Tibet House US

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Tibet House US
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Tibet House US
Tibet House US is located in New York City
Tibet House US
Location within New York City
Established1987
Location22 West 15th Street, between 5th and 6th Avenues, Manhattan, New York, USA
Coordinates40°44′14″N 73°59′41″W / 40.737138°N 73.994677°W / 40.737138; -73.994677
PresidentRobert A. F. Thurman
WebsiteTHUS.org

Tibet House US (THUS) is a Tibetan cultural preservation and education nonprofit founded in 1987 in New York City by a group of Westerners after the Fourteenth Dalai Lama, Tenzin Gyatso, had expressed his wish to establish a cultural institution to build awareness of Tibetan culture.[1][2][3]

Part of a worldwide network of Tibet Houses, Tibet House US focuses on the promotion and preservation of Tibetan culture through education on philosophy; cognitive or mind science based on the workings of mind and emotions, techniques of mediation and mental transformation, and contemporary and ancient arts and culture. These are presented to the public utilizing:

  • Lectures, classes and workshops on mind science,[4][5][6] philosophy and meditation classes,[7][8] with teachers from many traditions including the Dalai Lama,[9] Deepak Chopra,[10] and psychiatrists and meditation teachers such as Mark Epstein, Joe Loizzo[11] and Sharon Salzberg.[12]
  • A gallery that presents a rotating permanent collection and multiple exhibitions yearly of modern and ancient works from Buddhist cultures including Tibet, Mongolia, Korea, Japan and Russia.[13][14][15][16]
  • Museum exhibitions,[17] conferences,[18] print publications and media productions including online courses, books,[19] a graphic novel biography of the Dalai Lama, Man of Peace: The Illustrated Life Story of the Dalai Lama of Tibet,[20][21] and a quarterly magazine.
  • Lectures and events for the Tibetan community.[22]
  • A traditional Tibetan shrine room.
  • A lending library of books and videos.
  • Online digital archives.
  • Tours to areas of Buddhist cultural influence.


Mission[]

THUS works to preserves Tibet's intangible culture heritage when it is threatened inside and outside Tibet,[23][24][25][26][27][28][29][30][31][32] and presents a contemporary understanding of the contributions of a minority culture endangered by ever "more assimilationist policies, designed to absorb these minorities into the fold of one Chinese nation,"[33][34][35][36][37][38] although The Constitution of the People's Republic of China stipulates: "All ethnic groups in the People's Republic of China are equal. The state protects the lawful rights and interests of the ethnic minorities and upholds and develops a relationship of equality, unity and mutual assistance among all of China's ethnic groups. Discrimination against and oppression of any ethnic group are prohibited ...and they have the freedom to preserve or change their own folkways and customs."[39]

History[]

In 1987, Columbia University professor and THUS President Robert Thurman, the first western Buddhist monk,[40][41][42][43] actor and Chairman of the International Campaign for Tibet, Richard Gere,[44][45] and modern composer and THUS Vice President Philip Glass,[46][47] founded the organization, located in the Flatiron district of New York City. Frances Thargay, while working at the Office of Tibet in New York as Executive Assistant to the Dalai Lama’s Representative to the US, Tenzin Tethong, wrote the first draft of Richard Gere’s proposal for Tibet House.[48] Managing Director Nena Thurman initiated the annual benefit concert with Glass, and the annual benefit auction. She is also the Executive Chairwoman of the THUS project, Menla Retreat.[49][50]

THUS has worked with many different educational and cultural institutions. This includes sponsoring teachings in New York by the Dalai Lama,[51][52][53][54] and a three-day conference in 2011, The Newark Peace Education Summit, on the policies and methods used by communities to establish peace. Participants included the Dalai Lama and fellow Nobel Laureates, anti-landmine activist Jody Williams, and Iranian civil rights activist Shirin Ebadi; Cory Booker, Martin Luther King III, economist Jeffrey Sachs, Deepak Chopra, Rabbi Michael Lerner; anthropologist Wade Davis, who shared a stage with representatives of the Navajo, Dene, and Hopi nations; and many other international and local activists.[55][56][57][58][59][60][61][62] A Shrine for Tibet: The Alice S. Kandell Collection, "a visual knockout of a book" published by THUS,[63] was the accompanying publication for the traveling exhibition In the Realm of the Buddha at the Smithsonian.[64][65][66] THUS also serves as a meeting place for local Tibetan and Tibetan Buddhist community programs and events.

The Art of Freedom Award, honoring outstanding contributions reflecting THUS' mission, has been presented to author and human rights advocate Eliot Pattison,[67] director Martin Scorsese,[68] and artist Roy Lichtenstein, among others.

Fundraising events include a yearly auction and dinner, and a benefit concert at Carnegie Hall organized by Phillip Glass that has featured Patti Smith, David Bowie, Laurie Anderson, Lou Reed, Iggy Pop, Björk, Debbie Harry, Gogol Bordello, FKA Twigs, Annie Lennox, Eddie Vedder, Phoebe Bridgers, Tenzin Choegyal, The Flaming Lips and many other musicians over its thirty-plus years history.[69][70][71][72][73][74] Opening 2021's online, live stream 34th benefit, the Dalai Lama sent a video message of congratulation and thanks to Tibet House US, Bob and Nena Thurman, and those who started Tibet House in New York. He also thanked Sogpo (Mongolian) Wangyal, the late Geshe Wangyal, Thurman's teacher, for also contributing to advocating Tibetan Buddhism among Americans.[75][76]

Collections[]

THUS started the Repatriation Collection and the Old Tibet Photographic Archive in 1992.[77] Containing over 3,000 objects and images from Tibet, these archives document the destruction of over 6000 monasteries, temples and historic buildings and the contents that were pillaged.[78][79][80]

Selected publications[]

  • The Tibetan Wheel of Existence, Jacqueline Dunnington, 2000, ISBN 978-0967011530
  • Wisdom and Compassion: The Sacred Art of Tibet, Marylin Rhie and Robert Thurman, co-published with Harry N. Abrams Co., 1991 – 1998 in English, German, Spanish, Catalan, Japanese, and Chinese; 2000, ISBN 0810939851
  • Worlds of Transformation: Tibetan Art of Wisdom and Compassion, Marylin Rhie and Robert Thurman, essay by David Jackson, co-published with the Rubin Museum, Harry N. Abrams Co., 1991, ISBN 9780810963870
  • Mandala: The Architecture of Enlightenment, Denise P. Leidy, Robert Thurman., first edition published with Asia Society and Shambhala Publications, thereafter Overlook Press, 1997, ISBN 978-0500280188
  • A Shrine For Tibet: The Alice S. Kandell Collection, Marylin Rhie & Robert Thurman, 2010, ISBN 978-1590203101
  • Visions of Tibet: Outer, Inner, Secret, photographs by Brian Kistler, introduction by Robert Thurman, ed. Thomas Yarnell, Overlook Duckworth, 2005, ISBN 978-1585677412
  • Vanishing Tibet, Catherine Steinmann and Danny Conant, 2008, ISBN 978-1590200957
  • Man of Peace: The Illustrated Life Story of the Dalai Lama of Tibet, graphic novel, William Meyers, Robert Thurman, Michael G. Burbank, initiated artistically by Rabkar Wangchuk, art a team effort of five artists coordinated by Steve Buccellato and Michael Burbank, ISBN 978-1941312032

Translations and scholarly works[]

The Treasury of Buddhist Sciences, series, editors, Robert Thurman, Thomas Yarnall and The Treasury of Indic Sciences, series, editors Robert Thurman, Gary Tubb and Thomas Yarnall, copublished with the American institute of Buddhist Studies and the Columbia University Center for Buddhist Studies; Columbia University Press:

  • Universal Vehicle Discourse Literature, Lozang Jamspal, et al., 2004, ISBN 978-0-9753734-0-8
  • Kalacakra Tantra: Chapter on the Individual, Vesna Wallace, 2004, ISBN 978-0-9753734-1-5
  • Nagarjuna’s Reason Sixty, Joseph Loizzo, et al., 2007, ISBN 978-0-9753734-2-2
  • Kalacakra Tantra: The Sadhana Chapter, Vesna Wallace, 2010, ISBN 978-0-9753734-4-6
  • Tsong Khapa’s Extremely Brilliant Lamp, Robert Thurman, 2010, ISBN 978-1-935011-00-2
  • The Range of the Bodhisattva, Lozang Jamspal, 2010, ISBN 978-1-935011-07-1
  • Consciousness, Knowledge, and Ignorance, Bina Gupta, 2011, ISBN 978-1-935011-03-3

With Hay House[]

  • My Appeal to the World, 14th Dalai Lama, Sofia Stril-Rever, compiler, Robert Thurman, foreword, 2015, ISBN 978-0967011561
  • The Dalai Lama and the King Demon: Tracking a Triple Murder Mystery Through the Mists of Time, Raimondo Bultrini, 2013, ISBN 978-0967011523
  • A Drop from the Marvelous Ocean of History, Lelung Tulku Rinpoche XI, 2013, ISBN 978-0967011592

Film[]

See also[]

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Coordinates: 40°44′14″N 73°59′41″W / 40.737087°N 73.994629°W / 40.737087; -73.994629

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