Last Updated on April 26, 2024 by pg@petergamma.org
The Tibet Institute Rikon Switzerland is a non-profit foundation with the following aims:
- To provide for the spiritual and cultural needs of Tibetans in Switzerland
- The preservation of Tibetan culture and religion for the benefit of future generations of Tibetans
- To make Tibetan culture accessible to interested western and other non-Tibetan people
- To support scientific research in the field of Tibetology
- Promoting dialogue between Buddhist philosophy and western science
https://www.tibet-institut.ch/content/tir/en/about_us_only.html
Dr. Rudolf Högger, Chairman of the Board of Trustees, Tibet Institute Rikon, 2004 – 2016, historian and depth psychologist, says in the following video:
“The Rikon Monastery wants to be a spiritual home for Tibetan people, for people who are grieving, and who are looking for an advice, or who want celebrate a festival with others.”
Find out about the aims of Richard Davidson & the Center of Healthy Minds in Madison USA in the following video:
But what is common to these two institutions is that the Dalai Lama the 14. visited several times both institutions, and you can see him in both of these videos.