Paper short abstract:

Tibetan Tantric Buddhism practiced by the immigrant Tibetans at Dharamsala (India) has been restructured by the tourists that ignites a need for ecumenical potentiality with ‘endorphins’ in environmental re-enchantment to meet local- global challenges that poses concerned perceptions.

Paper long abstract:

Tibetan Tantric Buddhism, since its historical past, has a tradition of ecumenicalism (i.e. aesthetic hybridization) which generates power through embodied spiritual practices which is needed to resolve eco-spiritual crises.

Present study explores how this legacy responds to adaptive crises related to biological, socio-cultural and political factors challenging the uprooted Tibetans at Dharamsala (India) since 1959.

As per the study, restricted job, limited living space and economic crisis loom large before the Tibetans, posing serious threat on their livelihood, health and security. High incidence of communicable diseases, lengthy apprenticeship in Tibetan arts and crafts challenges their survival and identity crisis. The global unrest is creating more pressing issue for their sustainable future.

Yet Tibetans maintain eco-harmony through rituals, ceremonies, discourses by the Dalai Lama which ignites the need for unbind multicultural cognition leading to overwhelming inflow of tourists (Christian donors, sponsors).

Tourists reorient the Tibetans' ethical paradigm, which is reflected in both personal and community's well-being, through their devotional service with embodied self-sacrifice followed by transnational movement of the religious potentiality (social capital) that denotes 'endorphins'. Thus integrated action and social connectivity fosters a sense of nationalism which can immobilize the local-global issues.

It deserves mentioned that the empowerment of institutions like Tibetan Youth Congress, Tibetan Women's Organisation, NGOs, by the tourists' strengthens ecumenical tradition and supports challenged issues.

Despite, the perception of risk due to Tibetans' migration to the West, apathy to traditional values and the role of the donors' decision in fund setting priorities are voiced from the exile.