Norbulingka Grounds and Gardens

From the moment you step inside the gates of Norbulingka, it is as if you are transported to a different world. Gurgling streams run through immaculately maintained Japanese styled gardens, while b...

Norbulingka Crèche and Preschool

Norbulingka Creche and Preschool provides free care and education to the children of Norbulingka employees. This relieves a huge burden from parents’ minds because they can be assured that their ch...

Buray Silk: The Ultimate Luxury

Find the luxury of Buray Silk woven at Norbulingka Institute: a texture that merges the warmth of wool and the softness of silk! This rugged wild silk fabric is made from the pierced cocoon of the ...

Appliquéd Thangka

Thangka appliqué is a technique of creating thangkas using not paint, but precious silk. Just like thangka paintings, thangka applique is a sacred art, and appliqués follow the iconography for Budd...

His Holiness Biography Etchings

Some years ago, Norbulingka created a project to depict the life of His Holiness the 14th Dalai Lama in a series of etchings based on photographs from the time. The etchings were done on zinc plate...

Wood Painting

In Tibet, painting was both a sacred art used in the creation of thangkas and also a decorative one, used to ornament furniture and the walls of houses. While the uses of each are very different, t...

Tailoring Appliqué and Design

Appliqué is a special type of embroidery which makes use of many individual pieces to form an intricate patchwork design. Used mostly in Tibet for creating silk thangkas, we have adapted the appliq...