
Labsum Shedrub Ling, founded as the Lamaist Buddhist Monastery of America and also known as the Tibetan Buddhist Learning Center, is a non-sectarian monastery in Washington, New Jersey that was founded in 1958 by Geshe Wangyal. In 1984 a newly built temple was consecrated by the Fourteenth Dalai Lama. It is considered the first Tibetan Buddhist monastery in the United States.