Mission

  • To promote universal responsibility in a manner that respects difference and encourages a diversity of beliefs, practices and approaches.

  • To build a global ethic of non-violence, coexistence, gender equity and peace by facilitating secular processes that cultivate personal and social ethical values.

  • To enrich educational paradigms that tap into the transformative potential of the human mind.

Vision

  • Foster the celebration of diversity, the spirit of universal responsibility and the understanding of interdependence across faiths, creeds and religions.

  • Support personal transformation in ways that facilitate larger processes of social change.

  • Develop and sustain peace-building and coexistence initiatives in regions of violent conflict and social unrest.

  • Encourage and cultivate Ahimsa (nonviolence) as a guiding principle for interaction among human beings and with their environment.

  • Explore new frontiers on understanding the mind by building bridges between science and spirituality.

  • Support the professional development of future leaders and decision-makers through scholarships and fellowships.

  • Nurture an understanding of the relevance and value of the Tibetan civilizational heritage to contemporary issues and predicaments.