TIBET HOUSE US
SUMMER/FALL · ISSUE 36, VOLUME 2
A LETTER FROM THE PRESIDENT May 31, 2026: Sagadawa—Buddha’s Enlightenment Day
Dear Gentle Members and Friends, I write to you as usual on a very auspicious time in the Tibetan calendar, the Sagadawa full moon day, celebrating Shakyamuni Buddha’s birth, enlightenment, and passing, 2,500 years ago within our time sense, though also present at this very moment in His time sense! For a Buddha, all time is a blissful now, inconceivably simultaneous with all three times of unenlightened beings’ migrations through endless deaths, rebirths, and lives in other forms. Tibet House City Center and Tibet House Menla are still holding their own in their mortgage-free day to day within the prospect of assuring their long-term presence and service, until a restored autonomous Tibetan government can itself maintain its own embassies and cultural centers in capitals around the world. Under the difficult conditions imposed by the madness of our materialist elite global culture aggressively pursuing its own self-destruction of the good life on this beautiful planet, it is a blessing just to remain present, our work is to see to it that the Tibetan nation under occupation and in diaspora still remains present in the world’s mind and heart. Industrialized misknowledge has everyone pursuing happiness by means that obviously cause the opposite, ever greater levels of misery for the masses of human and animal beings including a bit surprisingly the bitter frustration of the dominant elites at the highest levels. Industrialized greed in the form of rampant consumerism causes immense environmental damage. Industrialized hatred in the form of self-depleting militarization and explosive wars ravages people and animals and makes fruitful lands into toxic rubbled wastes. Tibet itself still stands in the hearts of its brave and beleaguered though still cheerful people, while the misknowing CCP leaders and institutions are doubling down in their campaign of destroying the earth, waters, climate, and winds of the highland itself, while trying to eliminate the Tibetans, the only people who are genetically adapted to thrive at such altitude. They sturdily persist anyway, still living their cheerful worldly lives centered on their spiritual evolution toward being a better form of humanity in their divinely blest mandala. His Holiness the Dalai Lama, our Founding Patron, will soon celebrate his 91st birthday by modern count, 92nd by Tibetan count (time in the womb counted as year one). He firmly intends to remain as long as it takes for his service as the symbol of the good life still possible for his people, for the “world leaders” he inspires to come to their common senses, and for all of us never to give up.
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May we all insist on the importance of restoring the roof of the world and supporting its hardy, creative and kindly Tibetan people. After all, their highland is known as “the Third Pole” of a livable, climate-balanced planet, its vast but challenged glaciers being the source of the water cycles that sustain the Asian billions of beautiful human beings along with their unique flora and fauna. Here we stand together with you all, holding open a window on the pleasant, successful, cheerful culture that encourages others to find the same earthy and spiritual elements fundamental in their own cultures. The basic goodness of human beings at this evolutionary juncture is becoming evident to us all from our amazing situation of being a divine intelligence embodied in our vulnerable animal form, thus naturally inclined toward a sensitive social interconnectedness with each other and with other animals and spiritual beings. As I always say, dear friends, you all are enacting our Love Tibet motto by donating to and working with THUS to save Tibet’s precious culture. You are THUS members (please renew soonest) because you know that life on this earth without Tibet’s unique inner science of wisdom and compassionate 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 also the inspiring evolutionary purpose of the enlightening lifestyle— just would not measure up to the precious opportunity of being human. 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 this continuing Fire Horse Year! Faithfully yours,
Padma Shri Robert A.F. Thurman, THUS President Columbia University Jey Tsong Khapa Professor Emeritus PS: Remember the THUS mantra, LOVE TIBET! And Tibet’s mantra, !!OM MANI PADME HŪM!! enlightened vision that true love, deeply intelligent and vastly compassionate, is ever far stronger than hate,
TIBET HOUSE US BOARD AND STAFF FOUNDING PATRON His Holiness the XIVth Dalai Lama HONORARY CHAIR The Honorable Ngodup Tsering US Representative of the Central Tibetan Administration & Representative of H. H. the Dalai Lama BOARD OF TRUSTEES Robert Thurman, President · Philip Glass, Vice President · Ina Becker, Secretary · Beata Tikos, Treasurer Daniel Aitken · Peter Backman · Michael Burbank · Annie Christopher · Livia Constantinescu · 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 · Scott Snibbe Nena Thurman · Uma K. Thurman HONORARY DIRECTORS Alan B. Abramson · Lavinia Currier · Navin Kumar · Adam Lindemann Laura Pintchik · Laurence H. Silverman · Tenzin Namgyal Tethong TIBETAN EX-OFFICIO BOARD Chhime Choekyapa, Private Office of H. H. the Dalai Lama · Venerable 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 CULTURAL CENTER STAFF Ganden Thurman, Executive Director · Beata Tikos, Managing Director · Kyra Borré, Special Events · Sonam Choezom, Membership · Kara Kazanoff, Office Manager · Svetlana Khenkiva, Programming · Joseph Cosey, Digital Development · Tashi Tsering, Programs/Events · Delgira Samtonova, Social Media · Hannah Lucas, Graphic Design MENLA STAFF Nena vS Thurman, Executive Chairwoman · Lynn Schauwecker, Managing Director · Amber Hallinan, Operations Director · Susann Becker, Financial Manager · Pamela Kalechofsky, Group Booking Manager · Katia Sukhotskaya, Administrative & Group Relations Manager · Alicia Ojeda, Executive Chef · Amanda Guy, Spa Manager · Liz Leacock, Front of House Manager · Brendan Kelly, Facilities Manager · David Lennon, Housekeeping Manager · Brad Sunness & Emmanuel Sanon, Events & Production Managers TIBET HOUSE DRUM Robert Thurman, Editor-in-Chief · Kyra Borré, William Meyers, Sonam Choezom, Ganden Thurman, Beata Tikos, editors · Hannah Lucas, design & production TIBET HOUSE DRUM / 3
HIGHLIGHTS FROM THIS YEAR
ART OF FREEDOM On December 4th, 2025, Tibet House US presented its annual Art of Freedom Award event in New York, bringing together an inspiring community of artists, musicians, activists, and supporters in celebration of Tibetan culture and creative freedom.
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The event honored Philip Glass and Patti Smith for their lifetime commitment as visionary voices whose work reflects compassion, artistic excellence, and a commitment to human rights. Robert Thurman, President of Tibet House US, presented the award to Philip Glass, while Michael Stipe presented the award to Patti Smith. Guests enjoyed heartfelt tributes and an evening marked by deep appreciation, reflection, and shared purpose.
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Pictured, from left: Photo 1: Michele LaPorte, Anna George, Denise Farancz. Photo 2: Philip Glass. Photo 3: Patti Smith, Robert Thurman, Michael Stipe. Photo 4: Wasfia Nazreen, Chisti Ma, Livia Constantinescu. Photo 5: Sonam Sangpo, Tsering Tashi, Jampa Norbu, Thupten Dorji, Sonam Choezom, Kunchok Dolma, Karma Tsangdol, Bawa Dolma, Tenzin Kunsel
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HIGHLIGHTS FROM THIS YEAR
39TH ANNUAL BENEFIT CONCERT The 39th Annual Tibet House US Benefit Concert returned to Carnegie Hall for an unforgettable evening of music, poetry, and activism curated by co-artistic directors Philip Glass and Laurie Anderson.
Ensemble, Tenzin Choegyal, The Resistance Revival Chorus, The Scorchio Quartet, and musical director Tony Shanahan with the evening’s 2 house band. Highlights included Robert De Niro’s reading from Lincoln’s Lyceum Address, Laurie Anderson and James Austin Johnson’s performance of Alan Ginsberg’s “Ballad of the Skeletons,” powerful collaborations with Maya Hawke and Christian Lee Hutson and others throughout the night, and a rousing finale led by Kate Pierson on Patti Smith’s “People Have The Power.”
The lineup featured performances and appearances by Robert De Niro, Elvis Costello, Maya Hawke, Christian Lee Hutson, Kate Pierson of The B-52’s, Allison Russell, Jesse Malin, Toro y Moi, Elysian Fields, James Austin Johnson, The Philip Glass
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Pictured, from left: Photo 1: Kate Pierson, RRC Photo 2: Robert De Niro. Photo 3: Jesse Malin Photo 4: RRC, Morgan Dudley, Ganessa James, Allison Russell. Photo 5: Toro y Moi, Elvis Costello, Tenzin Choegyal, Kate Pierson, RRC
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Tibet House US 40th Annual Benefit Concert at Carnegie Hall March 4, 2027 Please join us for the 40th Annual Tibet House US Benefit Concert at Carnegie Hall for the Year of the Fire Sheep Monlam/Tibetan New Year celebration! It will be a landmark year—Philip Glass will turn 90, Tibet House US will celebrate its 40th anniversary, and the evening will mark the final concert in this incarnation, with Philip Glass serving as Artistic Director. This promises to be an especially meaningful event, honoring the close of an era and Philip’s extraordinary legacy of creating and sustaining the Tibet House US Annual Benefit Concerts.
Stay tuned for the official announcement of the date for this year’s Art of Freedom Gala! (The event will take place in early December, tentatively December 9.) Tibet House US cordially invites you to an unforgettable evening at the upcoming Art of Freedom Gala, where we will celebrate two extraordinary individuals whose lives and work embody the spirit of compassion, creativity, and freedom. We are deeply honored to present Lifetime Achievement Awards to the luminous Nena Thurman and the legendary Michael Douglas in recognition of their remarkable contributions to art, culture, and humanitarian causes. Join us for a spectacular night of inspiration, community, and celebration — details to follow soon. Don’t miss it!
3 QUESTION INTERVIEW We sat down with Sharon Salzberg, Venerable Robina Courtin, and Robert A.F. Thurman for a brief conversation on compassion, practice, and the wisdom they hope to share in uncertain times. over eight million downloads and features interviews with thought leaders from the mindfulness movement and beyond. Venerable Robina Courtin is a Buddhist nun in the Tibetan tradition, a longtime teacher, and a direct, uncompromising voice on transforming the mind through Dharma practice. Known for her clarity, warmth, and practical approach to Buddhist psychology, she has taught internationally for decades, bringing traditional teachings into urgent conversation with the realities of contemporary life.
In an age where the 24-hour news cycle feels like a relentless barrage of suffering, how do practitioners of the mind remain unshaken?
Robert A.F. Thurman is a renowned scholar, author, and teacher of Indo-Tibetan Buddhism. He is Professor Emeritus of Indo-Tibetan Buddhist Studies at Columbia University and co-founder and president of Tibet House US. A longtime friend and student of His Holiness the Dalai Lama, he was the first American ordained as a Tibetan Buddhist monk.
The Impossible Compassion Our latest feature brings together some of the most revered How do you genuinely maintain Bodhicitta—the wish for the liberation of all beings—when faced with modern voices in contemporary Tibetan Buddhism to bridge the atrocities? Is it possible to hold both the victim and the gap between ancient Himalayan wisdom and the jagged perpetrator in a heart of compassion without collapsing into realities of modern geopolitics. We put three identical apathy or outrage? questions to seasoned practitioners, seeking a strategic blueprint for maintaining mental clarity amidst the chaos [Sharon Salzberg] When I have profound questions of global conflict. about the place of love or lovingkindness in some Sharon Salzberg is a meditation pioneer, world-renowned terrible situation, I remind myself that the legend is that the Buddha first taught lovingkindness meditation as teacher, and New York Times bestselling author. She was the antidote to fear. I ask myself, “Is this a situation or among the first to bring mindfulness and lovingkindness circumstance where I would suffer more from having less meditation to mainstream American culture over fifty years ago, inspiring generations of meditation teachers and fear?” I haven’t come up with a yes yet. I don’t experience the result as apathy, but less fear, which I see as a more wellness influencers. powerful and effective way to actually try to make a difference. As the Buddha said, “Hatred will never cease A co-founder of the Insight Meditation Society in Barre, by hatred, hatred will only cease by love. This is an eternal MA, Sharon is the author of fourteen books, including the New York Times bestseller Real Happiness, now in its law.” To have lovingkindness or compassion for those perpetuating suffering doesn’t at all mean approving second edition, and her seminal work, Lovingkindness. their actions, it means wishing they could be free of the Sharon’s popular podcast, The Metta Hour, has amassed TIBET HOUSE DRUM / 8
confusion or hatred or disconnection that impelled their actions to begin with. [Venerable Robina Courtin] When we understand that all of us, in our countless lives, have helped and been helped and harmed and been harmed by each other countless times, that we’re all in the same boat, struggling to keep afloat, then how can we not have compassion for everyone and strive to help them? [Robert Thurman] Sharon and the Venerable have answered very well, not much to add. The question makes me think of something I recently encountered in a film about compassion, a statement by a Tibetan woman Dharma teacher interviewed with name in subtitle. She beautifully said a word to the effect that: “You get lost just cursing against the darkness—best is to light a single candle yourself !” The evildoers are certainly affected by our strong disapproval of their destructive acts, since thought is a powerful if subtle energy, so compassion mandates that we hold to clear condemnation of evil. However, the mass murdering dictators or warmongers are creating hellish outcomes all on their own and will
inevitably suffer just as much as or even more than their victims. So the condemnation goes to stop the acts, while they are to be included among the prime beneficiaries of that stopping. Loving the person is the best cause of hating the evil act. Hating the evil act empowers artful action to do whatever is in your power to stop the evil act, for the benefit of both victim and perpetrator of the act. The Architecture of Peace What are the spiritual “counter-acts” to war? [Sharon Salzberg] I think anything that promotes the realization of how interconnected we actually are. This isn’t a superimposition on top of a different reality… this is reality. We live in an interconnected world. The roots of war are disconnection, objectification, othering, dehumanization. When we recognize the truth of how connected we actually are, we are countering the impulse to war. I believe that even small acts of community building are powerful in this way…we discover ourselves in one another. [Venerable Robina Courtin] Martin Luther King said it’s good to be outraged by injustice — but then think: TIBET HOUSE DRUM / 9
“What can I do to help?” [Robert Thurman] After you reach the prajñā wisdom transcendence, you develop the upāya art transcendence, compassion-powered effective skillful action to stop all suffering of all beings. Such action is first mental, clearly seeing what’s wrong, then verbal action calling it out when that helps the listener in a way that gets a good response, finally physical action as nonviolent as possible of course, though in certain circumstances by someone with developed skills surgical violence can save lives and minimize suffering. And sometimes the skillful action can be inaction. Enlightened nonviolence is not simplistic. Even if enlightened saints—aware of the power of the universal life force to sustain the continuity of loving embodiment—are capable of giving the life of their bodies if it would lessen violence and evil, their enlightened wisdom enables them to know how bad it would be for the evildoing killers to take their lives, and so might in some cases strongly defend themselves—for the sake also of their enemies. The Inner Sanctuary When the world outside feels like it is unravelling, how do you protect the sanctity of your own daily practice? [Sharon Salzberg] I feel like my daily practice protects the sanctity of my life!! One meaning of the word dharma
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is that which sustains us, that which upholds us, that which we can rely on. I’ve asked myself that question in times of great upheaval, like at the beginning of the COVID pandemic when the retreat center I co-founded had to close, when all my plans were undone: “What can I rely on now?” It was a very deep inquiry, where the answer came through as “my daily practice.” Looking back, I feel it was very true. [Venerable Robina Courtin] If our daily practice is driven by the wish to develop our own amazing potential for clarity and goodness, not only for our own sake but for the sake of the others, then nothing can disturb our inner sanctuary. [Robert Thurman] Sharon and Venerable Robina persevere in lighting the candle of love and compassion and hope for themselves and for us mutually interrelated all. They thus inspire us to do likewise! As we are all together in our relatedness, we aim for a critical mass of candles that immerses our beautiful planet in the clear light, the transparent mass and energy of our indivisible one shared Reality Body.
TIBET HOUSE US NEWS Dear Friends and Members of Tibet House US, We are pleased to share an update on everything that has been happening at Tibet House US over the past eight months. It has been a busy and productive season, marked by new programs, expanded partnerships, continued growth in our collections, and exciting plans on the horizon. Your membership and generosity make all of this possible, and we are deeply grateful. Programming remains at the heart of Tibet House US, and we are proud to report that over 100 programs were held during this period alone. Weekly lunchtime meditations and Vajra Yoga sessions continued on weekdays, offering the New York community regular access to contemplative practice. Sound Meditations also continued twice monthly with consistent and enthusiastic attendance. Our ongoing partnership with Shantideva Meditation Center brought monthly teaching series to members and the public, while our collaboration with Vajra Moon Affiliate offered bi-annual retreat opportunities. We also held two film screenings, a new Bob Thurman podcast episode, and worked with Jangchub Choeling on a beautiful Sand Mandala event. A major highlight of this period was the Tabo Immersive Exhibition, supported by a Rubin Grant, which brought the extraordinary sacred art of Tabo Monastery to audiences here in New York. Alongside it, we launched our “Year of Compassion” microsite and campaign, deepening our commitment to His Holiness the Dalai Lama’s teachings and making them accessible to a broader online community. Tibet House US also remains committed to serving the wider Tibetan and Buddhist communities of New York. This period included six educational tours of our facility, reaching students from K-12 through retirees, including two Tibetan school groups. We hosted two meetings with Buriat Youth, a TCV alumna gathering, a Kalmyk coat drive, two CMC Meditation Retreats, and continued our weekly Recovery Dharma program. We also continued supporting asylum seekers and community members navigating life in the United States. The Repatriation Collection continues to grow, with new acquisitions of Tibetan art, antique crafts, and cultural TIBET HOUSE DRUM / 12
artifacts steadily added to the collection. Work is also underway to make the collection’s database available through our website, beginning with foundational records and expanding with richer commentary over time. Looking ahead, the 40th Annual Tibetan New Year Prayer Festival Benefit Concert, to be held on March 4, 2027 at Carnegie Hall, is already in development. This milestone evening will mark four decades of a beloved Tibet House US tradition. Additional fundraising and partnership work has also continued, including membership and donation appeals, the sale of 108 donated Joan Baez prints, the planned sale of deaccessioned non-Tibetan art, development of the Art of Freedom Gala and online auction, and the Barnes & Noble Legacy Campaign. We are also pleased to report the launch of our Bloomberg Connects partnership, which will provide public audio tours of our facility through the Bloomberg Connects app. Behind the scenes, we launched a new Shopify store, an automated Membership Portal, new products, expanded access to LTRC publications, transferred our office network from Microsoft to Google, and continued work on a dedicated Buddhist Teachings website and member newsletter. Thank you for your continued membership, generosity, and belief in our mission to preserve Tibetan civilization and share its wisdom with the world. With gratitude and warm wishes,
Ganden Thurman The Staff and Board of Tibet House US www.thus.org
PROGRAMS & EVENTS TIBET HOUSE US | IN-PERSON, HYBRID, ONLINE
RecurringPrograms
Daily Lunchtime Meditation A. Bien, T. Pham & N. Shopa Weekly, Mon.–Fri. • 12:15 PM ET In-Person & Online
Vajra Yoga: Instruction from the Indo-Tibetan Traditions John Campbell Weekly, Wed. & Thurs. • 7:30 AM ET In-Person
Here in the Floating World: Qigong and Lojong Annie Bien June 21, July 12 & 26, Sept. 13 & 27, Oct. 4 & 25, Nov. 8 & 22, Dec. 6 & 20 • 11:00 AM ET In-Person & Online
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PROGRAMS & EVENTS TIBET HOUSE US | IN-PERSON, HYBRID, ONLINE
Recurring Programs Cont. ASM Sound Bath Sara Auster & Alex Falk June 17, July 14, Sept. 22, Oct. 20, Nov. 17, Dec. 15 • 8:00 PM ET In-Person Sound Meditation F. Raharinosy, M. Reilly Nichols & M. Langman June 26, July 29, Sept. 8, Oct. 6, Nov. 3, Dec. 1 • 6:00 PM ET In-Person Monthly Buddhist Teachings Venerable Robina Courtin June 10, July 15, Sept. 9, Nov. 25, Dec. 16 • 6:30 PM ET In-Person & Online Vajra Yoga Immersion R.A.F. Thurman, J. Campbell & guests June 27–28, July 17–19, more dates TBC In-Person & Online
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One-Off Special Programs The Nine Stages of Shamatha (Calm-Abiding) Meditation H.E. Gegye Yongyal Rinpoche Fri.–Sat., July 10–11 July 11 • 6:30 PM ET In-Person & Online FREE Introductory Session for Cultivating Emotional Balance Training Course Michael Lobsang Tenpa Sun., July 12 • 3:30 PM ET Online The Tibetan Book of Success: Ancient Wisdom for Living a Meaningful and Successful Life Orgyen Chowang Rinpoche Thurs., July 23 • 6:30 PM ET In-Person & Online Moving with Compassion: Awakening of the Heart H.E. Gegye Yongyal Rinpoche Fri., July 24–Sat., July 25 • 6:30 PM ET In-Person & Online
PROGRAMS & EVENTS TIBET HOUSE US | IN-PERSON, HYBRID, ONLINE
One-Off Special Programs cont. Tibetan Dream Yoga: Three-Part Series Michael Katz Thurs., Oct. 8, 15 & 22 In-Person & Online Dharma in the City Gathering Demo Rinpoche Fri., Oct. 9–Sun., Oct. 11 • 6:30 PM ET In-Person & Online More details TBC Nalanda Institute for Contemplative Science Gathering Joe Loizzo Fri., Oct. 30–Sat., Oct. 31 • 6:30 PM ET In-Person & Online More details TBC Introduction to Emptiness Venerable Losang Gendun Thurs., Sept. 10 • 6:30 PM ET In-Person & Online
Bardo Teachings: An Experiential Journey Michael Katz Thurs., Nov. 5 • 6:30 PM ET In-Person & Online
Cultivating Emotional Balance Michael Lobsang Tenpa Sats., Sept. 12, 19, 26 & Oct. 3 Online
Love Unbound: A Deep Dive Into Lovingkindness Practice Oneika Mays Sat., Jan. 16, 2027 • 2:00 PM ET In-Person & Online
3-Day Urban Retreat Venerable Losang Gendun Fri., Sept. 18–Sun., Sept. 20 • 6:30 PM ET In-Person & Online
42-Hour Cultivating Emotional Balance Course Michael Lobsang Tenpa Sats., Feb. 20–May 8, 2027 • 12:00 PM ET Online
Art of Liberation: Climate Week Panel Wed., Sept. 23 • 6:30 PM ET More details TBC Sand Mandala: On View at Tibet House Sat., Sept. 26–Sat., Oct. 3 In-Person More details TBC Meditation as Medicine: A Tibetan Medicine Approach to Contemplative Practice Dr. Nida Chenagtsang Wed., Sept. 30 • 6:30 PM ET In-Person & Online TIBET HOUSE DRUM / 15
from TheTibetanReview.net
THIRD POLE MELTDOWN It bears repeating: What has come to be called the “Third Pole” is the Earth’s largest accumulation of heretofore unmelted ice and snow outside the range of the North and South Poles. It has been so for far longer than the existence of humans, or even mammals, having been formed originally as much as 50 million years ago, in what is now called the Mesozoic era...
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, ca. 1,400 c.e.
The Himalaya Range The massive collision of Earth’s continental tectonic plates over geological time, ongoing from multi-millionyear epochs dominated by giant reptiles to the present primarily mammalian era, resulted in an upthrust of towering mountains, over five miles in elevation—now known as the Himalaya Range. The broad plain to the north of and behind the rising Himalayas was uplifted over the breadth of eons, in one slow but inexorable upheaval, as the vast “Indian” continental plate met with implacable resistance from the “Eurasian” continental plate, and with fiery subduction blocked beneath, it had nowhere to go but up, to a higher altitude. In much more recent history, once human words were being spoken, the enormous elevated plain came to be known as the “Tibetan Plateau.”
The Tibetan Plateau All that while, the endless progression of evolving life forms adapted to every available niche of ecological support and potential survival. By the time of the relatively recent Cenozoic era’s mammalian dominance, a wide range of life forms had secured a firm toehold among the available niches in that relatively unforgiving environment. Adapted to long and harsh winters, thin air, and brief growing seasons, many of its species, like the Himalayan Tahr (mountain goat), the Bharal (blue sheep), the Himalayan Musk Deer—and the Snow Leopard, apex carnivore among fierce competitors, along with the winged raptors, both Himalayan Vultures and Golden Eagles— were highly adapted to their region and found nowhere else. Windswept open grasslands and cold deserts at the feet of the world’s highest mountains comprise the other alternating ecological zone of this vast granitic shield. Large herbivores evolved here, where plant life could obtain a footing that allowed it to provide the foodstuff of such large, herbivorous mammals as the Chiru, or Tibetan Antelope, the Tibetan Gazelle, and the Wild Yak.
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The Third Pole As a summit of geographical breadth with a tremendous storage capacity for freshwater ice, comparable to the two polar icecaps, the Tibetan Plateau and its surrounding wonderworld of snowy mountains has come to be called the Third Pole. Unlike the first two poles, the North and South centered at a latitude of zero, the third is more distinguished by its altitude. With an average elevation of over 14,000 feet, its highest peaks topping 25,000 feet, it has been estimated that over 46,000 glaciers exist—or once existed—within that region, among the Himalaya, Karakoram, and Kunlun mountain ranges.
The Water Tower of Asia The freshwater contained within that amount of ice is the source for most of the great rivers of central Asia [see large map overleaf]—the Yangtze and Yellow Rivers, flowing east through China to the Pacific Ocean; the Indus and Ganges Rivers flowing south through Pakistan and India to the Indian Ocean; and the Yarlung Tsangpo (or Brahmaputra), Mekong, Salween, and Irawaddy Rivers, reaching the ocean through Indochina—hence the other popular reference to the Tibetan Plateau as the Water Tower of Asia. Much as the North and South Poles of the Arctic and Antarctic influence the dynamics of the global climate system, the Third Pole exerts its own powerful influence as well—including the circulation of the Asian “monsoon” with its regulation of fluctuating periods of rainfall and drought over southeast Asia during the course of the year.
The Tibetan People With the advent of Homo sapiens as a skilled hunter, humanity found its way to occupying the entire Himalayan region. Evolving over the centuries as a human variant with the extra lung capacity to function with full strength at the highest altitudes on Earth, the first Tibetans built their civilization on the Tibetan Plateau, north of the Himalaya Range, albeit in the more southerly latitudes, where winters could be more easily survived and some fruit trees could still be grown. But most early Tibetans evolved both as hunters and as nomadic herders of the native herbivores. Through an intimate high-altitude familiarity with the perpetual cold, and accustomed to a scarcity of firewood, they constructed their towns and cities, such as Lhasa and Shigatse, out of the heat-retaining materials of an early mud-plastered form of passive housing, with few trees
to shade their long-term exposure to the sun. All native Tibetans were born with the dark complexions and highly evolved lungs that were needed to deal with the intense radiation from the sun as well as the thin and extremely oxygenated air of the highest altitudes. In such conditions of happy austerity, it seems only fitting that Tibet would become the surviving stronghold of the Buddha Dharma, and for the preservation of its voluminous scriptures after Buddhism was wiped out in India, its books burned and its monasteries obliterated by the invasive hordes of the Middle Ages. Tibetan Buddhism, under the centuries-long leadership of the reincarnate Dalai Lama—its apex savior, one might say—was like the natural fortress of the Tibetan Plateau itself, where the consciousness of the Buddha was cultivated and the numinous nature of reality was acknowledged. While Tibet became for centuries an impregnable repository of Buddhist scripture and thought, it manifested as well an ongoing celebration of the joy of living—until the “People’s Liberation Army” incursion of the twentieth century.
Climate Change in Tibet Occupied Tibet was soon subjected to the same toxic pollution that had been afflicting the rest of the world. Even if it had not, the world’s one all-enveloping atmosphere would have brought all those pollutants to it. The primary ones—carbon dioxide, sulfur dioxide, nitrous oxide, and methane, which acted as insulating blankets for containing warmth—were derived from the combustion of fossil fuels: coal, oil, and gas. Coal-burning locomotive engines—introduced by the occupying forces as essential for hauling out trainloads of timber from ravaged forests— were the first combustion-fired mechanisms to bring toxic emissions to the Tibetan Plateau. As was the case throughout the rest of the world, the emissions from the fossil-fuel combustion driving the engines of industry contributed to an inexorable heating of the environment that resulted in the disruption of any otherwise balanced and temperate climate. It was finally determined in the late twentieth century that a growing atmospheric blanket of petroleum byproducts was primarily responsible for the melting of glacial ice throughout the world, as well as the ice at both North and South Poles. Even though the process was revealed to be contributing to the heating of the Earth itself as well as to a rapid rise in sea level, there was little inclination to resort to the demanding measures and drastic sacrifices that were required to stop the downward
spiral of “progress” and turn it around. It was more politically palatable to denounce the whole idea as a deluded hoax by lunatic nature lovers. Even the Third Pole, with its extreme altitudes, could not long remain impervious to the processes of global warming, now powerfully fueled and sustained by the unchecked accumulation of industrial wealth. A brief glance at the map of “Major Water Sources of Asia” reveals how much of the developed world is served by the eight great rivers that originate on the Tibetan Plateau. The combined population served by and dependent on the meltwater of the Third Pole has been estimated at well over two billion—over a quarter of humankind’s total numbers. Although the meltwater from over 40,000 glaciers may seem to approach the inexhaustible, it is in fact flatly finite, and most importantly, due to the overall elevation in temperature of the Earth, much of the water that once fell as snow on the Himalayan peaks now falls as rain, and flows rapidly down those eroding slopes and into growing lakes on the plateau floor. There it will either evaporate or flow into already swollen rivers, contributing to floods. Knowing what we know now, that the thousands of glaciers in the high Himalayas are gradually shrinking, destined ultimately to disappear, and that the Tibetan Plateau will no longer be able to sustain the population numbers it did for so many millennia, might we not feel compelled to grapple with this problem head-on and do what’s necessary to restore the natural process now so badly out of balance? What if it were required that everyone now living on the planet gave up the right to burn up any fossil fuels but rely exclusively on alternative, renewable, “clean” energy sources instead? Might not the collective refusal to take some kind of action against oncoming calamity reveal some kind of self-serving, ultimately self-destructive addiction? —William Meyers “...the glaciers have accumulated over centuries, so they are effectively irreplaceable (at least for a long, long time). When the water is gone, it is gone.” From Chapter 7, “A Century of Warming and Some Consequences” Edmond A. Mathez, American Museum of Natural History Climate Change: The Science of Global Warming and Our Energy Future New York: Columbia University Press, 2009
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A PROLIFERATION OF LAKES ON THE TIBETAN PLATEAU NASA’s “Landsat” satellite program has revealed, in two images 20 years apart, the degree and speed of change in the arid and highly elevated grasslands of far northern Tibet—including some of the fastest-growing lakes in the world, such as Yurba Tso, above—attributed to factors such as increased levels of precipitation, intensifying thawing of frozen soils, and melting of glacial ice. Meanwhile, as evidence of an increasingly chaotic climate system, in the southern regions of the Tibetan Plateau, due to a faltering monsoon, lakes there show signs of shrinkage.
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MENLA NEWS Menla 2026 Update
As we move deeper into the 2026 season at Menla, we are grateful to witness a year of significant growth, resilience, and community engagement. What was once considered a distinction between “high season” and “quiet season” has begun to dissolve. This past winter brought the busiest January in Menla’s history, and despite significant snowfall throughout the Catskills, guests continued traveling to Menla for retreats, trainings, and spiritual programs throughout the winter months. This year’s calendar reflects the expanding diversity and global reach of Menla’s offerings. Following the success of last year’s full-property Sacred Bridge gathering — an international cross-cultural event bringing together Indigenous Amazonian wisdom keepers and Tibetan spiritual traditions through dialogue, ceremony, and cultural exchange — Menla has continued to attract growing attention both within and beyond our immediate demographic. We are also honored to be deepening our relationship with the Shinto community through another nearly full-property retreat that took place this April, including a special visit from Sensei Seiji Yamamoto, a multidisciplinary master of Seitai bodywork, Ko-Shinto, Meisou meditation, and the ancient Chinese divination arts of Feng Shui and the Four Pillars of Destiny. This fall, the world-renowned Dragon Master medium Naoko Eshima plans to welcome many additional travelers from Japan. These offerings are closely connected to Menla’s Shinto Shrine, a unique sacred site and one of the only shrines of its kind in the United States, reflecting Menla’s ongoing commitment to preserving and honoring diverse wisdom traditions from around the world. Menla also hosted another sold-out Mahasiddha Reunion this spring, featuring Robert Thurman, Dr. Robert Svoboda, Krishna Das, Nina Rao, Chandra Easton, Michele Loew, John Campbell, and many beloved friends and teachers. Throughout the year, we are continuing to offer a strong lineup of Tibetan and contemplative programs, including the return of Dr. Nida Chenagtsang and a new program with Master Mingtong Gu, alongside more intimate immersion experiences and Tibetan rejuvenation retreats led by Alejandro Chaoul, Bair Manzarkhan, James Bae, Lama Karma Justin, and
Christiana Polites. In addition, we are introducing a new five-day Ayurvedic cleanse program, creating even more opportunities for healing, restoration, and immersive personal transformation. Alongside our expanding programming, we continue to make important investments in Menla’s long-term sustainability and infrastructure. Our solar fundraising initiative, launched last year, has been an inspiring example of community support in action. Thanks to the generosity of many donors and friends of Menla, we are now only $30,000 away from reaching our $140,000 goal. This initiative will allow both the Lhasa and Kathmandu buildings to be outfitted with rooftop solar systems and battery backup storage this spring, helping Menla reduce its environmental impact while increasing energy resilience for years to come. The year 2026 has also marked a major step forward in Menla’s digital and wellness infrastructure. We recently upgraded Dewa Spa’s operating systems to a new platform that now includes online booking capabilities, streamlined guest communications, and expanded marketing tools that were previously unavailable to us. In conjunction with these improvements, Menla is currently midway through the development of a completely redesigned website that will offer a far more user-friendly experience, improved navigation, stronger SEO integration, and significantly expanded outreach and marketing capabilities. As part of this evolution, Dewa Spa is also expanding into a more integrative wellness model. The new website will support the launch of wellness-focused consultations and offerings, including wellness coaching, Buddhist psychology sessions, osteopathic services, and other integrative healing modalities designed to support guests in a more holistic and personalized way. Most importantly, none of this would be possible without the extraordinary dedication of the Menla community and staff. We are especially pleased to announce the promotion of Amber Hallinan, who, after more than ten years of devoted leadership as General Manager, has stepped into an expanded senior leadership role, working alongside Lynn Schauwecker to help guide Menla into this exciting next phase. TIBET HOUSE DRUM / 25
MENLA NEWS We look forward to welcoming many of you to Menla throughout the coming season and extend our deepest gratitude for your continued support, participation, and belief in this evolving vision.
Programming
We are excited to introduce several new offerings this season, including a special Fourth of July weekend retreat with renowned yoga teacher Rod Stryker and Robert Thurman, as well as programs featuring acclaimed yoga teachers Cyndi Lee this August, and Rodney Yee and Colleen Saidman Yee this fall. The 2026 season will also feature numerous Tibetan Buddhist retreats throughout the year, including Dzogchen Retreat with Dr. Nida Chenagtsang and Robert Thurman, Vajra Yoga with Robert Thurman and John Campbell, and Clearlight, Darkness, and Nonduality with Andrew Holecek and Robert A.F. Thurman, just to name a few. We will also be offering smaller Traditional Tibetan Rejuvenation retreats throughout the year, creating opportunities for more intimate and immersive healing experiences. For the first time this fall, we are also honored to welcome internationally renowned spiritual teacher and author Paul Selig for Shifting Reality, an immersive retreat exploring channeling, higher consciousness, and personal transformation. In addition, the calendar includes programs exploring sacred dance, creative expression, mindful communication, ecological wisdom, and healing modalities rooted in Indigenous and cross-cultural traditions. Together, these gatherings continue to create meaningful spaces for learning, reflection, connection, and personal transformation. As Menla continues to evolve, we remain deeply grateful for the community of teachers, practitioners, staff, and guests who make this work possible. We truly believe the 2026 season reflects the heart of Menla’s mission, and we could not be more excited for what lies ahead.
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MENLA PROGRAMS AND RETREATS SEE MORE AT MENLA.ORG
JULY PROGRAMS
AUGUST PROGRAMS
The Yoga of Luminous Awakening with Rod Stryker & Robert A.F. Thurman Thursday–Sunday • July 2–5 In-Person & Online
Alchemy of Oneness: Sacred Dance & the Third Force with Banafsheh Sayyad Thursday–Sunday • July 30–August 2 In-Person
Tibetan Yogas of Body, Speech, and Mind with Dr. James Bae & Lama Karma Justin Wall Friday–Sunday • July 3–5 In-Person
Soul Journey: Awakening A New Paradigm of Consciousness with Irene Siegel Friday–Sunday • July 31–August 2 In-Person
In Praise of Listening: Reading, Writing, Drawing, Slowing Down with Christian McEwen Friday–Sunday • July 10–12 In-Person A Midsummer Yoga, Meditation, and Pranayama Camp with Rebecca Gordon Thursday–Sunday • July 16–19 In-Person Dragon Heart: A Women’s Retreat with Alison Sinatra & Lynn Schauwecker Thursday–Sunday • July 16–19 In-Person UPLIFT Festival with Tasha Blank, Michael V, The Yoga House, Reggie Hubbard, Chynna Dee Andrada, Tracy LJ Robertson, Ben Brown, Rose Stoller, Pamela Kalechofsky, Amy Reed, Joyce San Pedro, Alex Tse, Jenny Papo & Olga Choedron Friday–Sunday • July 24–26 In-Person
Cultivating the Joy of Silence with Jayne Gumpel, Michael G. Burbank & David Gumpel Friday–Tuesday • July 31–August 4 In-Person Lifting the Gaze with Cyndi Lee Wednesday–Sunday • August 5–9 In-Person Vajra Yoga™: The Wisdom Therapeutics Retreat with John Campbell, Jamie Bonelli & Robert A.F. Thurman Thursday–Sunday • August 6–9 In-Person Elevate: Here and Now Yoga with Michelle Ingkavet Cavanagh Thursday–Sunday • August 6–9 In-Person
Return to the Lodge: A Weekend of Renewal with Lynn Schauwecker, Jennifer Muir & Alison Sinatra Thursday–Sunday • August 27–30 In-Person The Feminine Flow: Past Life Regression, Sound Healing, Yoga & Meditation & Spiritual Painting with Lisa Annese & Alica Fuks Friday–Sunday • August 28–30 In-Person SEPTEMBER PROGRAMS Our Destiny Lies in Our Origins: A Weekend Intensive for Enhancing Our Shamanic Service with Don Oscar Miro-Quesada Solevo Friday–Sunday • September 4–6 In-Person Awakening the Inner Healer-Leader with Master Mingtong Gu Tuesday–Sunday • September 15–20 In-Person Friends of Fungi Foraging: Fall Weekend Retreat with John Michelotti, Aubrey Carter, Erwin Karl & Delta Hunter Friday–Sunday • September 18–20 In-Person
Finding Goodness in a World on Fire with Lodro Rinzler Friday–Sunday • August 7–9 In-Person & Online
Gratitude Yoga Fall Yoga & Meditation Retreat: Inviting the Qualities of an Awakened Heart with Gemma Farrell Friday–Monday • September 18–21 In-Person
Through the Gateless Gate with Henry Fersko-Weiss Monday–Friday • August 17–21 In-Person
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A.F. Thurman Tuesday–Sunday • September 22–27 In-Person & Online
with Connie Viglietti Thursday–Sunday • October 15–18 In-Person
Autumn Iyengar Yoga Retreat with Eve Holbrook Thursday–Sunday • September 24–27 In-Person
Embodied Awakening: Somatic Release and Emotional Integration with Cirak Sunday–Tuesday • October 18–20 In-Person
OCTOBER PROGRAMS Shifting Reality with Paul Selig Sunday–Friday • September 27– October 2 In-Person Deepening Our Relationship to Practice with Bibi Lorenzetti & Alex Tse Friday–Monday • October 2–5 In-Person The Life-Force Academy Immersion with Jai Dev Singh Wednesday–Sunday • October 7–11 In-Person & Online Radiance Retreat: Annual Women’s Retreat
Iyengar Yoga Autumn Retreat with Rebecca Hooper Tuesday–Sunday • October 20–25 In-Person Clearlight, Darkness, and Nonduality with Andrew Holecek & Robert A.F. Thurman Monday–Sunday • October 26– November 1 In-Person & Online NOVEMBER PROGRAMS Into the Depths of Yoga with Colleen Saidman Yee & Rodney Yee Friday–Sunday • October 30– November 1 In-Person
Women’s Strength and Ancestors Retreat with Elizabeth Pyjov & Larisa Forman Friday–Sunday • November 6–8 In-Person Tibetan Yoga Wellbeing: Heart Practices, Life-Force & Longevity with Alejandro Chaoul, PhD & Mauricio Obón Dent, M.D. Thursday–Sunday • November 12–15 In-Person Yogic Lifestyle Retreat: A Weekend Immersion into Yoga, Meditation, Ayurveda, Nature with Sue Bonanno Thursday–Sunday • November 12–15 In-Person Coming Home To Self, A Restorative Weekend Exploring The Innate Wisdom of Self Care and Compassion with Paula Evans Friday–Sunday • November 20–22 In-Person DECEMBER PROGRAMS Traditional Tibetan Medicine for Meditators with Christiana Polites Thursday–Sunday • December 10–13 In-Person New Year’s Retreat 2026/2027 with Krishna Das, Nina Rao, John Campbell, Robert A.F. Thurman & More Sunday–Friday • December 27– January 1 In-Person & Online
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MENLA RETREATS
FOR MORE INFORMATION VISIT MENLA.ORG
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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 +91 11 2461 1515 office@tibethouse.in The House of Tibet–Sweden Vivstavarvsvägen 200, 122 43 Enskede Sweden +46 8 643 49 47 info@tibet-school.org tibet-school.org Casa del Tibet Barcelona Fundació Casa del Tíbet Carrer Rosselló 181 08036 Barcelona Spain +34 93 207 5966 info@casadeltibetbcn.org casadeltibetbcn.org TibetHaus Deutschland Georg-Voigt-Straße 4 60325 Frankfurt am Main Germany +49 69 7191 3595 info@tibethaus.com tibethaus.com Tibet House Brazil Rua Guarará, 108 - Loja 2 Jardim Paulista, São Paulo SP 01425-000, Brazil Phone: +55 (11) 3889-0646 Email: info@tibethouse.org. br tibethouse.org.br
Cuauhtémoc, 06700 Ciudad de México CDMX Mexico Phone: +52 55 5514 9643 casatibet.org.mx Tibet Culture House – Italy Località Cavandola 42026 Votigno, Canossa RE, Italy Phone: +39 0522 877177 tibetculturehouseitaly.org Tibet House Moscow Rozhdestvensky Blvd, 19 107045, Moscow Russia Phone: +7 905 517 5170 Email: moscow@tibethouse. ru tibethouse.ru Tibet House Switzerland Foundation Via Maggio 1 6900 Lugano Switzerland Phone: +41 76 571 7273 Tibet Open House Cultural Center in Prague, Czechia Ven. Yeshi Gawa Školská 28, 110 00 Praha 1-Nové Město, Czechia Phone: +420 720 158 196 Email: yeshi@tibetopenhouse.cz tibetopenhouse.cz TIBETAN ORGANIZATIONS
Tibet House Holland Pakhuisplein 41 1531 MZ Wormer Netherlands Phone: +31 6 4311 9269
Conservancy for Tibetan Art and Culture (CTAC) Email: info@tibetanculture. org tibetanculture.org
Tibet House California 2620 Capitol Avenue Sacramento, CA 95816 Phone: (916) 672 1048 thcal.us
Dokham Chushi Gangdruk NY & NJ facebook.com/p/DhokhamChushi-Gangdruk-of-NYNJ-100065731021767 Email: contact@chushigangdruk.org
Casa Tibet Mexico C. Orizaba 93, Roma Nte.,
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International Campaign for Tibet 1825 Jefferson Place, NW Washington, DC 20036 Phone: (202) 785-1515 Email: info@savetibet.org savetibet.org
Tibetan Oral History Project 595 Main Street, Suite 203 New York, NY 10044 Contact: Tashi Chodron Phone: (212) 355-1527 Email: tashi@voicesoftibet. org
Office of Tibet 1228 17th Street NW Washington, DC, 20036 Phone: (202) 948-2986 Email: otdc@tibet.net 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 Email: info@studentsforafreetibet.org studentsforafreetibet.org The Tibet Fund 241 East 32 Street New York, NY 10016 Phone: (212) 213-5011 Email: info@tibetfund.org tibetfund.org Tibet Justice Center 440 Grand Avenue, Suite 425 Oakland, CA 94610 Phone: (510) 486-0588 Email: tjc@tibetjustice.org tibetjustice.org Tibetan Community of NY & NJ 57-12 Tibet Way, 32nd Avenue Woodside, NY 11377 Phone: (347) 612-3407 Email: info@tcnynj.org tcnynj.org United States–Tibet Committee (USTC) 241 East 32 Street New York, NY 10016 Phone: (212) 481-3569 Email: ustc@igc.org ustibetcommittee.org Voices of Tibet
Bay Area Friends of Tibet 1310 Fillmore Street, Ste. 401 San Francisco, CA 94115 Phone: (415) 409-6353 Email: bafot@friends-of-tibet.org friends-of-tibet.org High Asia Research Center 41-34 75th Street Elmhurst, NY 11373 Phone: (917) 348-6063 highasia.org Los Angeles Friends of Tibet facebook.com/p/LosAngeles-Friends-of-Tibet-100076243508450 Email: friends@latibet.org Project Tibet Inc. 403 Canyon Road Ste. C Santa Fe, NM 87501 Phone: (505) 982-3002 Email: info@projecttibet.org San Diego Friends of Tibet Email: lesli.bandy@gmail. com Phone: (760) 315-2229 facebook.com/ncsdfot Santa Barbara Friends of Tibet 315 Meigs Road #A-104 Santa Barbara, CA 03909 Contact: Kevin Young Email: keviny42@hotmail. com Tibetan Bridge Fax: (212) 290-0214 Email: samten@tibetanbridge.org tibetanbridge.org
DIRECTORY Tibetan Mongolian Buddhist Cultural Center 3655 S Snoddy Rd Bloomington, IN 47401 Phone: (812) 336-6807 Email: tmbcc.kcl@gmail.com tmbcc.org RESTAURANTS BaRo 1376 Restaurant and Bar 75-32 Broadway Elmhurst, NY 11373 Phone: (781) 475-4434
MOMO Ramen 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 Tibetan Japanese Restaurant* 75-26 37th Avenue Jackson Heights, NY 11372 Phone: (718) 622-4813
Cafe Himalaya 78 E 1st Street New York, NY 10009 Phone: (212) 358-0160
Nagma Restaurant* 83-17 Broadway Elmhurst, NY 11373 Phone: (347) 730-6117
Dawa’s Tibetan Restaurant * 51-18 Skillman Ave, Woodside, NY 11377 Phone: (718) 899-8629
Om Wok Restaurant* 78-14 Roosevelt Avenue Jackson Heights, NY 11372 Phone: (929) 615-2827
Himalayan Yak Restaurant* 72-20 Roosevelt Avenue Jackson Heights, NY 11372 Phone: (718) 779-1119
Om Wok Restaurant* 89-17 Northern Boulevard Queens, NY 11372 Phone: (718) 639-8800
Khampa Kitchen* 75-15 Roosevelt Avenue Jackson Heights, NY 11372 Phone: (347) 507-0216
Phayul* 37-65 74 Street Jackson Heights, NY 11372 Phone: (718) 424-1869
Lhasa Liang Fen 74-17 Roosevelt Avenue Jackson Heights, NY 11372
PUNDA’S Restaurant* 39-35 47th Avenue Sunnyside, NY 11104
Lhasa Tibetan Restaurant* 177 1st Avenue New York, NY 10003 Phone: (917) 388-2230
Spicy Tibet* 75-04 Roosevelt Ave Jackson Heights, NY 11372 Phone: (718) 779-7500
Lhasa Tibetan Restaurant (Queens)* 76-03 37th Avenue Jackson Heights, NY 11372 Phone: (347) 952-6934
Trisara Restaurant & Bar* 72-19 Roosevelt Avenue Jackson Heights, NY 11372 Phone: (347) 808-0033
Taste of Himalaya 75-16 Broadway Jackson Heights, NY 11373 Phone: (929) 900-6655
Wasabi Point* 76-18 Woodside Avenue Elmhurst, NY 11373 Phone: (718) 205-1056
Yilhung Cafe* 40-36 75th Street Jackson Heights, NY 11373 Phone: (929) 608-4791
Phone: 800-318-5857 Email: info@tibetcollection. com dzi.com
STORES
Eastern Knots, Inc.* Handmade Tibetan Rugs 3263 33rd Street Long Island City, NY 11101 Phone: (646) 894-5476 Email: info@easternknots. com
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: Email: danangpublications@ gmail.com Phone: (929) 510-7077 Danang Tsongkhang (store) Himalayan Plaza 76-11 37th Avenue, Suite 201 Jackson Heights, NY 11372 Phone: (347) 730-4983 Dharmaware Inc. 7 Maple Lane Woodstock, NY 12498 Intl: (845) 679-4900 dharmaware.com Distinctly Himalayan Imports Wholesale 300 Enterprise Drive Kingston, NY 12401 Phone: (845) 876-6331 Email: sales@distinctlyhimalayan.com distinctlyhimalayan.com Dö Kham * 117 1st Avenue New York, NY 10003 Phone: (212) 966-2404 dokham.com Dolma Inc.* 417 Lafayette Street, 2nd Fl. New York, NY 10003 Phone: (212) 460-5525 Email: dolmarugs@gmail. com dolmarugs.com dZi–Tibet Collection
Himalayan Arts Gift Shop* 10 Main Street #408 New Paltz, NY 12561 Phone: (845) 419-2277 Himalayan Eyebrow Threading Salon 75 West 47th St., 2nd Fl. New York, NY 10036 Phone: (212) 840-0084 Karma Nepal Crafts* 266 Bleeker Street New York, NY 10014 Phone: (918) 926-0834 Kunye Tibetan Healing Center: Himalayan Plaza, 76-11 37th Avenue, Suite 201 Jackson Heights, NY 11372 Phone: (347) 446-7013 Kyichu Tibetan Handicrafts* 45-53 47th Street Woodside, NY 11377 Phone: (929) 522-0207 Land of Buddha 20%* 11 St. Mark’s Place New York, NY 10003 Phone: (646) 206-9466 Email: sales@lobny.com lobny.com Mandala Tibet – Park Slope* 59 7th Avenue Brooklyn, NY 11217 Phone: (718) 789-0071 Email: mandalatibet@aol. com mandalatibet.com
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DIRECTORY Mandala Tibet–Bedford* 132 North 5th Street Brooklyn, NY 11249 Phone: (718) 302-0005 Email: mandalatibet@aol. com mandalatibet.com Modern Tibet–Wholesale* 86-30 Chelsea Street Jamaica, NY 11432 Contact: Tsering Naktsang Karma Yangzom Phone: Phone: (917) 912-8788 Phone: (917) 470-8310 Email: moderntibet@yahoo. com moderntibet.com PEMA Boutique 187 Bedford Avenue Brooklyn, NY 11211 Phone: (347) 916-1517 Pemcho Design Designer Pema Chodon Phone: (718) 205-7820 Email: pemcho4@hotmail. com Potala Tibetan Store 46-07 90th Street Elmhurst, NY 11373 Phone: (718) 255-5833 potala.com Tea Tibet Dr Tashi Rapten Phone: (845) 268-7717 teatibet.org Tibet Gallery* 1909 9th Street, Ste. 120 Boulder, CO 80302 Contact: Tenzin Pasang Phone: (303) 402-0140 tibetgallery.net Tibet Home 417 Lafayette Street New York, NY 10003 Phone: (212) 460-5688 tibet-home.com Tibet Jewels*
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Phone: (212) 260-5880 Email: jyambala279@gmail. com tibetjewels.com Tibetan Art & Crafts* 7 Rock City Road Woodstock, NY 12498 Phone: (845) 679-2097 Tibetan Market* 40-23 76th Street Jackson Heights, NY 11372 Phone: (929) 423-5653 tibetanmarketnyc.com Vision of Tibet I 76 Main Street New Paltz, NY 12561 Phone: (845) 633-8541 facebook.com/VisionOf Tibet/photos
New York, NY 10036 Phone: (212) 233-7500 jamlinglaw.com TIBETAN BUDDHIST STUDY CENTERS Center for Buddhist Studies Columbia University 80 Claremont Ave, Room 303 New York, NY 10027 Phone: (212) 851-4122 Email: ba2165@columbia. edu cbs.columbia.edu Center for Dzogchen Studies 157 Northfield Rd. Litchfield, CT 06759 Phone: (203) 387-9992 dzogchenstudies.com
Windhorse Trading Inc. 33-31 71st St. Jackson Heights, NY 11372 Phone: (718) 606-9565 windhorsetradinginc.com
Chuang Yen Monastery 2020 Route 301 Carmel Hamlet, NY 10512 Phone: (845) 225-1819 baus.org
TIBETAN NANNY / HOUSEKEEPING AGENCIES
Dandang Library: Himalayan Plaza 76-11 37th Avenue Suite 201 Jackson Heights, NY 11372 Phone: (929) 510-7077
Tibetan Care 349 Fifth Avenue New York, NY 10016 Phone: (646) 599-2645 Email: pema@tibetancarenyc. com tibetancarenyc.com Tibetan Nannies 68-01 Central Avenue Flushing, NY 11385 Phone: (646) 266-9694 tibetannannies.com Tibetan Nanny 14 Wall Street, 20th Floor New York, NY 10005 Phone: 866MY-NANNY Email: info@tibetannanny. com Jamling Law Firm 1140 6th Avenue Suite: 913
Deerpark Buddhist Center 4548 Schneider Drive Oregon, WI 53575 Phone: (608) 835-5572 deerparkcenter.org Dharma House NYC 6006 39th Avenue Woodside, NY 11377 (between 60th St. & 61st St.) Phone: (718) 635-2849 dharmahouse.org
Danvers, MA 01923 Phone: (339) 368-5740 Email: dmcboston@gmail. com drikungboston.org Drikung Dharma Surya-Buddhist Temple 5300 Ox Rd. Fairfax, VA 22030 Phone: (703) 273-5189 drikungdharmasurya.org Gampopa Center Khenpo Tenzin Nyima 6 Fox Lane Denville, NJ 07834 Phone: (973) 586-2756 gampopa.org Kagyu Dzamling Kunchab 410 Columbus Avenue New York, NY 10024 Phone: (917) 406-3602 Karma Thegsum Choling 4168 Herschel Street Jacksonville, FL 32210 Phone: (352) 335- 1975 Email: GainesvilleKTC@ gmail.com ktcnj.org/ch Karma Triyana Dharmachakra Monastery 335 Meads Mountain Road Woodstock, New York 12498 Phone: (845) 679-5906 kagyu.org Kunzang Palchen Ling 4330 Rte 9G Red Hook, NY 12571 Phone: (845) 835-8303 Email: info@kunzang.org kunzang.org
Drala Mountain Center 151 Shambhala Way Red Feather Lake, CO 80545 Phone: (970) 881-2184 dralamountain.org
Nalandabodhi Buddhism Center – Seattle 3902 Woodland Park Ave. N Seattle, WA 98103 Email: seattle@nalandabodhi. org nalandawest.org
Drikung Meditation Center 29 Mohawk Street
Nalandabodhi Buddhism Center
DIRECTORY 64 Fulton Street, Ste. 400 New York, NY 10038 nyc.nalandabodhi.org Namgyal Monastery Institute of Buddhist Studies 210 Tibet Drive Ithaca, NY 14850 Phone: (607) 272-2785 namgyal.org Naropa University 2130 Arapahoe Avenue Boulder, CO 80302 Phone: (303) 444-0202 naropa.edu Natural Dharma Fellowship 253 Philbrick Hill Road Springfield, NH 03284 Email: info@naturaldharma. org naturaldharma.org Nechung Foundation Lama Pema Dorjee 537 Depot Hill Road Poughquag, NY 12570 Phone: (347) 771-2529 nechungfoundation.org New York Insight Meditation Center 28 West 27 Street, Fl. 10 New York, NY 10001 Phone: (212) 213-4802 nyimc.org Nitsan Choephel Ling Buddhist Temple 186 West 6 Street Howell, New Jersey 07731 Phone: (732) 367-3940 Nyingma Palyul Dharma Center 23-11 98th Street Flushing, New York 11369 palyulnyc.org Orgyen Cho Dzong Nyingma Tersar Retreat Center 5345 Route 81 Greenville, NY 12083 Phone: (646) 668-0742 tersar.org
Padmasambhava Buddhist Center 618 Buddha Highway Sidney Center, New York 13839 padmasambhava.org Palden Sakya Center (PSC) 4 West 101 Street, #63 New York, NY 10025 318 Marlboro Road Englewood, NJ 07631 Khenpo Pema Wangdak Phone: (212) 866-4339 vikramasila.org Palpung Thubten Choling 245 Sheafe Road Wappinger Falls, NY 12590 Phone: (845) 297-5761 palpungny.org Palyul Retreat Center 359 German Hollow Road McDonough, NY 13801 Phone: (607) 656-4645 retreat.palyul.org Rashi Gempil Ling First Kalmuk Buddhist Temple 12 Kalmuk Road Howell, New Jersey 07731 Phone: (732) 364-1824 rashigempilling.com Rigpa NYC 151 West 30th Street New York, NY 10001 Phone: (866) 200-5876 x715 Email: info@rigpaynyc.org rashigempilling.com Sakya Monastery of Tibetan Buddhism 108 NW 83rd Street Seattle, WA 98117 Phone: (206) 789-2573 Email: monastery@sakya.org sakya.org Samye New York Tibetan Buddhist Meditation Retreat Center 412 Glimmerglen Road
Cooperstown, NY 13326 Phone: (607) 547-5051 Email: rygcooperstown@ gmail.com samyenewyork.org
Tsechen Kunchab Ling (TKL) Temple of All-Encompassing Great Compassion Seat of H.H. The Sakya Trizin in US 12 Edmunds Lane Walden, NY 12586 Phone: (301) 906-3378 sakyatemple.org
Ser Cho Ling 54333 Two Hills Road North Fork, CA 93643 sercholing.org Sera Jey Buddhist Culture Center 41-30 57th Street Woodside, NY 11377 Phone: (347) 601-1726 Email: serajeyusa@yahoo.com serajey.org Shambhala Meditation Center Boulder 1345 Spruce Street Boulder, CO 80302 Phone: (303) 444-0190 x100 boulder.shambhala.org Siddhartha School Partnership P.O. Box 3405 Portland, ME 04104 Phone: (207) 776-9927 siddharthaschool.org Tibetan Meditation Center 9301 Gambrill Park Road Frederick, MD 21702 Ven.: Khenpo Tsultrim Tenzin Phone: (301) 473-5750 drikungtmc.com
TKL-Sakya Phunstok Ling Center For Buddhist Study & Meditation 608 Ray Drive Takoma Park, MD 20912 Phone: (301) 200-1289 Email: admin@sakyatemple. org sakyaphuntsokling.org Thubten Kunga Ling 201 SE 15th Terrace Deerfield Beach, FL 33441 Phone: (954) 421-6224 thubtenkungaling.org Yeshe Nyingpo Temple 19 West 16 Street New York, NY 10011 Phone: (212) 691-8523 Email: thefearlesswisdom@ gmail.com dudjomtersar.org Zangdokpalri Foundation PO Box G Claverack, NY 12513
The Tibet Center PO Box 1873 Murray Hill Station New York, NY 10156 Phone: (718) 222-0007 thetibetcenter.org Tibetan Buddhist Learning Center 93 Angen Road Washington, NJ 07882 Phone: (908) 689-6080 Contact: Diana & Joshua Cutler labsum.com
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“The key to a happier and more successful world is the growth of compassion.”
- His Holiness The Dalai Lama
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