Tibet House US - NYC

08/20/2026

Movie nights are back!

On September 25, join us for our first movie night of the season: Journey From Zanskar, a heart-rending documentary from Oscar-nominated director Frederick Marx (Hoop Dreams).

Narrated by Academy Award winner Richard Gere and featuring a rare appearance by His Holiness the Dalai Lama, the film follows two monks on a desperate 180-mile mission: to es**rt 17 children across a dangerous 17,500-foot mountain pass to safety and education. It is a journey born of profound sacrifice, where parents must often give up their children today to save their future tomorrow.

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Watch trailer:

"How far would you go to save your dying culture?"Narrated by Aca...

08/19/2026

Join us for VOICE/S: Vocality as a Contemplative Art with artist, vocalist, writer, educator and mindfulness coach Sahra Motalebi on Thursday, September 17.

Learn more/register:
https://shop.thus.org/products/voice-s-vocality-as-a-contemplative-art-free-intro-with-sahra-motalebi

Drawing on her ongoing research and practice, Sahra offers vocality, “the being of voice,” as a form of contemplative art where participants are invited to cultivate presence and creativity through both vocalization in its many forms and through listening.

Since 2018, Sahra developed & shared iterations of VOICE/S in various artist-run and institutional spaces, including the Aspen Art Museum, The Chinati Foundation, Earth Gallery, Harvard Radcliffe Institute, Open Eye Theatre, at Louis Place with the American Academy of Arts and Letters, the Whitney Museum of American Art, the Academy of Fine Arts Nuremberg, Princeton University, and Rutgers University.

VOICE/S is offered for educational and artistic purposes only and does not constitute medical advice or psychotherapy, or clinical care. No prior experience with voicework is required; attendees are encouraged to bring a notebook or sketchbook.

08/18/2026

This 18th-century Tibetan thangka, from the Tibet House US Repatriation Collection, depicts the tutelary deity Vajrabhairava (རྡོ་རྗེ་འཇིགས་འབྱེད།).

Vajrabhairava, also known as Yamantaka, is one of the most important meditation deities in the Geluk tradition. Vajrabhairava is also the wrathful emanation of Manjushri, the bodhisattva of wisdom.

In this thangka, Vajrabhairava holds his consort in a cosmic embrace, symbolizing the union of compassion and wisdom.

08/17/2026

“Compassion and loving kindness are hallmarks of achievement and happiness.” - His Holiness the Dalai Lama

08/16/2026

We gather to celebrate the extraordinary life and legacy of one of Woodstock’s greatest sages, Robert Thurman, in the company of some of his colleagues and friends.

Scheduled speakers include Sharon Gannon, John Campbell, Marcela Lobos, Ira Schepetin, Ina Becker, Nina Rao, Krishna Das, and Paul Bloom. There will also be an opportunity for attendees to speak briefly of what Thurman meant to their own lives and path and/or ask questions to the speakers.

Remembering Robert Thurman

Robert Thurman (1941–2026) was educated at Philips Exeter and Harvard and then studied Tibet, Tibetan Buddhism, and Asian languages and histories for over fifty years with many teachers, including His Holiness the Dalai Lama. He held the first endowed chair in Buddhist Studies in the West, the Jey Tsong Khapa Chair in Indo-Tibetan Buddhist Studies at Columbia University, before retiring in 2019.

He has written substantial scholarly works, including founding and editing a new series through Columbia University Press, the Treasury of the Buddhist Sciences. He and his wife Nena founded Tibet House in 1987 at the request of the Dalai Lama, and in 2002 also Menla, Tibet House’s retreat center located in the crater of Panther Mountain.

He also wrote popular books, lecturing all over the world in the “public intellectual” tradition, with special concern for ethics and human rights in general, the fate of the endangered Tibetan culture and people, and the qualities of the human mind in its natural state.

For more information visit:
https://woodstockawakening.org/

08/14/2026

Cultivating Emotional Balance: A 12-Hour Basic Training with Michael Lobsang Tenpa begins September 12.

Join us online for a four-week journey exploring practical psychological and contemplative skills for cultivating greater inner balance, emotional resilience, and well-being.

Saturdays, September 12, 19, 26 & October 3

Cultivating Emotional Balance is a comprehensive training method centered around the exploration of our emotional landscape and using its energy to support greater wellbeing—essentially, a greater sense of happiness, meaning and joy in the midst of our turbulent times.

Learn more/register: https://shop.thus.org/products/cultivating-emotional-balance-a-12-hour-basic-training-with-michael-lobsang-tenpa

08/13/2026

Next month, Venerable Losang Gendun returns to Tibet House for two special teachings, co-hosted with Shantideva Center:

Thursday, September 10
Introduction to Emptiness

Friday, September 18 - Sunday, September 20
3-Day Urban Retreat | Awakening the Heart: Method and Insight

Both programs are offered in person and online.

Whether you are new to Buddhism or are looking to deepen existing practice, you will gain practical tools for understanding how things exist and how to awaken your heart. ❤️

08/12/2026

Tonight, August 12 from 6:30-7:30pm ET: Solar Eclipse New Moon Yoga Nidra (online only):

https://shop.thus.org/products/vajra-yoga-series-new-moon-with-patty-macrae

Patty MacRae invites you to an opportunity to align the yoga nidra meditation practice with today’s powerful celestial event.✨

The healing practice of Yoga Nidra helps relax the body and mind, clearing out old perceptions and self-limitations while purifying the energy body of unconscious blocks. Every full and new moon, Patty will offer a yoga nidra practice to work with lunar energy.

The next session, Full Moon Yoga Nidra, will occur on Wednesday, August 26 at 6:30pm ET:

https://shop.thus.org/products/vajra-yoga-series-full-moon-with-patty-macrae

08/11/2026

SAVE THE DATE - November 4!

We’re delighted to announce the honorees of this year’s Art of Freedom Award Ceremony & Gala:

Michael Douglas
Nena Thurman
Robert A.F. Thurman (posthumously)

This year, we have the privilege of presenting Lifetime Achievement Awards to our founders, Nena von Schlebrügge Thurman and, (posthumously), Robert Tenzin Thurman, in recognition of their lifelong work to preserve and promote Tibetan culture. We are also honored to recognize Michael Douglas for his longtime service as a United Nations Messenger of Peace and his steadfast advocacy for peace and nuclear disarmament.

RSVP: https://www.zeffy.com/en-US/ticketing/tibet-house-us-art-of-freedom-gala-lifetime-achievement-award-nov-4th--2026

Established in 1998, the Art of Freedom Award recognizes and celebrates outstanding individuals whose heroic service, great works, and generous contributions have helped champion the traditions of nonviolence, compassion, and wisdom, in accordance with the founding aims of Tibet House US.