Tibetan House

We closed our gift shop in December, 2019. It has been a gift to serve you. We now offer virtual Sitting in Stillness Meditation practices via gmeet.
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For more information, please contact us at [email protected]. Welcome to The Tibet House:

The inception of The Tibet House grew out of our involvement with the inspirational visit of His Holiness the 14th Dalai Lama to New Orleans. As Community Outreach coordinators for the historic event, we experienced firsthand both the joy of his presence in New Orleans and the hope and good will that he

instilled in us all. From the community, we heard an overwhelming desire to stay connected to the message that His Holiness delivered. Prayer Flags are still flying throughout New Orleans. It is our aspiration to create a venue that supports and encourages this connection.

07/08/2024

07/07/2024

A Tibetan skeleton dancer, 1925. Photo by Joseph F. Rock. The photo originally appeared in the November 1928 issue of National Geographic. The Skeleton Dance is a sacred Tibetan dance ritual found in Himalayan Buddhist lineages.

07/06/2024

Join us today.

07/06/2024

July 6, 6:00-7PM Tibetan House
4900 Tchoupitoulas St. New Orleans
21-Verse Tara Puja [Drolchok] & short teachings with Lama Tsering Phuntsok Rinpoche

07/05/2024

07/03/2024

07/02/2024

07/01/2024

We will be honoring HH Dalai Lama’s birthday with a Tara Puja at Tibetan House this Saturday, July 6th, 6-7pm
4900 Tchoupitoulas St at Upperline.

Hope you can make it.

06/24/2024

Don’t listen to yourself. When I was doing retreat in the cave, I recognised that in order to keep my body healthy, I had to do yoga. I hate exercise. And I did an hour and a half of yoga every day, no matter what. Even if it was snowing, or the floor was all wet, or it was hot, or cold, I just did it. The one question I did not ask myself was, “Do I feel like doing yoga?” Don’t ever ask yourself, “Do I feel like sitting down and practising?” Just do it! You have a time and you do it; that I would say is the most important thing.

- Jetsunma Tenzin Palmo

Photo: Close-up of Jetsunma's hands resting in her lap, a wooden mala on the left wrist, and the rest of the frame entirely filled with her bright burgundy robes, 2009.

06/24/2024

06/21/2024

The world changes,
Everyday, everywhere.
But the four noble truths remain the same,
Everyday, everywhere.

~ Chamtrul Rinpoche

06/19/2024

Hope y’all can join in this wonderful fire offering and puja!

This Saturday, June 22, 6-7pm at Tibetan House
4900 Tchoupitoulas St,
Back entrance

UNIVERSAL SMOKE OFFERING DAY/PRAY DAY!
Zamling-chisang!

💨🔥fire ceremony🔥💨 with Lama Tsering ( Khenpo Tsering Phuntsok) Rinpoche

Louisiana debut: Saturday June 22
6-7PM at Tibetan House 4900 Tchoupitoulas St.
NOLA 70115

06/18/2024

LAMA TSERING ( Khenpo Tsering Phuntsok) RINPOCHE atTibetan House through July 8

Offering house blessing puja ceremony (ritual)
Wedding blessings💗
Child birth blessing
One-on-one sessions🌈

DM NOLAVAjrayana if interested!

06/16/2024

You most probably have been mentally, verbally, or physically harmed more than once in your life. If you can remember all of those harmful things that happened to you, without having any harmful thoughts towards those who harmed you, that is forgiveness.

Nobody is denying what you had experienced. Nobody is denying that the other person committed a harmful action towards you. What that person did to you, will have future karmic consequences for them. How you respond, will have future karmic consequences for you. Please, for the benefit of yourself, and for all other beings, stop perpetuating this harmful karmic cycle, and respond with forgiveness.

~ Chamtrul Rinpoche

05/31/2024

Mahakala
Six-Armed Mahakala originally came from Khyungpo Nenjor, the founder of the Shangpa Kagyu, and spread to all the lineages—Sakya, Nyingma, and Gelugpa—as well as various Kagyu lineages. Nowadays he is favored by the Gelugpa order of Tibetan Buddhism, and in this manifestation is considered to be a fierce and powerful emanation of Avalokiteśvara, the bodhisattva of compassion.
He is adorned with the crown of five skulls represents the transmutation of the five negative afflictions of human nature into positive virtues; the Six Arms symbolic the successful completion of the six perfections; the first right hand holds a crescent shaped curved knife symbolize cutting through, even “mince” all the negative spirits or any enemies hostile to the Dharma and filled the skull cup in the first left hand of those evil spirits. The middle right hand holds a Damaru signifying the primordial sound from which is said to have originated all manifested existence. Its rattle is also said to emanate the sound that arouses us from our ignorant state, guiding us on to the path of Dharma; The top right hand holds a rosary of skulls symbolize of perpetual activity, which Mahakala achieves on a cosmic scale; his middle left hand holds a trident that represents the Three Jewels of Buddhism; and the noose of the top hand are for lassoing those of us who strayed away from the path of the Dharma.
Mahakala outstretched his left leg and bent his right knee symbolizes his accomplishments for the benefit of others and for himself; his legs step on an lying elephant-headed entity underrepresents our instinctive, primary animal force and urge, which when unleashed can prove to be extremely destructive, and also it has another meaning of overcoming all superstitious. The sun-disc on which Mahakala stands denotes his illumination of the darkness of ignorance, and the lotus on which this disc rests signifies his undefiled purity.

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4900 Tchoupitoulas Street
New Orleans, LA
70115

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http://www.tibetanhouse.com/

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Welcome to The Tibetan House: We are a unique gift store celebrating the culture of Tibet with treasures from Northern India and Nepal. We have beautiful Tibetan art - Thangkas - that are a profound expression of Tibetan Buddhism, hand made Tibetan rugs that are known to be the most durable of all rugs, malas , which are prayer beads, temple bells, singing bowls, statues, wall hangings, incense, prayer flags, jewelry, scarves, shawls, and so much more. Our merchandise is purchased in India and Nepal with the intent of supporting Tibetan refugees and all those who help them settle into their new homes and lives. We also hope to bring informed awareness about the conditions in Tibet that continue to necessitate this sad exile. The inception of The Tibetan House grew out of our involvement with the inspirational visit of His Holiness the 14th Dalai Lama to New Orleans. As Community Outreach coordinators for the historic event, we experienced firsthand both the joy of his presence in New Orleans and the hope and good will that he instilled in us all. From the community, we heard an overwhelming desire to stay connected to the message that His Holiness delivered. Prayer Flags are still flying throughout New Orleans. It is our aspiration to create a venue that supports and encourages this connection.