Community & Cultural Programs

Preservation is not only digital. Since 2012, Terma Heritage Foundation has organized and supported cultural events that bring Tibetan heritage into public life — from sacred teachings by some of the most revered Buddhist masters of our time to performances on the world's most prestigious stages.

In 2016, we organized Kyabje Ling Rinpoche's first teaching in New York City — a historic event that brought one of Tibetan Buddhism's highest-ranking masters to the Tibetan community in the United States for the first time. In 2017, we facilitated a performance by Tibetan elders alongside Grammy-nominated singer Tenzin Choegyal at Carnegie Hall, introducing Tibetan traditional music to one of the world's great concert stages.

We have organized concerts by Techung — one of the most celebrated Tibetan musicians alive — and by Nangma maestro Chukie Tethong, preserving and celebrating Tibetan classical and folk music traditions. We brought the traditional Tibetan dice game Sho back to community life through competitions in New York City.

We produced 500 Tibetan literacy workbooks for elderly refugees who never had the chance to attend school — ensuring that even the oldest members of the diaspora can learn to read and write in their own language. These are not one-time events. They are the ongoing work of keeping a culture present, visible, and alive in the communities that carry it.