Buddhist materials

Mongolian language publications for lay people funded by the Programme include:

• The Monkey King and Other Buddhist Tales and The Life of the Buddha videos and books, prepared from material produced by the ClearVision Trust.
• The Four Noble Truths and Meditation by Ringu Tulku, the renowned Tibetan Rime master
• Basic Buddhism booklet, written by Celia Smith, that are given out free when Khampa Lama Choijamts of Gandan Monastery travels around the countryside and makes public appearances
• Commentary on the 21 Praises to Tara by Serdok Rinpoche. This book was distributed free among young people at a conference for Mongol Youth in early September 2002.
• Buddhist teachings and chanting audiotape made by Mongolians that has been distributed free of charge to monastic and lay believers and is now played in most of Ulaanbaatar 's monasteries.

Student activity

In Autumn 2001 the programme began supporting the work of the Dharmachakra Students Club at the Mongolian National University. The Club is a registered non-governmental organization that aims to educate young believers about Buddhism and to develop Buddhist culture and Buddhism as a religion in a simple and approachable way to the population.

Activities of the Club include bi-monthly educational meetings for students and lay people, research conferences, competitions and regular newsletters and publications. They are currently undertaking a publishing project to produce books on Buddhism for young people. The student group works hard and enthusiastically and seem to be making headway in their aim to make Mongolian traditional culture understandable and relevant for their contemporaries.