INDIANA BUDDHIST CENTER
General Resouces
The Website of the Office of His Holiness the 14th Dalai Lama features the Latest News, Teachings, Message/Speeches, Schedule, and Webcasts.
The Foundation for the Preservation of Mahayana Buddhism
Offers comprehensive courses both online and at their various centers.
Established in 2002, with the Dalai Lama's endorsement and advice, by a core founding group including long-time friends of the Dalai Lama and members of the Silicon Valley business community. The main program focus is in the area of education, promoting and developing curricula for ethics and peace. Their initial offering is a Study Guide for the Dalai Lama's book Ethics for the New Millennium. This guide is available for download by anyone wishing to form a study circle to engage in their own exploration of values and ethics.
Home of the Heart Shrine Relic
This Site is Dedicated to the Development of Compassion, Universal Responsibility and Enlightenment
Lama Zopa Rinpoche was born in 1946 in Thami, in the Mount Everest region of Nepal, not far from the Lawudo cave where his predecessor had meditated for the last 20 years of his life. Lama Zopa Rinpoche is now the Spiritual Director of the Foundation for the preservation of the Mahayana Tradition and oversees all of its activities. This web site is under the direction of one of Lama Zopa's students, Lilian Too.
Robert A.F. Thurman is the Jey Tsong Khapa Professor of Indo-Tibetan Buddhist Studies in the Department of Religion at Columbia University, President of the Tibet House U.S., a non-profit organization dedicated to the preservation and promotion of Tibetan civilization, and President of the American Institute of Buddhist Studies, a non-profit affiliated with the Center for Buddhist Studies at Columbia University and dedicated to the publication of translations of important texts from the Tibetan Tanjur. Find more information about Robert Thurman, his books, and many free essays on this site. Also see his podcast page.