The Center maintains a well equipped library with a wide collection of Dharma related books.

These books cover English translations of commentaries of the important root texts and scriptures, essays by Tibetan, Indian and Western scholars, prayers and a whole range of other Dharma related topics.

The Library has books from all the major schools of Buddhism, and also subscribes to several Dharma periodicals and magazines.

There are over 1,300 books and the collection is growing by the day.

The library can be accessed online from this page, which runs the Koha Integrated Library System. You can search the catalogue of books using the search bar above.

All are welcome to read books at the Centre during working hours.

Timings
Tuesday 11:00 - 13:00 14:00 – 18:00
Wednesday 11:00 - 13:00 14:00 – 18:00
Thursday 11:00 - 13:00 14:00 – 18:00
Friday 11:00 - 13:00 14:00 – 18:00
Saturday 11:00 - 13:00 14:00 – 18:00
Sunday 10:00 - 14:00  
Monday Closed
To take books home, a library membership is required.


Membership

Membership is open to everyone. If you want to become a CKSL Library member, please submit:
  • a filled-in application form
  • a copy of an ID-proof

Admission fees are Rs 750 (Rs. 350 for students and senior citizens).

Members can login here to view the books they have checked out, place holds on books, and suggest books for purchase.

The credentials are used for logging in: login ID is the first letter of the first name followed by the last name; password is the 10 digits mobile number provided at the time of registration, e.g. for Sandeep Gupta whose mobile number is 9090909090, the login ID would be sgupta and the password would be 9090909090. Please change your password after logging in.

If you have problems logging in, please email library@cksl.in

  

Renewals

Membership is to be renewed annually by paying an annual fee of Rs 500 (Rs. 250 for students and senior citizens).


Issue and Return Rules
1. You can issue not more than 2 books at a time.
 
2. The normal loan period for books is three weeks. In the case of delay, a penalty of Re 1 per every extra day will be imposed
 
3. Library materials borrowed must be returned on or before the due date.
 
4. There is a pool of expensive and rare books in the library. All books from this pool may be issued only after a security deposit which is equal to the cost of the book has been made. You will get the deposit back when you return the book.
 
5. Any marking or writing inside the books by the members is strictly prohibited.
 
6. A member will be responsible for any damage to the book or other property of the library.
 
7. Loss of books should be reported to the librarian immediately. The member is required to replace lost books with a good copy of the latest edition. If the books cannot be replaced, we need to levy a fine of twice the cost of the books. This is to protect our rarer books.

Overdue Books

Please remember that it is never too late to return your overdue books to the Library. If for whatever reason you can’t do it yourself, please contact the Library so one of our volunteers can pick up the books from you.


Donations

The CKSL Library is run on donations. You are very welcome to contribute monetarily or by sharing books and other materials that might interest our readers. Please contact the Centre for further details.
  
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