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Cost Estimates for The Tibetan Program

Note: The Tibetan Profile has two parts: Buddhist and Bon Literature, and General Subjects. Participants may select to receive Buddhist and Bon Literature by either genre or sect. If you are interested in all sects, please mark your selections by Genre (01 through 04). If you are interested only in certain sects, please mark your selections by Sect/Genre (05 through 013). General Subjects are used for contemporary literature relating to Tibet and Tibetans. To estimate the cost of your library's participation in the Tibetan Program, circle the corresponding costs of your selections below, and list the total in the worksheet.

Buddhist and Bon Literature

By Genre

01 Doctrinal works and philosophy $ 880
02 Esoteric commentarial literature (tantra) 100
03 Liturgy and ritual 235
04 Collected works and anthologies 1380
Sub-total: $2595

By Sect / by Genre 01 02 03 04 Totals
05 Bka'brgyud-pa $150 $ 15 $ 25 $ 200 $ 390
06 Bka'gdams-pa 10 10 10 10 40
07 Bon-po 150 15 15 50 230
08 Dge-lugs-pa 200 10 50 100 360
09 Eclectic (ris-med) 200 10 50 500 760
10 Gcod and Zi-byed 10 10 10 10 40
11 Jo-nan-pa, BoZwa-don-pa, lu-pa etc. 10 10 10 10 40
12 Rnin-ma-pa 100 10 50 250 410
13 Sa-skga-pa 50 10 15 250 325
Sub-totals 880 100 235 1380 2595

General Subjects

14 Canon $ 5
15 Reference (includes indices to canon, catalogs (dlzar chag) 75
16 Biography and history 300
17 Astrology/calendars 50
18 Fine arts (iconography) 50
19 Linguistics (includes grammars and dictionaries) 75
20 Music and Performing arts 10
21 Traditional medicine 75
22 Science and technology 15
23 Social sciences/politics/law 75
24 Literature (epics, modern creative literature) 100
25 Travel/guidebooks/geography 10
26 Children's literature 20
27 Philosophy and religion (general) 10
Sub-total: $870
Estimated cost of Tibetan Audio/visual materials $ 75
TOTAL ESTIMATED COST OF TIBETAN PROGRAM: $3,540

Worksheet

Estimated cost of selected monographs 1
Estimated cost of Tibetan serials 2
Estimated cost of Tibetan audio/visual 3
Total Cost of Tibetan Program: 4



Library of Congress
Comments: New Delhi Office (September 17, 2008)