): 101.

15 Martin A. Mills, “Climate Change on the Third Pole: Causes, Process and Consequences,” The Scottish Centre for Himalayan Research for the Scottish Parliament’s Cross-Party Group on Tibet, ( January 2021): 16. https://scotlandtibet.files.wordpress.com/2021/02/schr-working -paper-2021-climate-change-on-the-third-pole.pdf.

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TIBET HOUSE US

EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMS 2021–22 ON-LINE PROGRAMS SPONSORED BY TIBET HOUSE Transforming Minds: Kyabje Gelek Rimpoche and Friends Photos by Allen Ginsberg On view September 21–December 12, 2021 Wednesday–Sunday, 11:00–4:00 pm EST Ongoing events Creating Compassionate Identities Venerable Lobsang Tenpa Series: Sundays, Nov. 7, 14, 21, 28 and Dec. 5, 12, 2021 | 11:00 am–1:00 pm EST Nature of the Heart: Awakening Our Innate Wisdom and Compassion Nina Rao & Chandra Easton Sunday, Nov. 7, 2021 | 6:00–8:00 pm EST 7 Days of Gratitude: Gratitude Meditation and Practice Elizabeth Pyjov Wednesday, Nov. 17, 2021 | 6:00–8:00 pm EST Thursday, Nov. 18–Wednesday, Nov. 24: Participants will ­receive a new gratitude meditation each morning via email.

Free Thanksgiving Morning Meditation: 20-minutes Elizabeth Pyjov Thursday, Nov. 25, 2021 10:00 am–10:20 am EST Thanksgiving Day—Free meditation class and sharing circle: 30 minutes Tony Pham Thursday, Nov. 25, 2021 5:00–6:00 pm EST The Compassion Series Lavina Shamdasani Wednesdays, Dec. 1, 8, 15, 2021 6:00–7:15 pm EST Emergence: Winter Solstice Ritual and Soundbath Dr. Miles Neale and Phil Jacobs Tuesday, Dec. 21, 2021 7:00–9:00 pm EST

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2021–22 HYBRID PROGRAMS (ON-LINE AND IN-PERSON) SPONSORED BY TIBET HOUSE Tibetan Yoga: Magical Movement of Body, Breath and Mind Alejandro Chaoul, Cyndi Lee and Bob Thurman Tuesday, Nov. 9, 2021 | 6:00–8:00 pm EST Towering Mind: A Poetry Series Curated by Arden Wohl Wednesday, Nov 10, 6:30 pm EST PEN International Centenary Book: Presented by PEN International and PEN’s Tibetan Writers Monday, Nov. 15, 2021, 7:00–8:00 pm EST Towering Mind: A Poetry Series Curated by Arden Wohl Wednesday, Nov. 17, 6:30 pm EST Towering Mind: A Poetry Series Curated by Arden Wohl Wednesday, Dec. 1, 6:30 pm EST Towering Mind: A Poetry Series Curated by Arden Wohl Wednesday, Dec. 8, 6:30 pm EST Divine Messsengers: Female Shamans of Bhutan Stephanie Guyer-Stevens, Francoise Pommaret and Bob Thurman Wednesday, Dec. 15, 2021 11:00 am–12:30 pm EST Free New Year’s Eve Meditation: Honoring 2021, Setting Intentions for 2022 Elizabeth Pyjov Fri, December 31, 2021 2:00–2:20pm EST Freedom from the Inner Critic: Compassion and Self-Compassion Meditation Elizabeth Pyjov Sundays, January 9, 16, 23, 30, 2022 6:00–8:00 pm EST

“We can all learn a great deal from reading about the Dalai Lama's life. Read this beautiful book and be inspired by the ­extraordinary way that he has transcended even the most heartbreaking ­suffering, showing us how we can have love and compassion even for our so-called enemies. The more you learn about this man and his ­extra­ordinary life, the more inspired you will be.”

— Archbishop Desmond Tutu

Man of Peace

The Illustrated Life Story of the Dalai Lama of Tibet Why the “life story” of the Dalai Lama? It is a story of one man taking on an empire, calling for truth, peace, and justice for his Tibetan people. Here in full color for the first time, people can come to know the whole drama of his lifelong struggle.

Since the age of 15, the Dalai Lama has defended his people against the continuation of one of the last great land empires by the People’s Republic of China. Under its “dictatorship of the proletariat,” China began to invade Tibet in 1950, decimating and then continually oppressing the Tibetan people. Since colonialism cannot be practiced in our era of self-determined nations, China always maintains that the Tibetans are a type of Chinese, using propaganda and military power to crush Tibet’s unique culture and identity. Yet the Dalai Lama resists by using only the weapon of truth—along with resolute nonviolence—even worrying some of his own people by seeking dialogue and reconciliation based on his more realistic vision.

The great 14th Dalai Lama of Tibet has become the first global D ­ alai Lama, a prominent transnational leader of all who want to make the dramatic changes actually necessary for life on earth to thrive for centuries to come. Considered the incarnation of the Buddhist savior Chenrezig or Avalokiteshvara—archangel of universal compassion—he is believed to appear in many forms, at many different times, whenever and wherever beings suffer. Representing the plight of his beloved Tibetan people to the world, he has also engaged with all people who suffer oppression and injustice, as recognized in 1989 by his being awarded the Nobel Peace Prize.

Most importantly, the Dalai Lama exemplifies his teachings through­out these pages, as he has throughout his life, and he radiates a powerful hope that we can and will prevail. Man of Peace presents the inside story of his amazing life and vision, in the high tension of the military occupation of Tibet and the ongoing genocide of its people—a moving work of political and historical nonfiction brought to life in the graphic-novel form—here for all to see. Spanish, German, and Tibetan language versions are now in preparation.

Pages: 304 pages Available in both paperbound and hardcover editions Size: (pb): 8.5 x 11 in. / (hc): 8.75 x 11.25 in.

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News From Menla After a very slow winter and early spring, Menla roared back to life with an incredibly busy summer, and we are heading into an equally busy autumn! In spite of fluctuations in pandemic-related fears, our group retreat business thankfully returned full-force, with more than ten times the peak number of group inquiries coming in each week over the summer. It now appears possible, even likely, that by next year, we may be mostly recovered from

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the serious financial and other challenges of our pandemic era.

We could not have weathered the worst of the pandemic without the continued support of our community, especially during our 2020 special fundraising effort, the ongoing success of our online programs, folks from NYC and elsewhere seeking personal get-aways at Menla, and government assistance in the forms of PPP grants and the Employee Retention Credit. Together with

returning group retreats, we have been able to get back to somewhat normal operations, as we continue to share authentic teachings and our incredible natural environment with many people in need of physical, mental, and spiritual refreshment.

We take COVID safety very seriously and have been taking many steps to ensure our staff and guests remain COVID-free throughout the pandemic. Fortunately, our region has suffered a lower case-load than many, and we benefit naturally from lots of outdoor space at Menla as well as many different meeting spaces. Our mostly vaccinated staff wear masks whenever social distancing is not possible indoors, and any not-yet-vaccinated staff or visitors are frequentky tested. Given the severity of the Delta variant, we are now requiring a negative COVID test prior to arrival from all of our guests on retreat or personal getaway. And in our main indoor gathering areas, we use special air filters by Vollara, which use NASA-designed technology to kill viruses in the air on contact.

The secret is out! With many more guests coming for personal getaways and the burgeoning population of weekenders in the Catskills, our Dewa healing spa has been busier than ever this summer and fall. A spa like no other, we specialize in helping people curate their own personal retreat experiences

(Create-Your-Own Getaways) by choosing a la carte from a full menu of therapies, activities, and experiences, including Tibetan, Ayurvedic and Western spa treatments, yoga and other movement classes, classes on meditation, guided hikes and eco-walks, sound baths, bonfires, skiing, snow shoeing, and much more. We also offer ready-made day and overnight packages, which include a combination of spa and outdoor activities. Our traditional Tibetan KuNye massage is our signature specialty—be sure to book well in advance to ensure availability.

As we start to schedule our own Tibet-House–sponsored inperson retreats again this fall and next year, we are offering hybrid options­—a gift of the pandemic—and are posting these programs on our website’s Retreats page. We welcomed Krishna Das and Robert Thurman back to Menla Sept 30–Oct 3 for a fun, enriching weekend of kirtans, workshops, Buddhist teachings and Q&A sessions. Led by Thurman and Michele Loew, our ongoing Vajra Yoga series of intensives and Teacher Trainings continues this Fall, Winter, and next Spring, focusing on tantric teachings and practices. These trainings are inspiring, intimate, and packed with useful information and guidance for serious practitioners.

Michele Loew leads Hatha Yoga, Yoga Nidra, and Tibetan yogic practices, while Bob Thurman delivers expert Dharma instruction

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and helps students with their meditation practice. Thurman is also ­offering a Vajra Yoga Online Teacher Training Buddhist module to complement Michele’s existing virtual 200- and 300-hour Yoga Alliance Teacher Training via her website, micheleloew.com.

We have completed a total renovation of our 200-year-old Vintage Barn, and it now serves as a general hangout space, featuring a large stone fireplace, comfortable couches, a 75˝ flatscreen TV and sound system, and a pool table that was donated to us last Autumn. The Barn now also has a small deck where people can enjoy the sunshine and catch views of Panther Mountain and our new organic vegetable and flower garden.

Menla has also newly acquired Potala House (image on page 21), a gorgeous three-story building located up the hill from Snowlion, with four bedrooms, three bathrooms, a full kitchen, and large living room and deck. Potala House was originally part of the retreat property during the Pathwork days and had been sold off by Pathwork in the 1990s. This house will one day serve as the Dalai Lama’s private accom16

modations when He returns to Menla, and in the meantime is available for our guests to rent while on retreat.

We are very happy to announce that we are constructing a Buddha shrine chapel in our Nalanda Conference Center lobby, which will feature the entire Tibetan Tengyur and Kangyur collections, along with existing English translations via our affiliated American Institute of Buddhist Studies (AIBS).

Honored in the chapel is a stunning Burmese Buddha statue bequeathed by the late beloved THUS Board member Bokara Legendre to Bob and Nena Thurman. Bokara had this statue as the centerpiece of her living room for many years and used to sit and meditate beside it. The Thurmans are graciously lending it indefinitely to Menla for the new chapel. Adjacent will be a permanent installation of pictures and text providing general information about Tibet House US, the Dalai Lama, Tibetan Buddhism, and the invasion and occupation of Tibet.

Menla’s hardworking staff includes some new faces on our core team this year. Adam Foizen is our Operations Manager, helping retreat groups with their logistics and coordinating hybrid offerings skillfully. We also have an excellent new Spa Manager at Dewa Spa, Morgan Brill, who has been working hard to expand offerings as our business continues to grow quickly. Our core staff is supplemented by seasonal and year-round support staff from the local area as well as from out of state.

We are often welcoming people to help out in one or more of our departments as either staff or volunteers. Living and working at Menla offers an experience to last a lifetime. If you know of anyone who might be interested, please have them reach out to us at menla@menla.org.

RESIDENTIAL 2021 TIBET HOUSE–SPONSORED AND CO-SPONSORED RETREATS AT MENLA Friends of Fungi: A Hiking, Foraging, and Mushroom Cultivation Retreat John Michelotti Oct 15–17, 2021 Psychedelic Integration: Experiential Practice Retreat for Clinicians Elizabeth Nielson PhD, Ingmar Gorman PhD, Leah Gooch, Jayne Gumpel Oct 19–24, 2021 Braving the Wilderness: Discovering Your Soul’s Power Nicole Beekman-Zornitzer Oct 21–24, 2021 The Four Winds: Energy Medicine Training – Part II Dean Taraborelli & Larry Furtsch Oct 25 – Nov 7, 2021 Simplicity Yoga: Fall Retreat Rosanne Ferraiuolo Oct 28–31, 2021

Cacao, Kundalini, and Sound: A Return to the Heart Jarrod Bryne Mayer & Sarah Eve Cardell Dec 10–12, 2021

ONGOING AND UPCOMING ONLINE 2021 TIBET HOUSE– SPONSORED COURSES AT MENLA Sowa Rigpa: Foundations of the Healing Science of Tibetan Medicine Dr. Eric Rosenbush Evergreen course available for purchase any time Devoted to Wisdom: Celebrating Buddhism & Bhakti Yoga Krishna Das, Robert Thurman & Friends Evergreen course available for purchase any time Vajra Yoga: Yoga Alliance Teacher Training Michele Loew & Robert Thurman Oct 8, 2021 – March 6, 2022 Vajra Yoga Practice Through the Buddha’s Three Vehicles: 18-Week Immersion Robert Thurman Oct 8, 2021 – March 6, 2022 Included in the full Vajra Yoga Teacher Training above, this ­companion course is also offered separately for those who ­already have 200-hour yoga TT certification or who don’t wish to study the hatha yoga component.

Ketamine-Assisted Psychotherapy Phil Wolfson Oct 28 – Nov 3, 2021 The Four Winds: Light Body School Review Karen Johnson & Larry Furtsch Nov 12 – 14, 2021 Women’s Weekend of Mindful Self-Compassion Paula Evans Nov 19 – 21, 2021 Nourishing Your Divine Self Jill Pettijohn Dec 2 – 5, 2021

The Bardo Between: Navigation in the Light of Vajra Yoga Practice Michele Loew & Robert Thurman Dec 9–19, 2021

The Inconceivable Liberation Ocean: the Flower Ornament Sutra Introduction Robert Thurman Ongoing Sat Eve Series throughout the Fall / Winter of 2021 Many other past and recent on-line programs are available for purchase any time at www.thusmenla.org.

Create-Your-Own Getaways Menla offers personal Create-Your-Own Getaways throughout the year for individuals, couples, and small groups of friends to be able to design their own retreat experience. Create-Your-Own Getaways offer delicious locally-sourced meals and deluxe private or small group cabin accommodations with the option for you to be creative with your schedule. You can choose to simply enjoy our exquisite mountain valley with no activities or interruptions, or book your favorite spa treatments and choose from our wonderful Nature Experiences and classes, including guided hikes, garden tours, yoga, meditation, and more. Dewa Spa specializes in rare Tibetan therapies and also includes a variety of western massage modalities, Ayurvedic treatments, private yoga, fitness classes, sound healing and meditation sessions with talented local therapists and teachers.

Book your CYO Getaway now by visiting: https://menla.org/personal-getaways/ and clicking on “Book Now.” All private classes, experiences, and spa appointments should be booked directly with our spa staff at dewa@menla.org.

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WE WOULD LIKE TO THANK ALL OF OUR SUPPORTERS WE GRATEFULLY ACKNOWLEDGE THE CONTRIBUTIONS ABOVE BASIC MEMBERSHIP Patricia Arbelaez Danielle Bias David Boatwright Kevin Borgeson Nancy Braxton Alessia Bulgari Rachel Bullock Aiden Chan Samantha Coker Lee Christie-Irvine Karen Christianson Katherine Cook Cira Crowell Amy Cunningham Gail Forrest

Ena Garland David Mark Gaston Robert Gibson Patricia Gift Katherine Giles Diana Gould Carolyn Gregoire Snehylata Gupta Lisa M. Hacker Scott Hilder Shirwin HU Raymond Huey Cynthia Husted Madhu Kandadai Ananthaa Kandadai

William Kistler David & Jan Kittay Bernard Francis Kyle Chris Langdon Tanya Lasuk Susan Laurino Jen Liu Grace Eugenie Livingston Kevin Loos Leslie Lum Lee Marshall Tarmo Martikainen Christophet McClure Dean Mead Nicole Miccio

William Michael Mariusz Mikulec Anne T. Millikin Maks Milstein Cheryl Nemazie Susan Newberger Joseph Nicastri Don Parris Lee Pershan Laura Pintchik Barbara Rona Hassan Schroeder Jonathan Seiber Rebecca Sharzer Susan Shepard

Cyrus Tau Emily Terry Andrea Tomasetti Patricia Weisenfeld Michele Wert Heather While Jaan Whitehead Sarah Chartener Whitehead Ivan Zimmerman Hobson/Lucas Family Foundation Simons Foundation Minneapolis Institute of Art

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n Tibetan, Norbulingka means “Jeweled Park” or “Treasure ­Garden,” and it was named after the historical s­ ummer palace of the D ­ alai Lamas in Lhasa, Tibet.

It was a beloved r­ efuge for His ­Holiness the Fourteenth Dalai Lama, e­ specially as a child, and­­carries a ­certain sentimental association for him. In the early 1990’s, shortly after the founding of T ­ ibet House, Kalon Kalsang ­Yeshi, then Minister for Religion and Culture, and his wife Kim Yeshi founded the Norbu­ lingka ­Institute in Dharamsala, India, with the full support of His ­Holiness the Dalai Lama, to act as an e­ missary and conservator of Tibetan arts and culture.

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Norbulingka is the primary institute for Tibetan arts in Dharamsala. It employs over 300 Tibetans and is committed to preserving traditional Tibetan art by facilitating the passing of skills from masters to a new generation of Tibetan artists. The disciplines taught and practiced at Norbulingka include Thangka painting, statue making, woodworking, ­tailoring and weaving. The institute also sustains its own Academy of Tibetan Culture, a research center for ­Tibetan culture and history, and medical care as well as child care for ­Norbulingka employees. His Holiness was its original ­patron and acted as chairman for many years, but that role has since been passed on to His Eminence the Seventh Ling Rinpoche. Kim and Kalsang Yeshi, close friends of ­Tibet House, still play an active part.

Artists at Norbulingka create the finest traditional ­Tibetan art, some of which is actually displayed at Tibet House. A few of their most treasured works include the illus­ trated maps that decorate the stairwell and the large statue of the Buddha Maitreya that sits prominently in the gallery. The overwhelming presence of Norbulingka art in Tibet House reflects the close partnership our organizations have shared for over three decades. Tibet House US President Robert

Thurman describes Norbulingka as our “unofficial sister organization.” Tibet House has offered help to Norbulingka in the past, allocating funds whenever possible and selling their pieces in our gift shop. In the era of the p­ andemic, Norbulingka now faces new, ­unparalleled challenges.

Norbulingka artists support themselves primarily through selling their art on-line, through commissions, or to the many pilgrims and tourists who visit Dharamsala. This final customer base is Norbulingka’s greatest source of revenue by far, but it has been practically non­existent for almosst two years now.

Because of the pandemic, few visitors are travelling to Dharamsala, and many customers worldwide are under COVID-19-related ­financial stress. According to their website, “Since April 2020, Norbulingka has reduced expenses and working days by 50%” as a necessary response to these financial setbacks. Therefore, they are in great need of support from friends of Tibetan arts around the globe.

If you would like to help Norbulingka ­continue its mission of preserving Tibetan arts and culture, please consider visiting its website at: www norbulingka.org Shop for a unique gift this holiday season or consider making a donation. If you would like to become a monthly sponsor, contact Norbulingka directly at: info@norbulingka.org

In their own words: OUR MISSION Norbulingka believes in the preservation and ­continuation of Tibetan art through selfsustaining means. Under the guidance of ­talented masters, we endow artists and craftspeople with ­ancestral knowledge, providing jobs to a ­community of over 300 Tibetans. We invite ­visitors to come and explore our beautiful campus and witness firsthand the splendor of Tibetan art.

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OUR VISION ​ ooking back in history, it has always been during times L of peace and prosperity that the arts have flourished and reached their highest pinnacle of refinement. Royalty and wealthy sponsors would patronize artists and craftsmen in a quest to display the finest work their culture had to offer, thus driving the standards of excellence higher and higher.

In turbulent times, times of strife or struggle, naturally there is no space in the minds of people to consider the ­patronage of higher culture, and support for the arts declines and is replaced by the concerns of daily life. With no elaborate commissions in which to show off their artistic talent, and no demand for the training of future artists, naturally the splendor of the arts declines as well, and so too the knowledge of how to create such beauty fades.

At Norbulingka it is our aim to retain the artistic ­knowledge and techniques which were achieved at the ­pinnacle of Tibetan Buddhist civilization, and to pass these on to new generations of artists who are interested in ­pursuing their cultural heritage. We do this through a sustainable business model whereby we act as our own patrons, allowing us to provide jobs and training to ­Tibetans in exile.

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As well as producing museum-quality art, we also run a variety of hospitality operations including three guesthouses and two restaurants. These ventures take pressure off of our artists to produce in mass quantity, who can then focus on maintaining the authenticity of their artistic lineages. It also allows us to provide additional jobs with stable income and training in service and administration to many in the Tibetan community.

All income generated by Norbu­lingka then goes back into the institute, through which we can support social programs such as health and child care for our staff, as well as apprenticeships in traditional arts, and the patronage of various scholastic projects.

In this way Norbulingka acts as a self-sustaining community, where all members contribute to the larger vision of preserving Tibetan culture, and where the income generated is reinvested to create a better life for our staff and future ­Tibetan generations.

By purchasing our products and enjoying our hospitality services, you are not only promoting the preservation of rare art forms of the highest caliber, but you are supporting the lives of artists, staff members and their families, and by extension the community in which they live, which acts as a cradle for Tibetan values in exile.

In 1995, Norbulingka Institute was officially inaugurated

by His Holiness the Dalai Lama. In 1996, His Holiness became Chairman of the Norbulingka Trust, retaining this position until 2015, when he retired from all official positions within the community. His Holiness was succeeded as ­Chairman by His Eminence the Seventh Kyabje Yongzin Ling Rinpoche.

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Why The Dalai Lama Matters: His Act of Truth as the Solution for China, Tibet, and the World (Available from Tibet House Bookshop) “Dr. Thurman clearly describes how the 14th Dalai Lama can forge a path to a far better world in our time. As Albert Einstein urged, we must engage a different level of thinking to help solve the significant problems we face, problems often caused by our ordinary assumptions.

The Dalai Lama is a unique exemplar of a different, vital, inclusive, and powerfully effective way of thinking. This wonderfully written, compelling book invites us to freedom.”

— Sharon Salzberg, author of Lovingkindness “No one has worked harder to bring Tibet, Tibetan Buddhism, and the special power of the Dalai Lama to American audiences than Robert Thurman. Long may he write and, as in this latest work, bring learning and spirit, great vigor, and close knowledge together.”

— Pico Iyer, author of The Open Road and Sun After Dark

Pages: 256 pages ISBN: 978-1-58270-220-9 Size: 6 x 9 inches

“I could not put this book down. I found it powerfully inspiriting to imagine a positive alternative to the sixty-year-long tragedy wrought

by China in Tibet. As Robert Thurman shows us, by reversing its ­colonialist cultural genocide in Tibet (and so inspiring a reversal of the murderous policies of the regimes in Myanmar and Sudan), China could truly emerge as a responsible world power and take its place within the moral community of nations.”

— Mia Farrow, actor, activist, and humanitarian

The suppression of Tibet’s cultural heritage has the potential to set a precedent for all oppressed peoples of the world.

Perched on the top of the world. changes in Tibet’s ecosystem affect the entire global climate. And, most importantly, Tibet is the spiritual and physical home of His Holiness the Dalai Lama, to which he can never return.

But why does Tibet matter to you? Tibet is more than its mountains, its monks, and its martyrs. Robert Thurman, renowned Tibetan scholar, teacher, and activist, presents his provocative, five-point plan that will enable China to win the respect of the entire world by allowing Tibet to regain its cultural, economic, and political autonomy. Thurman shows how the Dalai Lama's tireless work is the harbinger of peace for the world yet to come and essential for human survival.

The book outlines several key factors that will educate and empower readers to take action: What is the history of Tibet, and how do the political, religious, ecological, and social factors affect each other? Who is the Dalai Lama, and why does his work matter to the world? What does the China–Tibet relationship represent for the global c­ ommunity?

What can individuals do to bring attention to this issue, and make a change where they are? How can the five-point plan be used as a model of peaceful change in the world?

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Upcoming Schedule of His Holiness the Dalai Lama November 4–5, 2021 | Live Webcast Conversation from Dharamsala, India His Holiness the Dalai Lama will give two days of teachings on Maitreya's The Ornament of the Sutras (dodhe gyen) followed by a question and answer session from approximately 9 am to 10 am (Indian Standard Time) at the request of Russian Buddhists. Those interested may watch the live webcast in Tibetan, English, Chinese and other languages on the official websites and Facebook pages of the Office of His Holiness the Dalai Lama. Viewers are requested to please follow their local social distancing rules. For latest update, visit: www.dalailama.com/live

November 10, 2021 | Live Webcast Talk from Dharamsala, India His Holiness the Dalai Lama will give a talk on Cultivating a Good Heart followed by a question and answer session from 9 am to 10 am (Indian Standard Time) organized by the Foreign Correspondents Club of Japan and Tibet House Japan.

Those interested may watch the live webcast in Tibetan, English, Chinese and other languages on the official websites and Facebook pages of the Office of His Holiness the Dalai Lama. People are requested to please follow their local social distancing rules while viewing the live webcast. For further information please see www.dalailama.com/live

November 17, 2021 | Live Webcast Talk from Dharamsala, India His Holiness the Dalai Lama will give a talk on Compassion and Love followed by a question and answer session from 9 am to 10 am (Indian Standard Time) organized by the National Institute of Disaster Management, India. Those interested may watch the live webcast in Tibetan, English, Chinese and other languages on the official websites and Facebook pages of the Office of His Holiness the Dalai Lama. People are requested to please follow their local social distancing rules while viewing the live webcast. For further information please see www.dalailama.com/live

November 24, 2021 | Live Webcast Talk from Dharamsala, India His Holiness the Dalai Lama will give a talk on Educating the Heart in the New Millennium followed by a question and answer session from 9 am to 10 am (Indian Standard Time) organized by Palas Athena, a Brazilian NGO. Those interested may watch the live webcast in Tibetan, English, Chinese and other languages on the official websites and Facebook pages of the Office of His Holiness the Dalai Lama. People are requested to please follow their local social distancing rules while viewing the live webcast. For further information please see www.dalailama.com/live

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December 1, 2021 | Live Webcast Dialogue from Dharamsala, India His Holiness the Dalai Lama will have a short dialogue with Father Laurence Freeman, Founding Teacher of the World Community for Christian Meditation (WCCM), followed by a question and answer session from 9 am to 10 am (Indian Standard Time) as part of the 30th founding anniversary of the WCCM. Those interested may watch the live webcast in Tibetan, English, Chinese and other languages on the official websites and Facebook pages of the Office of His Holiness the Dalai Lama. People are requested to please follow their local social distancing rules while viewing the live webcast. For further information please see www.dalailama.com/live

December 8, 2021 | Live Webcast Dialogue from Dharamsala, India His Holiness the Dalai Lama will have a short dialogue followed by a question and answer session from 9 am to 10 am ­(Indian Standard Time) organized by the Mind & Life Institute. Those interested may watch the live webcast in Tibetan, English, Chinese and other languages on the official websites and Facebook pages of the Office of His Holiness the Dalai Lama. People are requested to please follow their local social distancing rules while viewing the live webcast. For further information please see www.dalailama.com/live

December 17–18, 2021 | Live Webcast Teaching from Dharamsala, India His Holiness the Dalai Lama will give two days of teachings on Maha Satipatthana Sutta (denpa nyer zhag ge do) for Theravada Sangha members from Indonesia, Malaysia, Myanmar, Sri Lanka and Thailand followed by a question and answer session from approximately 8 am to 9 am (Indian Standard Time) at the request of Buddhadasa Indapanno Archives - Suan Mokkh Bangkok, Srivijaya State Buddhist Council of Tangerang-Banten Indonesia, Theravada Buddhist Council Malaysia, Sri Lanka Tibetan Buddhist Brotherhood Society, ASEAN Dhammaduta Project and Tibetan Buddhist Center Singapore.

Those interested may watch the live webcast in Tibetan, English, Chinese and other languages on the official websites and Facebook pages of the Office of His Holiness the Dalai Lama. Viewers are requested to please follow their local social distancing rules. For further information please see www.dalailama.com/live

December 23, 2021 | Live Webcast Talk from Dharamsala, India His Holiness the Dalai Lama will give a talk on Facing Challenges with Compassion & Wisdom followed by a question and answer session from 9 am to 10 am (Indian Standard Time) organized by the Indian Institute of Management (IIM) Rohtak.

Those interested may watch the live webcast in Tibetan, English, Chinese and other languages on the official websites and Facebook pages of the Office of His Holiness the Dalai Lama. People are requested to please follow their local social distancing rules while viewing the live webcast. For further information please see www.dalailama.com/live

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DIRECTORY TIBET HOUSES Tibet House- New Delhi Cultural Centre of His Holiness the Dalai Lama 1, Institutional Area, Lodhi Rd. New Delhi 110003 INDIA Phone: + (91) 11-24611515 office@tibethouse.in The House of Tibet-Sweden Vivstavarvsvägen 200, 122 43 Enskede SWEDEN Phone: + (46) 8-643 49 47 info@tibet-school.org www.tibet-school.org Casa Del Tibet Barcelona Fundació Casa del Tíbet Carrer Rossello 181 08036 Barcelona SPAIN Phone: +(34) 93-207-5966 info@casadeltibetbcn.org www.casadeltibetbcn.org TibetHaus Deutschland Georg-Veigt Strasse 4 60486 Frankfurt am Main Germany +49-(0)69 7191 3595 info@tibethaus.com www.tibethaus.com Tibet House Brazil Alameda Lorena, 349 Jardins Paulista, São Paulo SP 01404-000, Brazil Phone: +55 (113) 052-1586 info@tibethouse.org.br www.tibethouse.org.br Tibet House Holland Pakhuisplein 41 1531 MZ Wormer THE NETHERLANDS Phone: +(31) 0-6-43119269 www.tibethouse.nl Tibet House California 2620 Capitol Avenue Sacramento, CA 95816 Phone: (916) 672 1048 www.thcal.us Casa Tibet Mexico Anexo Cultural Center in Mexico Tuxpan 2, Roma Sur Cuauhtemoc 06760 Cindad de Mexico CDMX Mexico Phone: +52 (555) 264-4163 www.casatibet.org.mx/ Tibet House Foundation Varosmajor u. 23 Budapest XII 1122 HUNGARY Phone: + (36-1) 355-1808

Tibet Culture House – Italy Via P. Gobetti 33 20093 Cologno Monzese Milano, ITALY Phone: + (02) 2532-287 www.tibetculturehouseitaly.org

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

Tibet House Moscow Rozhdestvensky blvrd, 19 107045, Moscow RUSSIA Phone: + (7) 905 517-51-70 moscow@tibethouse.ru www.tibethouse.ru

The Tibet Fund 241 East 32 Street New York, NY 10016 Phone: (212) 213-5011 info@tibetfund.org www.tibetfund.org

Tibet House Switzerland Foundation Via Maggio 1 6900 Lugano SWITZERLAND Phone: + (41) 76 571 7273

Tibet Justice Center 440 Grand Avenue, Suite 425 Oakland, CA 94610 Phone: (510) 486-0588 tjc@tibetjustice.org www.tibetjustice.org

Tibet Open House Ven. Yeshi Gawa Phone: +420 (222) 954-490 Email: yeshi@tibetopenhouse.cz www.tibetopenhouse.cz Školská 28, 110 00 Praha 1-Nové Mesto, Czechia

Tibetan Community of New York & New Jersey 57-12 Tibet Way, 32nd Ave Woodside, NY 11377 Phone: (347) 612-3407 www.tcnynj.org info@tcnynj.org

TIBET ORGANIZATIONS Conservancy for Tibetan Art and Culture (CTAC) 1825 Eye St. NW St. 400 Washington, DC 20006 Phone: 202-828-6288 info@tibetanculture.org www.tibetanculture.org

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

Dokham Chushi Gangdruk Contact: Gytatso New York, USA Phone: (917) 361-8566 Email: contact@chushigangdruk.org International Campaign for Tibet 1825 Jefferson Place,NW Washington, D.C. 20036 Phone: (202) 785-1515 info@savetibet.org www.savetibet.org International Tibet Independence Movement P.O. Box 592 Fishers, IN 46038-0592 Phone: (317) 579-9015 rangzen@aol.com www.rangzen.org Office of Tibet 1228 17th Street NW Washington, DC, 20036 Phone: (212) 213-5010 Fax: (703) 349-7444 otdc@tibet.net www.tibetoffice.org

Voices of Tibet Tibetan Oral History Project 595 Main Street, Suite 203 New York, NY 10044 Contact: Tashi Chodron Phone: (212) 355-1527 tashi@voicesoftibet.org FRIENDS OF TIBET ORGANIZATIONS Bay Area Friends of Tibet 1310 Fillmore Street, Ste. 401 San Francisco, CA 94115 Phone: (415) 409-6353 bafot@friends-of-tibet.org www.friends-of-tibet.org Los -Angeles Friends of Tibet Facebook page: 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 lesli.bandy@gmail.com Phone: (760) 315-2229 Santa Barbara Friends of Tibet Contact: Kevin Young Phone: (805) 564-3400 Email: keviny42@hotmail.com Tibetan Bridge 325 West 37th Street, 10th Floor New York, NY 10018 Fax: (212) 290-0214 samten@tibetanbridge.org www.tibetanbridge.org Tibetan Mongolian Buddhist Cultural Center 3655 S Snoddy Rd Bloomington, IN 47401 Phone: (812) 336-6807 www.tmbcc.org tmbcc.kcl@gmail.com RESTAURANTS 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 Avneue 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 Tibetan Restaurant* 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

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MOMO 78 5th Avenue Brooklyn, NY 11217 Phone: (718) 622-4813 Momo Ramen 160 Havemeyer Street Brooklyn, NY 11211 Phone: (347) 529-5999/ (347)463-9773 *Momo Sushi* 75-26 37th Avenue Jackson Heights, NY 11372 Phone: (718) 622 4813 *Om Wok Restaurant* 89017 Northern Boulevard Queens, NY 11372 Phone: (718) 639-8800

300 Enterprise Drive Kingston, NY 12401 Phone: (845) 876-6331 sales@distinctlyhimalayan.com www.distinctlyhimalayan.com *Do Kham* 117 1st Avenue New York, NY 10003 Phone: (212) 966-2404 www.dokham.com *Dolma Inc.* 417 Lafayette Street, Fl. 2 New York, NY 10003 Phone: (212) 460-5525 dolmarugs@gmail.com www.dolmarugs.com

Woodside, NY 11377 Phone: (929) 522-0207 *Land of Buddha I* 20% 128 MacDougal Street New York NY 10012 Phone: (646) 602-6588 sales@lobny.com www.lobny.com *Land of Buddha II* 20% 11 St. Mark’s Place New York, NY 10003 Phone: (646) 602-6588 sales@lobny.com www.lobny.com

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

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

*Punda Tibetan Restaurant* 39-35 47th Avenue Sunnyside, NY 11104 Phone: (718) 806-1845

*Eastern Knots, Inc.* Handmade Tibetan Rugs 37-24 24th Street Long Island City, NY 11101 Phone: (646) 894-5476 info@easternknots.com

*Mandala Tibet –Bedford* 132 North 5th Street Brooklyn, NY 11211 Phone: (718) 302-0005 mandalatibet@aol.com www.mandalatibet.com

*Spicy Tibet* 75-04 Roosevelt Ave Queens, NY 11372 Phone: (718) 779-7500

Himalayan Arts Gift Shop 10 Main Street #408 New Paltz, NY 12561 Phone: (845) 256-1940

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

Himalayan Eyebrow Threading Salon 75 West 47th St. 2 Fl. New York, NY 10036 Phone: (212) 840-0084

*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 www.moderntibet.com

STORES *Beautiful Tibet Inc.* 322 Bleecker Street New York, NY 10014 Phone: (212) 414-2773 info@beautifultibetstore.com www.beautifultibetstore.com

*Himalayan Vision* 127 Second Avenue New York, NY 10003 Phone: (212) 254-1952

Padma Tibetan Handicrafts Inc. 234 Thompson Street New York, NY 10012 Phone: (212) 673-8491

Jewels of Buddha 28-42 Steinway Street Astoria, NY 11103 dobelgasi@hotmail.com jphuntsok@yahoo.com Phone: (347)-415-6078

PEMA Boutique 187 Bedford Avenue Brooklyn, NY 11211 (347) 916-1517

*Phayul* 37-65 74 Street Jackson Heights, NY 11372 Phone: (718) 424-1869

CC Brow Bar Freight Entrance HMF2 20 West 47th Street, New York, NY 10036 Phone: (917) 472 7748 Danang Publications: Himalayan Plaza Email: danangpublications@gmail.com (646) 978-9998 Danang Tsongkhang (store):: Himalayan Plaza 76-11 37th Avenue, Suite 201 Jackson Heights, NY 11372 (929) 510-7077 Dharmaware Inc. 54 Tinker Street #E Woodstock, NY 12498 Phone: US: (888) 679-4900 Intl: (845) 679-4900 www.dharmaware.com Distinctly Himalayan Imports Wholesale

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*Karma Nepal Craft* 34 Carmine 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

Pemcho Design Designer Pema Chodon Phone: (718) 205-7820 pemcho4@hotmail.com Potala Tibetan Store 46-07 90th Street Elmhurst, NY 11373 Phone: (718) 255 5833 www.potala.com Real Things Handcrafted yoga mats and meditation cushions 652 Huron Street #1 Toronto, Ontario, Canada Phone: (416) 788-3755 connect@realthings.ca www.realthingscushions.com Tea Tibet Dr Tashi Rapten Phone: (845)-268-7717 www.teatibet.org

*Tibet Gallery* 1909 9th Street, Ste. 120 Boulder, CO 80302 Contact: Tenzin Pasang Phone: (303) 402-0140 www.tibetgallery.net *Tibet Home* 417 Lafayette Street New York, NY 10003 Phone: (212) 460-5688 www.tibet-home.com *Tibet Jewels* 197 Bleecker Street New York, NY 10012 Phone: (212) 260-5880 jyambala279@gmail.com Tibet Supply Himalayan Buddhist supplies Phone: (347) 409-2931 www.tibetsupply.com *Tibetan Art & Crafts* 7 Rock City Road Woodstock, NY 12498 Phone: (845) 679-2097 www.tibetanartsncrafts.com Tibetan Art Home Inc. 8115 Broadway Elmhurst, NY 11373 *Tibetan Market* 40-23 76th Street Jackson Heights, NY 11372 Phone: (929) 423-5653 *Vision of Tibet I* 416 Main Street Rosendale, NY 12474 Phone: (845) 658-3838 Windhorse Trading Inc. 33-31 71st Street Jackson Heights, NY 11372 Phone: (718) 565 8804 TIBETAN NANNY HOUSEKEEPING Jamling Law Firm 40-45 75th St. 2nd Floor Jackson Heights, NY 11373 Phone: (718) 500-3141 www.jamlinglaw.com Tibetan Care 349 Fifth Avenue New York, NY 10016 Phone (917) 628-5390 Email: pema@tibetancarenyc.com website: tibetancarenyc.com Tibetan Nannies 68-01 Central Avenue Flushing, NY 11385 Phone: (646) 266-9694 Tibetan Nanny 14 Wall Street, 20th Floor New York, NY 10005 Phone: (212) 335-0017 info@tibetannanny.com

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 www.cbs.columbia.edu/

Gelek Rimpoche www.jewelheart.org/chapters /new-york

Center for Dzogchen Studies Vajra Buddhist Center 157 Northfield Rd. Litchfield, CT 06759 Phone: (203) 387-9992 www.dzogchenstudies.com

Kagyu Thubten Choling 245 Sheafe Road Wappinger Falls, NY 12590 Phone: (845) 297-5761 www.kagyu.com

Chuang Yen Monastery 2020 Route 301 Carmel, NY 10512 Phone: (845) 225-1819 www.baus.org Dandang Library: Himalayan Plaza 76-11 37th Avenue Suite 201 Jackson Heights, NY 11372 (929) 510-7077 Deerpark Buddhist Center 4548 Schneider Drive Oregon, WI 53575 Phone: (608) 835-5572 www.deerparkcenter.org Dharma House NYC 6006 39th Ave Woodside, NY 11377 (between 60th St. & 61st St.) (718) 635-2849 dharmahouse.org Drikung Meditation Center 15 Bartlett Ave. Arlington, MA 02476 Phone: (888) 390-5580 Drikung Kagyu Tibetan Meditation Center 9301 Gambrill Park Road Frederick, MD 21702 Ven: Khenpo Tsultrim Tenzin Phone: (301) 473-5750 www.drikungtmc.org Nitsan Choephel Ling Buddhist Temple 186 West 6 Street Howell, New Jersey 07731 Phone: (732) 367-3940 Ven. Yonten Gyatso Gampopa Center Khenpo Tenzin Nyima 6 Fox Lane Denville, NJ 07834 Phone: (973) 586-2756 www.gampopa.org Jewel Heart New York 260 West Broadway, # 1G New York, NY 10013 Phone: (212) 966-2807

Kagyu Dsamling Kunchab 410 Columbus Avenue New York, NY 10024 Phone: (917)-406-3602 www.kdk-nyc.org

Karma Thegsum Choling 1216 NW 9th Avenue Gainesville, FL 32601 (352) 335- 1975 GainesvilleKTC@gmail.com www.ktcgainesville.org Karma Triyana Dharmachakra Monastery 335 Meads Mountain Road Woodstock, New York 12498 (845) 679-5906 www.kagyu.org Kunzang Palchen Ling 4330 Rte 9G Red Hook, NY 12571 Phone: (845) 835-8303 info@kunzang.org Nalandabodhi Buddhism Centre – Seattle 3902 Woodland Park Ave. N Seattle, WA 98103 Phone: (206) 529-08258 www.nalandawest.org Nalandabodhi Buddhism Centre 64 Fulton Street, Ste.400 New York, NY 10038 www.nyc.nalandabodhi.org Namgyal Monastery Institute of Buddhist Studies 210 Tibet Drive Ithaca, NY 14850 Phone: (607) 272-2785 www.namgyal.org Naropa University 2130 Arapahoe Avenue Boulder, CO 80302 Phone: (303) 444-0202 Natural Dharma Fellowship 253 Philbrick Hill Road Springfield, NH 03284 info@naturaldharma.org www.naturaldharma.org Nechung Foundation Lama Pema Dorjee 110 First Avenue, # 5 New York, NY 10009 www.nechungfoundation.com New York Insight Meditation Center

28 West 27 Street, Fl. 10 New York, NY 10001 Phone: (212) 213-4802 www.nyimc.org Orgyen Cho Dzong Nyingma Tersar Retreat Center 5345 Route 81 Greenville, NY 12083 Phone: (646) 668-0742 www.tersar.org Padmasambhava Buddhist Center 618 Buddha Highway Sidney Center, New York 13839 www.padmasambhava.org Khenpo Pema Wangdak Palden Sakya Center (PSC) 4 West 101 Street, #63 New York, NY 10025 Phone: (212) 866-4339 www.vikramasila.org PSC –Pema Tsal Meditation Center Phone: (718) 797-9569 PSC – Woodstock Phone: (845) 679-4024 www.paldensakya.org Palyul Retreat Center 359 German Hollow Road McDonough, NY 13801 Phone: (607) 656-4645 www.retreat.palyul.org Nyingma Palyul Dharma Center 23-11 98th Street Flushing, New York 11369 www.palyulnyc.org Rigpa New York 171 West 29th Street, 3rd Floor Phone: (212) 971-7003 info@rigpaynyc.org Sakya Monastery of Tibetan Buddhism 108 NW 83rd Street Seattle, WA 98117 Phone: (206) 789 2573 www.sakya.org monastery@sakya.org Sera Jey Buddhist Culture Center 41-30 57th Street, Woodside, NY 11377, USA Phone: 718-606-2870, 347-601-1726, 929-344-9852 www.serajey.org serajeyusa@yahoo.com Boulder Shambhala Meditation Center 1345 Spruce Street Boulder, CO 80302 Phone: (303) 444-0190 x100 www.boulder.shambhala.org

Siddhartha School Partnership P.O. Box 3405 Portland, ME 04104 Phone: (207) 776-9927 www.siddharthaschool.org Tashi Lhunpo Buddhist Temple Rashi Gempil Ling First Kalmuk Buddhist Temple 12 Kalmuk Road Howell, New Jersey 07731 Phone: (732) 363-6012 The Tibet Center PO Box 1873 Murray Hill Station New York, NY 10156 Phone: (718) 222-0007 www.thetibetcenter.org Tibetan Buddhist Learning Center Labsum Sherab Ling 93 Angen Road Washington, NJ 07882 Phone: (908) 689-6080 Contact: Diana & Joshua Cutler www.labsum.org Tsechen Kunchab Ling (TKL) Temple of All-Encompassing Great Compassion Seat of H.H. The Sakya Trizin in U.S. 12 Edmunds Lane Walden, NY 12586 Phone: (301) 906-3378 www.sakyatemple.org TKL-Sakya Phunstok Ling Center For Buddhist Study & Meditation 608 Ray Drive Takoma Park, MD 20912 Phone: (301) 200-1289 admin@sakyatemple.org Thubten Kunga Center 201 SE 15th Terrace Deerfield Beach, FL 33441 Phone: (954) 421-6224 www.tubtenkunga.org Yeshe Nyingpo 19 West 16 Street New York, NY 10011 Phone: (212) 691-8523 ynyingpoe@gmail.com www.tersar.org Zangdokpalri Foundation PO Box G Claverack, NY 12513 Phone: (212) 741-4443 www.zangdokpalri.org *Highlighted* businesses offer THUS member discounts

Shambhala Mountain Center 151 Shambhala Way Red Feather Lake, CO 80545 Phone: (970) 881 2184

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