Tibet A Gift

I like this store. I know there are lots of other Tibetan gift shops opened last decade around town, but if I buy any Tibetan or Indian gifts, I chose this store to spend my money. Owners are wonderful people. Traveling Tibet or India costs so much money and they do it for us to have access to their beautiful culture. I support this store 100%!

Thank you for providing a resource for excellent Tibetan/​Nepali cultural products for Portland!

Yes, this place seems as if you have walked into another world. It is an old Portland-​style house bursting at the seams with Tibetan items.

Oh, Tibet, how I love thee. And how glad I am there’s a shop in Portland where any practicing Buddhist or hippie who wants some prayer flags for their porch or random out-​of-​towner can gather to collect exacly what it is their looking for. I could be wrong, but I think this store offers the most Tibetan paraphernalia in the area.
They have prayer flags ranging in size from 2“x2″ to the traditional variety; authentic Tibetan prayer, ritual, and celebratory tools; prayer beads in various colors, from $ 10 – 100; bulk and individual incenses (from Nag Champa to the not-​so-​familiar); wool throws, tye-​dye hippie shirts; beads; jewelry; Tibetan/​buddhist historical and enlightening books; peacock feathers; clothe images of various Indian gods and goddesses; pictures of the Dalai Lhama…
In all actuality, there’s so much stuff in this store, you might find it challenging to squeeze between «aisles» without knocking anything over. I nearly cried when I knocked over a stack of deity prints, thinking this surely must be some kind of blasphemy or curse. I looked to the ceiling for a moment, waiting for a lightening bolt to pierce through the old 1920s house/​shop, and strike me with its wrathe.
Fortunately, the gods are forgiving and did no such thing. Once assured I wouldn’t be struck down, I gently put the pile of cloth prints back on their designated helter-​skelter shammied shelf.
So yeah, the place is sort of a mess. But it’s a family business and that’s how some people roll. I love to come in every few months, knowing the man who owns the shop will be more than willing to tell me tales of his most recent Dalai Lhama convention, or the historical perils of the Tibetan nomads, or the most current political triumphs and dilemmas of the Tibetan people versus the Chinese.
It’s always an experience stopping into Tibet a Gift. And I always leave smelling pleasantly of Tibetan incense.
Look for a big yellow house next to the gas station on Division and 39^th. You can also get postal service from this multi-​service shop.
…Om Mani Padme Hum.