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The Dalai Lama and his government moved into the Potrang Karpo ('White Palace') in 1649. [3] Construction lasted until 1694, [12] some twelve years after his death. The Potala was used as a winter palace by the Dalai Lama from that time. The Potrang Marpo ('Red Palace') was added between 1690 and 1694. [12]
The Museum of the City of New York (MCNY) is a history and art museum in Manhattan, New York City, New York. It was founded by Henry Collins Brown , [ 1 ] [ 2 ] in 1923 [ 3 ] to preserve and present the history of New York City , and its people.
Tibet House US was founded in 1987 by scholar Robert Thurman, actor Richard Gere and composer Philip Glass in downtown Manhattan, New York City. [ 15 ] [ 16 ] [ 17 ] Menla, a retreat space located in the Catskills near Phoenicia, New York, is an offshoot of Tibet House US.
The Dalai Lama, the exiled spiritual leader of Tibetan Buddhism, arrived in New York on Sunday ahead of medical treatment for his knees and was greeted by hundreds of cheering and chanting ...
The Dalai Lama, who fled to India in 1959 after a failed uprising against Chinese rule in Tibet, traveled to New York in June for medical treatment on his knees, his first visit to the United ...
In New York and New Jersey, they live primarily in Queens and New Brunswick. The town of Northfield, Vermont has been home for many years to the seat of the current Trijang Rinpoche , who has been estranged from the Dalai Lama due to the Dorje Shugden controversy, which has become a cultural heritage center for thousands of followers.
Hundreds of followers in colorful, flowing robes, waving scarves and flowers, cheered the Dalai Lama at the airport and his residence. The Dalai Lama, 89, flew to Dharamshala after weeks of ...
Tibet House US (THUS) is a Tibetan cultural preservation and education 501(c)(3) nonprofit founded in 1987 in New York City by a group of Westerners after the Fourteenth Dalai Lama, Tenzin Gyatso, expressed his wish to establish a cultural institution to build awareness of Tibetan culture. [1] [2] [3]