Welcome to the Gene Smith Memorial Library
A comprehensive digital repository of Tibetan Buddhist texts, preserving and sharing the wisdom of centuries for scholars and practitioners worldwide.
Curated Collections
Explore organized collections by tradition, topic, and lineage
Advanced Search
Search through thousands of texts with powerful filtering options
Scholarly Articles
Read introductions and scholarly works by Gene Smith and others
About Gene Smith
E. Gene Smith (1936-2010) was a pioneering scholar who dedicated his life to preserving Tibetan Buddhist literature. Through his work at the Library of Congress and later the Tibetan Buddhist Resource Center, he catalogued and preserved thousands of rare texts that might otherwise have been lost.
This memorial library continues his legacy by making these precious texts freely accessible to the Tibetan community and scholars worldwide, ensuring that the wisdom of Tibetan Buddhism remains available for future generations.