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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 Houses are intended to serve as unofficial representation for the Dalai Lama to maintain the concept of a separate Tibetan political identity. The Tibet House in New York City will work closely with Tibetan supporters in the United Nations, particularly the Malayan, Irish, and Thai delegations. [30] [31] e.
Namgyal Monastery (Ithaca) is a branch of the personal monastery of the Dalai Lama, also called Namgyal Monastery.It therefore belongs to the Gelugpa monastic order. . Traditionally located within the Potala Palace, and charged with various ritual tasks connected with the Dalai Lama, the parent monastery in 1959 relocated to Dharamsala along with the Tibetan exile gov
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 ...
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.
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 ...
Met with President of Basel City Canton Guy Morin: Basel Switzerland: 1.7 –10.7.2015 Met with former President of the United States George W. Bush. Met with Minority Leader of the U.S. House of Representatives Nancy Pelosi: Dallas, New York City United States: 12.7–14.7.2015 Met with Vice President of the German Parliament Claudia Roth.
Independent Tibet Presentation by Jamyang Norbu, New York City, 20 August 2011. Behind presenter is a photo of The 14th Dalai Lama , Students for a Free Tibet (SFT) logo and the Tibetan Flag . Jamyang Norbu is also critical of the role of religion in the Tibetan exile community, [ 14 ] and of its Western benefactors who, he argues, see Tibetans ...