RESPECT FOR BUDDHIST TEXTS

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1) I agree to treat them with the care, respect, and integrity due to the truly sacred.  Hence I also agree to handle all copies of files and downloads of these texts and photographs or slideshows on Sages with reverence, including keeping them in clean and pure places. 

2) I will acknowledge the source of all Buddhist Text Translation Society texts whenever I post or reproduce all or part of any text.

3) I will not alter or abridge the content of any text without the permission of the Buddhist Text Translation Society.

4) I will not sell copies of any downloaded texts in any media or in any other way seek monetary gain from the materials in this City of Ten Thousand Buddhas website.