Tibet House

An international, loosely affiliated group of nonprofit, cultural preservation organizations founded at the request of the Dalai Lama, the Tibet House's preserve, present, and protect Tibet's ancient traditions of philosophy, mind science, art, and culture due to the Chinese invasion of Tibet in 1950 and subsequent Tibetan diaspora.^[1]^[2]^[3] The first Tibet House was founded in New Delhi, India in 1965.^[4]^[5]

Tibet Houses include:

Tibet House, in New Delhi, India founded in 1965. Tulkus Gelek Rimpoche and Dagyab Kyabgoen Rinpoche were early directors.^[6]^[7]^[8]^[9] Geshe Lhakdor was a translator and research assistant from 1986 to 1989. The house was designed by Shiv Nath Prasad in 1970 in the Brutalist architecture style.^[10]^[11] The current director is Geshe Dorjee Damdul.
Tibet House Japan, founded in 1975 in Shinjuku, Tokyo.^[12]
Tibet House US was founded in 1987 by scholar Robert Thurman, actor Richard Gere and composer Philip Glass in downtown Manhattan, New York City.^[13]^[14]^[15] Menla, a retreat space located in the Catskills near Phoenicia, New York, is an offshoot of Tibet House US. The project was spearheaded by Robert Thurman and Nena Thurman.^[16]
Casa Tibet México, founded in 1989 in Mexico City.^[17]^[18]
Casa del Tibet Barcelona, founded in 1994 in Spain.^[19]^[20]
Tibet House Trust, founded in 1994 in London, England.^[21]
Tibet Haus Germany, founded by Spiritual Director Dagyab Kyabgoen Rinpoche in 2005, in Frankfurt.^[22]^[23] and
Tibet House Moscow, founded in 2004 in Russia.^[24]
Tibet House Brasil, in São Paulo, Brazil.^[25]^[26]

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^ Anonymous report (28 September 1987). "Richard Gere And Dalai Lama Announce Center for Tibetan Culture". AP News. Associated Press. Retrieved 13 July 2018.
^ Walters, John (18 February 2016). "Philip Glass Menagerie: The Composer on 26 Years of the Tibet House Benefit Concert". Newsweek. Retrieved 3 October 2019.
^ Green, Penelope (20 May 2017). "50 Years of Marriage and Mindfulness With Nena and Robert Thurman". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2 July 2020.
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^ "His Holiness the Dalai Lama Inaugurates Casa Tibet Mexico". No. Autumn. Snow Lion. 1 October 1989. Retrieved 26 September 2019.
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^ "Tibet House Russia". tibethouse.ru. Tibet House Russia. Retrieved 22 February 2021.
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