A
new library allowing easy and free access to materials on Tibetan
and Himalayan studies, not only for monk-students in the monastery
but also for anybody interested in this field, has been established.
It contains the complete Bönpo canonical texts and many collections
of other Buddhist texts. There are also works from philosophical
systems of other eastern and western traditions in various western
languages. .
With
the objective of saving rare and precious texts and publishing
them in different forms, such as CDs, books, tapes etc., we are
computerizing rare Bönpo texts and recording important teachings
as well as ritual chants. A photographic archive is also being
built. Twenty such texts, including the complete works of H.E.
Yongdzin Lopön Tenzin Namdak Rinpoche, have so far been computerized
and published in the form of books and Pecha. This work continues.
The
Monastery brings out a yearly magazine containing articles and
essays related to this tradition. We have also published several
important works on various subjects related to Bön studies in
collaboration with other academic institutions of eastern and
western countries such as the National Museum of Ethnology, Osaka.
A
research project on the effects of one of the many Bönpo meditation
techniques has been carried out with some of our practitioners
under scientific observation by leading American Scientists.