Namgyal Audio Visual Archive Overview

Our Purpose

The Namgyal Audio Visual Archive is based at Namgyal Monastery in Dharamsala, India, which is the personal Monastery of His Holiness the Dalai Lama. We have established the Namgyal Audio Visual Archive in order to provide the staff and equipment to record the teachings of His Holiness, preserve them, and make them available to the public.

Importance

The Tibetan people, their culture, and their unique form of Buddhism are all under extreme threat. Innumerable Dharma teachings have been lost forever through the destruction of monasteries and the murder and imprisonment of Tibet’s great scholars. In this light it easy to understand why we are so concerned with the preservation of the teachings of His Holiness the Dalai Lama.