What We Do
The work of the Lama Yeshe Wisdom Archive falls into two
categories: archiving and dissemination.
Archiving requires managing the audio recordings of
teachings by Lama Yeshe and Lama Zopa Rinpoche that have already
been collected, collecting recordings of teachings given but
not yet sent to the Archive, and collecting recordings of
Lama Zopa’s on-going teachings, talks, advice and so
forth as he travels the world for the benefit of all. Incoming
media are then catalogued and stored safely while being kept
accessible for further work.
We organize the transcription of audio, add the transcripts
to the already existent database of teachings, manage this
database, have transcripts checked, and make transcripts available
to editors or others doing research on or practicing these
teachings.
Other archiving activities include working with video and
photographs of the Lamas (see our Photo
Gallery) and digitizing Archive materials.
Dissemination involves making the Lamas’ teachings
available through various avenues including books for free
distribution, books for sale through Wisdom
Publications, lightly edited transcripts, audio CDs, DVDs,
articles in Mandala
Magazine and other magazines and on our Web site.
Irrespective of the medium we choose, the teachings require
intensive editing to prepare them for distribution.
To become familiar with all of the offerings on our Web site,
see our Teachings page.
To order our books and DVDs online, see our Online
Ordering pages.
You are welcome to read a report
of our financial activities from 2007, and read our new
5-year plan starting in 2008 Publishing
the FPMT Lineage. To find out more about how to support
us in our work, see our Donations
page. Thank You!
LYWA and the Environment: the Green Press Initiative
Lama Yeshe Wisdom Archive has made a commitment to
producing books with environmental mindfulness. Whenever possible,
we are using a paper called Natures offset that is made from
50% post-consumer recycled material. In our Lincoln office
we employ an in-house paper recycling program, and always
print on both sides of every sheet of paper.
Our latest reprint of Peaceful Stillness of the Silent
Mind alone saved:
34 Trees
24 Million BTUs of Energy
2,971 lbs. or greenhouse gases
12,333 gallons of water
1,584 lbs. of solid waste
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