Welcome to the resource page for the Tibetan Buddhist Shrine!
We have some required cultural fluency training to complete for all guides.
Here is the video link of the Part 1 of the Cultural Fluency Training on August 26, 2024
Part 1 cultural fluency training 08.26.24
If you attended in person, here is a link to the feedback form.
If you were not able to attend, please take the time to complete the online feedback form below after watching the video, and you will receive the attendance credit:
Online form for attendance credit of Part 1, Tibetan Buddhism Cultural Fluency
Here is a link to Part 2 of the Cultural Fluency training, lecture with Matthew Welch:
9.17.24 Part 2 of cultural fluency training on Tibetan Buddhist Shrine
If you were not able to attend, please take the time to complete the online feedback form below after watching the video, and you will receive the attendance credit:
Online form for attendance credit of Part 2, Tibetan Buddhism Cultural Fluency
Here is a link to Thupten Jinpa’s lecture from the opening program:
Sacred Spaces in Tibetan Buddhism
Frontline: PBS, Understanding Tibetan Buddhism. Scroll to the end to open other sections.
Resources from staff and speakers
From Professor Namdul:
- Tibetan Buddhist Centers in MN:
- Academic Courses at the University of Minnesota’s Tibetan Healing Initiative
From the Mia blog: The Tibetan Sand Mandala: A Short History
Check out Understanding Tibetan Buddhism from PBS Frontline (scroll to bottom of page to click on other sections)
Peer resources
From your colleague Deb Baumer: “Possibly this would be helpful to learn more about Tibetan Buddhism.”: Ancient Wisdom. Modern Times.
From your colleague Margie Crone, a film suggestion: Seven Years in Tibet, on Netflix
From your colleague, Lynn Brofman: “Cortland Dahl talks about Tibetan Buddhism with Sharon Salzburg on her Metta Hour podcast.
I thought it was an excellent description of unique elements of Tibetan practice.”