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heart of New York Gyudmed Tara Temple is the New York home of Gyudmed Monastery — one of the two great tantric colleges of the Gelug school of Tibetan Buddhism.. VISIT US ABOUT US Upcoming events

A Refuge in the
heart of New York

Gyudmed Tara Temple is the New York home of Gyudmed Monastery — one of the two great tantric colleges of the Gelug school of Tibetan Buddhism..

upcoming events
About us

a peaceful place to sit, learn and offer prayers

Gyudmed Tara Temple New York

Gyudmed Tara Temple is the New York home of Gyudmed Monastery — one of the two great tantric colleges of the Gelug school of Tibetan Buddhism. Founded in Tibet in 1433 and carried into exile in Karnataka, South India, the lineage reached Elmhurst, Queens in 2021 as a registered 501(c)(3), dedicated to Tārā, the Buddha of compassion and swift liberating action.

Monks keep the daily prayers and pujas; students come for teachings, study, and the quiet of the shrine room. Beginners and lifelong practitioners sit side by side. Come once for the quiet, or every week to study and sit with the community — and you will be offered a white scarf at the threshold, as one is at a Tibetan door.

Our Mission
Prayers, Teachings and Events

Our Programs

Daily Prayers & Pujas

Monks perform the traditional prayers and rituals of the Gyudmed liturgy. Join the service, sponsor a puja for a loved one, or sit in quiet reflection through prayer times

Buddhist Teachings & Discourses 

Lectures and study sessions on Buddhist philosophy, led by knowledgeable teachers and monks — approachable for newcomers, still deep enough for longtime practitioners

Visiting High Lamas

We periodically invite high lamas of the Gelug tradition for special teachings and empowerments — rare opportunities to receive direct transmission and blessings

Tibetan Cultural Events 

Losar, His Holiness’s birthday, and the great days of the Tibetan calendar bring the community together and keep traditions alive in the diaspora

All Programs

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Upcoming Events

Guiding Principle

Our Mission

One

Preserve the lineage

Gyudmed’s teachings, rituals, and sacred arts, kept alive as Je Tsongkhapa passed them down. Provide a place of practice Daily prayer, pujas, meditation, and study — open to monks and lay practitioners alike.

Two

Support the community

Sustaining bonds, language, and tradition for Tibetans in the New York area

Three

Educate & welcome newcomers

Sharing Buddhist wisdom with all who are curious, honouring its depth

Four

Sustain monks & temple

Relying, like our root monastery, on supporters’ generosity

Guiding Principle

Our Mission

  1. OnePreserve the lineage

    Gyudmed’s teachings, rituals, and sacred arts, kept alive as Je Tsongkhapa passed them down. Provide a place of practice Daily prayer, pujas, meditation, and study — open to monks and lay practitioners alike.

  2. TwoSupport the community

    Sustaining bonds, language, and tradition for Tibetans in the New York area.

  3. ThreeEducate & welcome newcomers

    Sharing Buddhist wisdom with all who are curious, honouring its depth.

  4. FourSustain monks & temple

    Relying, like our root monastery, on supporters’ generosity.

ཨོཾ་ཏཱ་རེ་ཏུཏྟཱ་རེ་ཏུ་རེ་སྭཱཧཱ།

Oṁ Tāre Tuttāre Ture Svāhā

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Temple Hours

Mon – Fri – 9am – 8pm

Sat – 8am – 8pm

Sun – 8:30am – 7pm

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Rent, tea, incense, and the temple's upkeep are met entirely by the people the practice has helped. If this house has been good to you, a gift of any size keeps the lamp burning for the next person through the door.

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