ITBCI Tibetan Buddhist Cultural Institute (ITBCI) School was established in 1954 by the Tibetan Lama Dhardo Rimpoche to provide a basic education for the children http://www.itbci.org/
Extractions: Ven. Dhardo Tulku (Rinpoche), Lharampa Ven. Dhardo Tulku (Rinpoche), Lharampa people feel that life is short. Because of this, instead of working for others, they try to aquire wealth for themselves. If we live in this way we become isolated. Our lives become like bubbles on the surface of water. But people can be inspired by action. If they see something is happening they can start to give. If you work hard in the right way the effects will spread like light. Dhardo Rinpoche The late Dhardo Rinpoche (1917-90) was recognized as an incarnation, or tulku , of the chief abbot of Losel-ling College, Drepung Monastery located in central Tibet. He was the second tulku in the Gelugpa lineage and eleventh in the Nyingmapa lineage. Dhardo Rinpoche was raised and educated within the classical Tibetan monastic system. He did his Lharampa Degree (Doctor of Philosophy) at Drepung Monastery and joined Gyud-med Tantric College. In 1951 he was sent by the Government of Tibet to act as abbot of the Tibetan Monastery at Bodh Gaya, India. Then for forty years, he lived in Kalimpong, in northern India, where he founded an orphanage and school for Tibetan refugees, which he named the Indo-Tibetan Buddhist Cultural Institute (ITBCI). In addition he was the abbot of Yiga Choeling Monastery in nearby Ghoom until his death.
Project Ethnic Tourism and Cultural Reconstruction in Diqing Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture. Project leader Åshild Kolås. News. 200501-18, Successful Doctoral http://www.prio.no/page/Project_detail/Projects_by_programs/9244/37837.html
Extractions: PRIO Staff Historical staff list Ethics, Norms and Identities Conflict Resolution and Peacebuilding Security Programme Centre for the Study of Civil War Past projects Books Articles Other Academic list 2005 Intranet Web-Mail Log in Security Dialogue Journal of Peace Research PRIO Journals Publications Research ... About Project leader: Åshild Kolås The main problem can be stated as follows: what are the impacts of ethnic tourism in Diqing? Firstly, what are the main socio-economic effects of tourism? Who benefits economically from tourism, and how is the income from tourism distributed? Secondly, how is tourism linked to the revitalisation of ethnic and cultural identities? Finally, how does ethnic tourism influence the local understanding of 'Tibetan culture' in Diqing? Who are the local 'culture brokers' and what role do they play in the development of cultural 'products' for the tourist market?