DALAI LAMA CENTER FOR ETHICS AND TRANSFORMATIVE VALUES

What DALAI LAMA CENTER FOR ETHICS AND TRANSFORMATIVE VALUES does

The Office of His Holiness The Dalai Lama, associated with the Dalai Lama Center for Ethics and Transformative Values, is the official organizational platform of Tenzin Gyatso, the 14th Dalai Lama, a Nobel Peace Prize laureate (1989) and globally recognized Tibetan Buddhist spiritual leader. Its core function is to disseminate Buddhist teachings, ethical guidance, and messages on compassion, world peace, environmental stewardship, religious harmony, and Tibet, reaching a global audience of Buddhist practitioners, the Tibetan diaspora, and world leaders and interfaith figures.

The platform's products and outputs consist of a content-publishing website (dalailama.com) available in 14+ languages, official social media accounts on Twitter, Facebook, Instagram, and YouTube, live webcasts of teachings and major events streamed in multiple languages including Tibetan, Hindi, and Chinese, and a publishing program of 142 books. The publishing program includes the multi-volume Library of Wisdom and Compassion series co-authored with Ven Thubten Chodron (with Vol. 10 as the concluding volume), board books (Loving Kindness, Peaceful Mind) aimed at younger audiences, and major works such as Voice for the Voiceless documenting the Tibet-China struggle. Book distribution is handled through partnerships with major publishers including DK, Wisdom Publications, William Morrow, and Penguin Random House India.

The entity is explicitly characterized as a religious and spiritual office rather than a commercial enterprise. It is non-commercial in posture, employs approximately 6 people, and discloses no pricing, revenue, or commercial revenue mechanics. Operations are centered in India, with primary residence and offices in Dharamshala, additional activity sites in Leh and Stok (Ladakh), and a U.S. contact address in Mesa, Arizona. Ownership and leadership rest with the 14th Dalai Lama, supported by the Gaden Phodrang Trust and a network of affiliated Buddhist institutions.

Name

DALAI LAMA CENTER FOR ETHICS AND TRANSFORMATIVE VALUES

Legal name

The Office of His Holiness The Dalai Lama

Website

https://dalailama.com

Company type

Private

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

The Office of His Holiness the 14th Dalai Lama is a non-commercial religious and spiritual office that distributes Buddhist teachings, ethical guidance, and books to a global audience of Buddhist practitioners, the Tibetan diaspora, and interfaith leaders via a multilingual website, live webcasts, and publishing partnerships.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Religious and Spiritual Education

NAICS

Religious Organizations (8131), Religious Organizations (81311), Information (51)

SIC

Services-Membership Organizations (8600), Services-Educational Services (8200)

akta.pro primary industry

Religious Orders & Monastic Communities (Monasteries, Convents) (BPAGAJAC)

akta.pro secondary industries

Devotional & Prayer Publishing (Devotionals, Prayer Books, Meditation Guides) (MPAJAHAB), Religious News, Talk & Commentary Channels (MPABALAL), Sermon, Homiletics & Ministry Resource Publishing (Preaching Aids, Pastoral Resources) (MPAJAHAD)

Keywords

• Spiritual teachings
• Buddhist philosophy
• Meditation practices
• Ethics education
• Religious harmony

Headquarters

HQ city

Dharamshala

HQ country

India

HQ region

Asia

Offices3 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Technology or R&D, Marketing or Sales, Infrastructure

Distribution channels4 records

Marketing channels5 records

Core offering

The Office of His Holiness The Dalai Lama provides spiritual teachings, Buddhist philosophy education, meditation instructions, and ethical guidance to individuals and leaders worldwide. It distributes content through a comprehensive website, social media platforms, live webcasts, and book publications covering topics including compassion, world peace, environmental stewardship, religious harmony, Buddhism, and Tibetan issues. Content is offered in 14+ languages and includes 142 published books, teachings, messages, and live event broadcasts.

Product overview

The Dalai Lama's official platform is a content-sharing website featuring spiritual teachings, messages, books, videos, and live webcasts. It offers a comprehensive collection of 142 books including the 'Library of Wisdom and Compassion' series co-authored with Ven Thubten Chodron, board books for children on meditation practices, and major works on Tibetan history and Buddhist philosophy. The platform provides access to messages on compassion, world peace, environment, religious harmony, Buddhism, and Tibet, along with video teachings and live event broadcasts.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Loving Kindness
• Peaceful Mind
• Voice for the Voiceless
• Vajrayana and the Culmination of the Path (Library of Wisdom and Compassion Vol. 10)
• The Book of Compassion
• Appearing and Empty (Library of Wisdom and Compassion Vol. 9)
• Science and Philosophy in the Indian Buddhist Classics, Vol. 4: Philosophical Topics

Quantifiable outcome

• Spread of Buddhist teachings to global audiences through 14+ language translations
• +1 more outcomes

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

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Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Scale indicators3 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Broad incumbents

• Holy See (Vatican): Central governing body of the Catholic Church, comparable as the office of a global religious figurehead with worldwide communications, publishing, and diplomatic reach. Far larger and more institutionalized but the closest analog of a single-individual-led global religious office.
• Soka Gakkai International (SGI): Large international Buddhist lay organization with millions of members, publishing, education, and peace advocacy. Comparable as a globally scaled Buddhist movement with publishing and media operations, but far broader and more institutionalized than the Office.
• World Council of Churches: Global fellowship of churches with interfaith dialogue, advocacy, and publishing arms. Comparable in operating a global religious convening and communications platform, though Christian rather than Buddhist and institutionally distinct.
• International Society for Krishna Consciousness (ISKCON): Global Hindu/Vaishnava organization with temples, schools, publishing, and broadcasting. Comparable as a globally distributed faith-rooted organization with media, publishing, and educational programming.

Direct peers

• Rigpa International: International Tibetan Buddhist network founded by Sogyal Rinpoche offering teachings, meditation retreats, and a global studio of senior teachers. Directly comparable to the Office in operating a worldwide Tibetan Buddhist teaching and publishing operation.
• Shambhala International: Global community founded by Chögyam Trungpa offering meditation, teachings, and publications. Comparable in running a worldwide network of Buddhist centers, publishing house, and digital learning around a lineage holder's teachings.
• New Kadampa Tradition (NKT-IKBU): International Buddhist organization running meditation centers, teachings, and publishing under Geshe Kelsang Gyatso. Comparable in scale and business model: globally distributed Buddhist centers, in-house publishing, and digital study programs.
• Plum Village (Thich Nhat Hanh Foundation): Global Zen Buddhist community founded by Thich Nhat Hanh operating monasteries, retreats, books, and an online monastery. Directly comparable as a single-teacher-rooted Buddhist community with global publishing, retreats, and digital mindfulness programming.
• Foundation for the Preservation of the Mahayana Tradition (FPMT): Global network of Buddhist monasteries, retreat centers, and publishing activities rooted in the Gelug tradition. Closely comparable in that it distributes the teachings of a Tibetan lineage internationally via centers, books, and online learning.

Regional players

• Dharma Drum Mountain (法鼓山): Taiwan-based Chinese Mahayana Buddhist monastic organization with global teaching centers, retreats, and publications. Comparable as a Buddhist organization with global reach and a publishing arm, but primarily East Asian in base.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/dalailama
• YouTubeyoutube.com/dalailama
• Facebookfacebook.com/DalaiLama
• Instagraminstagram.com/dalailama
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/dalai-lama-center-for-ethics-and-transformative-values

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Number of profiles

Profiles1 record

Funding overview

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