A function has been organized by the Tibetan Cultural & Research Department for the partcipants who will undergo two months' Tibetan language workshop here yesterday.  Director Geshe Lhakdor la greeted all the partcipants and urged the participants to utilized this opportunity to their utmost benefit.

On 15th April, Kalon Pema Chinjor, Minister of Department of Religion and Culture, CTA, paid a brief visit to LTWA. Escorted by LTWA Director, Geshe Lhakdor, and a senior official from the CTA, he was shown various departments and sections and their functioning.

On 8th March 2013 Dr. Dan Martin (Independent Tibetologist,Jerusalem) presented his final talk on "Pavements Like the Sea and the Name of the Jokhang" at LTWA conference hall.

List of Important visitors to Library of Tibetan Works & Archives in 2012

Organized by SFT, a group of students from Ambedkar University, New Delhi visited LTWA on Thursday, 28th February 2013. The Director Geshe Lhakdor lak welcomed the students and has given a brief talk about Buddhist Philosophy and its contribution to the science and vice versa.

Tibetan Library and Amnye Machen Institute are pleased to announce that Dr. Dan Martin (Independent Tibetanist,Jerusalem) will present:"Pavements Like the Sea and the Name of the Jokhang" at the conference hall at 4:00pm on Wednesday, 27th February 2013

Tibetan Library and Amnye Machen Institute are pleased to announce that Dr. Dan Martin (Independent Tibetanist,Jerusalem) will present:"Dreaming Giant Thangkas: A look at the Historical Emergence and Meanings of a Tibetan Religious Practices".

Tibetan Library and Amnye Machen Institute are pleased to announce that Dr. Dan Martin (Independent Tibetanist, Jerusalem) will present : "How Knowable is Zhang-zhung? Sign of Life in a Dead Language" at the conference hall at 4:00pm on Saturday, 16th February 2013. To view all the photos click here.

LTWA is organizing a Tibetan Workshop for those students who are highly interested in Tibetan studies. This workshop will be given to 25 students from 15th April to 14th June, 2013 for duration of two months. Click here for detail:

New books, skad yig deb phreng vol. 8 "gtam mdzod mes po'i zhal rgyun", Sakya thub pa deb phreng vol.6 "Chos kyi tshigs su bcad ps" and Blaze of Quotations and Logic are published.

As deputed by Office of His Holiness, Geshe Lhakdor, the director of LTWA attended the Diamond Jubilee Celebration of the Diocess of Amritsar on 13 February. On this occasion of sixty years of its foundation and existence Geshe la as a Buddhist representative recited Buddhist prayers for World peace and spoke on the importance of internal transformation and genuine personal engagement for other’s well being and peace. The chief guest at the Convention on World Peace was His Excellency Shivraj Patil, Governor of Punjab and former Lok Sabha Speaker.

There will be live webcasts of the The Mind and Life XXVI conference from Drepung Monastery in Mundgod, Karnataka, India, on January 17-22, 2013. Twenty of the world’s foremost scientists and philosophers with His Holiness the Dalai Lama and other senior Tibetan scholars...

The recent workshop of the Sager Science Leadership Institute took place at Drepung Loseling Monastery from December 24, 2012, to January 11, 2013. During the three weeks the monk and nun science leaders worked on a variety of projects including a new exhibit on climate change, hands-on activities concerning various topics of science, writings about Buddhism and science, and studying astronomy and cosmology. Western faculty led the workshop sessions: Dr. Chris Impey (University of Arizona) taught on astronomy and cosmology; Tory Brady and Dr. Julie Yu (Exploratorium) led the monastics through dozens of new hands-on activities that explored a range of scientific topics, Dr. Jess Parker, Stephanie Norby, and Tracie Spinale (Smithsonian) guided the development of the new exhibit on climate change. The 3-week workshop concluded with the successful presentation of the World of Your Senses exhibit during the Mind and Life that was held from January 17 to 22, 2013. 

Collection of photos taken during 26th Mind and Life Conference held at Drepung Univeersity, Science Exhibition and Science Workshop for the monks and nuns.

New books, Oral History (Y#2013 , Series 29 and Series 30) and Essence of Superfine Gold are published.

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The LTWA offers daily Buddhist philosophy class and Language classes on Tibetan and Hindi in the beginning of this year again. Course and time detail are provided in the brochure.