Karma Thegsum Choling Minneapolis

We get quite a few requests - especially from students during the school year - for recommendations for books on meditation and Buddhism to study. We also want our sangha to be able to look through their library from wherever they are. So we are very happy that after much discussion, research, planning, testing, scanning of barcodes, editing of entries, etc, our KTC sangha library is now online. To look at it, go to the KTC home page and click on “KTC Library Online— Beta Testing.” Be sure to read the note about internet connections and the age of your computer. The library may take a minute to download but will stay cached on your computer, and therefore be fast to use, after that. We will let you know each time we update it so you can download the new version.

As you look at the library you’ll see there are 2 columns. When you click on a book in the left column you will see details about that book in the right column. Depending upon the way your computer is set up, the left column may have a scroll bar along the bottom of its window as well as on the side. If your machine is set up that way you will miss a lot of books if you do not notice and use the scroll bar on the bottom.

Some books have nice covers and some have plain brown covers. That has to do with the lookup function in the library software, not the content of the book! (PS This is a dharma joke)

See the posting after this one for a list of items that will be added to the library soon.

Enjoy your visit to our virtual library!!

Library Additions - We are just adding the books and materials in this list to the KTC Sangha Library. New books and materials will be added to this list as we get them until they can be found in our online library that you can now access from the KTC Minneapolis home page at www.ktcminneapolis.org