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Digital Resources

Not suprisingly, we recommend our own publisher - the Tibetan and Himalayan Digital Library (www.thdl.org) in general as a place to begin. It has excellent resources on Tibetan places, but also other resources on Tibetan Buddhism, medicine, music and more.

CD-Rom

• Tibet Outside the TAR by Steven Marshall and Susette Cooke (available through ICT, Washington DC; www.savetibet.org)

Tibetan Buddhist Sites

For general knowledge on Buddhism

• www.budhscol.com
• www.Buddhal.com
• www.dharmanet.org
• www.edharma.com

For superb scholarly resources on Tibetan texts, lamas and places, we recommend the Tibet Buddhist Resource Center (www.tbrc.org).

For specific schools or monasteries of Tibetan Buddhism:

Nyingmapa sites

• www.dudjomba.org
• www.dzogchenmonastery.net
• www.rigpa.org
• www.shechen.12pt.com
• www.palyul.org
• www.nyingma.org
• www.dzogchen.org

Kagyupa sites

• www.karmakagyu.org
• www.rumtek.org
• www.tsurphu.org
• www.kagyu.org
• www.drukpa-kargyud.org
• www.drikung.org

Sakyapa sites

• www.aadz12.ukgateway.net
• www.sakya.org
• www.sakya-ngor.org

Gelukpa sites

• www.tsongkhapa.org
• www.drepung.org
• www.fpmt.org
• www.ganden.org
• www.namgyal.org
• www.gyudmed.org

NGOs

• Kham Aid Project
  www.khamaid.org
• The Makhad Trust
  www.makhad.org
• Rokpa Trust
  www.rokpa.org
• Tibet Foundation
  www.tibet-foundation.org
• Machik
  www.machik.org
• Braille Without Borders
  www.braillewithoutborders.org
• Jinpa
  www.jinpa.org
• Tendol Gyalzur Orphanage
  www.tendol-gyalzur-tibet.ch
• The Tibet Fund
  www.tibetfund.org
• Tibet Poverty Alleviation Fund
  www.tpaf.org
• Tibetan Village Project
  www.tibetanvillageproject.org

International Websites

• Tibet Online Resource Gathering
  www.tibet.org
• Tibetan Studies Bulletin
  www.ciolek.com/WWWVL-TibetanStudies.html
• Tibet Daily
  www.tibetpost.com
• Australia Tibet Council
  www.atc.org.au
• Canada Tibet Committee
  www.tibet.ca
• China Tibet Information
  www.tibetinfor.com/en
• Office of the Dalai Lama in London
  www.tibet.com
• Tibet Information Network
  www.tibetinfo.net
• Tibet Map Institute
  www.tibetmap.com
• France- Tibet News
  www.tibet.fr
• Germany- Tibet News
  www.tibet-initiative.de
• India
  Amnye Machen Institute
  www.amnyemachen.org
  Tibetan Youth Congress
  www.tibetyouthcongress.org
• UK
  Tibet Foundation
  www.tibet-foundation.org
  Tibet House
  www.tibet.com
  Tibet Information Network
  www.tibetinfo.net
  The Tibet Society
  www.tibetsociety.com
• US
  The Milarepa Fund
  www.milarepa.org
  Tibet House
  www.tibethouse.org
  China News Digest
  www.cnd.org

Health Resources

• Department of Health Travel Advice (UK)
  www.doh.gov.uk/traveladvice
  Available either online or in print, the DOH offers recommendations on vaccinations for travel to foreign countries.
• Health Protection Agency (UK)
  www.hpa.org.uk
  This site has suggestions and specific medication recommendations for travelers going abroad and for those who are pregnant, have epilepsy, or are traveling with children.
• Medic Alert (UK)
  www.medicalalert.co.uk
  This organization creates bracelets and necklaces in the event that you fall ill and are unable to tell a health professional about a preexisting condition.
• World Health Organization
  www.who.int
  This site contains up-to-date information on international health concerns for travelers.

Contributors to this Page

David Germano, Elizabeth Tseng