About Tibet

History & Future of Tibet
After the Chinese Communist invasion of Tibet in 1959 and the forced closure and destruction of its 6,500 monasteries, many monks from the innumerable monasteries managed to escape the holocaust and rebuild their institution in South India. The traditional training programs of the arts were thus preserved. Over the years many more young spiritual aspirants have fled Chinese-occupied Tibet and sought entrance into the monasteries, thus helping to preserve their traditional culture.

The monasteries that have since been rebuilt are non-profit making organisations dedicated to the study and preservation of the Tibetan Buddhist tradition of wisdom and compassion and are centres for the cultivation of both heart and intellect. These institutes provide sanctuary for nurturing inner peace, community, understanding, and global healing.

In addition to academic and spiritual programs, the monasteries are committed to helping to preserve the endangered Tibetan culture, which today leads a fragile existence in the exiled refugee communities within India and Nepal.

Today the monasteries are an integral part of keeping the old Tibetan cultures, arts and rituals alive and works to instil in its monks the importance of continuing its customs and practices.

Many of these arts can be viewed on our website namely the art of making healing incense which they do by individually crushing many herbs and minerals in order to supply Tibetan healing incense both for their own personal use and offerings but also to spread their culture and healing across the world.