Mission

The Asian Legacy Library’s South India preservation centers—located in Hunsur, Bylakuppe, and Tibetan Dickey Larsoe—are dedicated to preserving Tibetan Buddhist heritage by digitizing rare manuscripts and xylographs. Led by a skilled team of expert Tibetan women, these centers focus on transcribing and safeguarding critical texts. By creating a digital repository of these invaluable works, the project ensures that Tibetan Buddhist knowledge and wisdom remain accessible to scholars and future generations across the globe.

Through this transformative work, the South India teams and their families—members of the Tibetan communities in India—have not only secured sustainable livelihoods but also found a meaningful way to live in alignment with Buddhist principles, such as generosity and the accumulation of merit. Their diligent efforts serve to preserve important texts, while simultaneously advancing their own spiritual journeys and enriching the lives of countless others.

History

Our Bylakuppe center in South India was the first and oldest Asian Legacy Library (ALL) input center, established in 1985. The Hunsur ALL input center followed in 1996, and the Tibetan Dickey Larsoe ALL input center was gradually established in 1997.

All these centers are dedicated to preserving rare Tibetan Buddhist manuscripts and critical texts through meticulous transcription. Over the past decades, we have completed hundreds of thousands of pages.

In September 2018, we began work on the Narthang version of the Tengyur. In September 2024, we successfully completed the entire collection, consisting of 225 volumes.