08/22/2026
EIGHTY YEARS ON THE HILL
Sunday, August 30
For eighty years, this hillside has held a piece of the Himalaya.
We're marking it alongside the 91st birthday of His Holiness the XIV Dalai Lama, and opening the archives for the occasion. Footage of His Holiness's 1991 visit to these terraces, and a 1988 film narrated by the late Professor Robert Thurman, both shown publicly for the first time.
The afternoon:
→ Legacy & grounds tour with Kathleen Xi
→ Tashi Chodron on Avalokiteshvara, bodhisattva of compassion
→ Meditation with His Eminence Gegye Yongyal Tulku Rinpoche
→ Prayer flags blessed and raised, chanting for peace
$25 suggested donation.
RSVP at www.tibetanmuseum.org
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Featured collection:
Four-Armed Avalokiteshvara, or Shadakshari Lokeshvara
sPyan ras gzigs phyag bzhi pa, or
sPyan ras gzigs yig ge drug ma
Mongolia or northeastern Tibet, 18th–19th c.
Painting on cloth · JMMoTA collection
216x138.5 cm
85.11.0789
The bodhisattva of compassion, nearly seven feet tall, fills the cloth. Two hands joined in prayer; a crystal rosary in one raised hand, a lotus in the other. Amitabha Buddha rests in his upswept hair, an antelope skin across his shoulder. The border was painted to imitate silk brocade — dark blue clouds threaded with orange shou medallions, Chinese good-luck coins.
