History
Tubten Kunga Center was founded in 1994 by Jacqueline Keeley at the request of Lama Zopa Rinpoche. TKC then became part of the Foundation for the Preservation of the Mahayana Tradition, the international network of Tibetan Buddhist centers founded by the Lama Thubten Yeshe and Lama Thubten Zopa Rinpoche.
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