Programs & Outreach

Since 2006, TCIA has been dedicated to education and cultural exchange with success in supporting Tibetans in exile around the world and the creation of an active local community in Arkansas. Our activities include:

• A Spiritual Community – TCIA founder, Geshe Dorjee, has a myriad of activities every month: from public and private teachings, meditation classes, to performances and cultural discussions.
• TEXT (Tibetans in Exile Today) – The University of Arkansas’ TEXT (Tibetans in Exile Today) program  travels to India to record and preserve the life histories of Tibetan refugees in India. All of the these video interviews and photographs are available online for the benefit of everyone.
• Tutors for Tibetans provides tutors, classrooms, basic school supplies, clean water, and nutritious meals to the Tibetan children who currently live in the nine refugee camps around Drepung Loseling Monastery in Mundgod, South India.
• Land of Infinite Bliss Retreat Center – Nearing completion, the center will provide an ideal environment for everyone to come teach and learn of nonviolence, compassion, and the Dharma.
• The Stupa – The Institute is nearing completion of the first stupa in Arkansas on the grounds of the Infinite Bliss Retreat Center.
• Cultural Exchange – The Institute has brought to Arkansas over 250 monks and scholars, including His Holiness the Dalai Lama and Mystical Arts of Tibet, who have given public lectures and demonstrations of Tibet’s cultural and philosophical legacy to local universities, colleges, public schools, and the community at large.