A note on handling downloaded liturgy from Lama Shenpen, taken from www.buddhawithin.org.uk - think of your downloads and print outs as you would the liturgy books in the shrine room!

"When downloading and printing online Dharma teachings, we can take care how we treat the pages as they come off the printer, remembering not to stand our coffee cups on them and keeping them somewhere special.

We could try different things such as adopting a special ritual when downloading teachings – maybe burning some incense or offering a light on the shrine.

With a little thought and ingenuity, we could make the way we relate to the Buddhist teachings online more alive and sacred. The benefit for us is that we will feel effect of the adhistana more strongly, because we are making of ourselves a fit vessel or to use the images of electricity or water above, a fit conduit or channel. It is up to us entirely.

So it’s up to us to make the best of what we have. We may not have holy texts made of gold, with writing in lapis lazuli ink – ok it comes rolling off the printer as a computer download. But in essence it’s the same thing! Let’s make sure our attitude makes up for the seeming mundanity of this mode of transmission!"