1989-2004 Sacred Text Distribution

Participants at the 15 Nyingma Monlam Chenmo Ceremonies held between 1989 and 2004 total more than 220,000.

Over 150 Tulkus and Khenpos have received copies of every book each year.

Thousands of lay attendees have received books and prayer wheels in the last 4 years.

Members of more than 3,000 Nyingma monasteries, libraries, refugee settlements, and retreat centers in India, Nepal, Sikkim, Ladakh, Bhutan, and Tibet have received individual sets of books.

300 larger Nyingma monasteries and shedras have received hundreds of additional sets of books.

Between 2000 and 2004 more than 35 Sakya, Kagyu, and Gelug monasteries have received books to distribute to their branch monasteries.

A complete set of books distributed in Bodhgaya contains 1,336 titles by 182 authors, more than 100,000 folios in over 200 volumes.

Total books distributed from 1989-2004: 1,084,023

2005 Planned Distribution: Over 500,000 books!