UMA Institute for Tibetan Studies

The UMA Institute Co-hosts the Dalai Lama in Charlottesville

UMA stands for "Union of the Modern and the Ancient" and means "Middle Way" in Tibetan.

UMA is a non-profit 501(c)3 organization founded by Jeffrey Hopkins and dedicated to:

• translation into English (and possibly other languages) of texts from Tibetan Buddhist traditions

• seminars, classes, and retreats on focal topics of Tibetan Buddhism and instruction in the literary and colloquial aspects of the Tibetan language

• maintenance and development of multimedia archives as research and instructional resources accessible across the Worldwide Web

The contents of the uma-tibet.org website are available under a

Creative Commons Attribution License

with the understanding that downloaded material must be distributed for free and may never be sold.