Book Production :: In Tibet, books are a collection of loose pages in the traditional shape of a palm leaf, gathered between two boards and wrapped in a cloth.  Here, a volunteer assembles and wraps a text. Book Production :: A volunteer stacks completed texts on to a pallet. Book Production :: Completed texts contain a leaflet with a table of contents. Book Production :: Sets of finished books are boxed together with labels specially prepared for Indian customs.
Book Shipment :: Two volunteers prepare pallets of texts for loading. Book Shipment :: Our annual shipment of texts can cover an entire football field eight feet deep with books. Book Shipment :: A monk sits on a pallet next to hundreds of boxes of books. Book Shipment :: This truck is filled with books that will be delivered to one of the larger monasteries.
Book Shipment :: Boxes of texts arrive in Bodh Gaya, India. Book Distribution :: A monk helps distribute books to the assembly. Book Distribution :: A volunteer distributes images of Padmasambhava to a group of lay people. Book Distribution :: Monks help with the book distribution in Bodh Gaya, India.
Book Distribution :: Three young monks pause from their work for a photograph. Book Distribution :: Sacred texts are distributed widely to remote destinations all over the Himalayan region. Book Distribution :: A monk stands next to boxes of the Kanjur, which are the direct teachings of the Buddha. Book Distribution :: Pema Gellek and Tsering Gellek coordinate the book distribution in Bodh Gaya, India.
Book Distribution :: Two lay people carry boxes of traditional texts.

Quote of the Week

Conquer the angry man by love.
Conquer the ill-natured man by goodness.
Conquer the miser with generosity.
Conquer the liar with truth.

-- Dhammapada

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