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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]
The Tibet House in New York City. Other Tibet Houses include: Tibet House Japan, founded in 1975 in Shinjuku, Tokyo. [14] 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 ...
The Tibet Center, also known as Kunkhyab Thardo Ling, is a dharma center for the study of Tibetan Buddhism. Founded by Venerable Khyongla Rato Rinpoche in 1975, it is one of the oldest Tibetan Buddhist centers in New York City. [1] The current director is Khen Rinpoche Nicholas Vreeland, the abbot of Rato Dratsang monastery.
Tibet House US is a nonprofit organization whose mission is to help preserve Tibetan Culture in exile. In 2001, the Pathwork Center, a 320-acre (1.3 km 2) retreat center on Panther Mountain in Phoenicia, New York, was donated to Tibet House US. Thurman and von Schlebrügge renamed the center Menla Retreat and Dewa Spa.
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 supporters.
2005 Old Soul, New Art Tibet House, New York NY USA (25/2-6/5); ICT, Washington DC (12/5-12/7). 2004 Tibet in a Red Box Metro Arts, Main Gallery, Brisbane City, Australia (10-17/3). 2004 Breath of Tibet: Shangrila in Our Midst People of the World Gallery, Otago Museum, Dunedin SI New Zealand (March–May).
Central Tibetan Administration, also referred to as the Tibetan Government in Exile. Tibet's democratically elected government based in Dharamshala, India. Chushi Gangdruk (Tibet's volunteer defender of Faith), was based in New York City, USA; Dalai Lama Center for Peace and Education; Empowering the Vision Project, based in New Delhi, India.
From 1987 to 1989, Nena was the Program Director at the New York Open Center. [8] From 1991 to 2002 she served as the Managing Director of Tibet House US in New York City. [1] Tibet House US was founded in 1986 by the Thurmans, Philip Glass, and Richard Gere, at the behest of the Dalai Lama. [9]