The Tibet Center

This article is about the Tibetan Buddhist center in Manhattan. For the Tibetan cultural center, see Tibet House.
Khyongla Rato Rinpoche teaching at The Tibet Center in September 2014 with translator, Tenzin Gelek, on the right.
Tibet Center meeting with Khyongla Rato Rinpoche teaching
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The Tibet Center, also known as Kunkhyab Thardo Ling, is a dharma center for the study of Tibetan Buddhism. Founded by Venerable Khyongla Rato Rinpoche in 1975, it is one of the oldest Tibetan Buddhist centers in New York City.[1] The current director is Khen Rinpoche Nicholas Vreeland, the abbot of Rato Dratsang monastery. Philip Glass assisted with the founding of The Tibet Center.[2] Since 1991 TTC has invited and hosted the 14th Dalai Lama for teaching events in New York in partnership with the Gere Foundation.

  1. ^ Jamyang Centre website "Khyongla Rato Rinpoche - Page 3". Archived from the original on 2014-06-06. Retrieved 2014-06-01. accessed 2014-6-1
  2. ^ Glass, Philip (April 6, 2015). Words Without Music: A Memoir By Philip Glass (1st ed.). New York, New York: Liveright. ISBN 978-0871404381. Retrieved July 6, 2021.