Ithaca Monastery Expands Facilities

At first glance it looks like every other house on Aurora Street with icicles hanging from the eaves and a red brick chimney. But what lies inside is anything but ordinary — the Dalai Lama’s North American headquarters, his only central hub outside of Asia — The Namgyal Monastery.

“We are the North American seat of His Holiness,” said Ted Arnold, former president of the Board of Directors of the monastery.