Namgyal Monastery Institute of Buddhist Studies

Namgyal Monastery Institute of Buddhist Studies in Ithaca, New York is the personal monastery of the Dalai Lama in North America, the North American seat of Namgyal, the monastery that has served the Dalai Lamas of Tibet for centuries. Its mission is framed plainly: a center of learning to promote human values and peace, with compassion, forgiveness, tolerance, contentment and self-discipline at the center.

The institute runs a Buddhist studies program with courses and faculty, core classes, weekend intensives, and the Du Khor Choe Ling program devoted to the Kalachakra teachings, alongside the HHDL Library and Learning Center. Its prayer hall hosts regular practice, and its events calendar carries teachings, rituals and retreats.

Namgyal also serves the wider community: a membership program, a shop of altar cloths, malas, incense, prayer flags and dharma items, and teaching resources. For Tibetan Buddhism and its esoteric traditions in the United States, it is the monastery directly tied to the Dalai Lama's own institution. The institution's stated mission: A center of learning to promote human values and peace.