Dr. Robert Thurman in Conversation with Maureen Seaberg, author of Fearfully and Wonderfully Made: The Astonishing New Science of the Senses

Tibet House US was founded at the request of His Holiness the Dalai Lama, who at the inauguration in 1987 stated his wish for a long-term cultural institution to ensure the survival of Tibetan civilization and culture, whatever the political destiny of the six million people of Tibet itself.