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Photographs in Tibetan Typologies of Beings

A mural of four-headed Vairocana in the Assembly Hall at Derge Monastery. A statue of Mandarava to the left of Padmasambhava in Derge Monastery's Assembly Hall. A statue of Yeshe Tsogyel to the right of Padmasambhava in Derge Monastery's Assembly Hall. The principal statue of Padmasambhava in Derge Monastery's Assembly Hall. A statue of ? in Derge Monastery's Assembly Hall. A statue of Shakyamuni in Derge Monastery's Assembly Hall. A young boy threading pages at the Derge Publishing House. A man binding book pages.
A young boy threading pages. A young boy threading pages. Men smoothing the edges of texts. The vise that holds the texts to be cut. The blade that cuts the paper. Men smoothing the edges of texts. A worker making ink. A worker making ink. 
A worker making ink. A worker making ink. Workers curing wood blocks used in making traditional Tibetan texts. Workers making prints from wood blocks on pages dyed yellow. A worker printing pages from a wood block. A worker printing pages from a wood block. Workers printing pages from a wood block. Close up of a wood block for a page from �The Collected Texts of the Ancients.�
A roller used for pressing pages onto inked wood blocks. A statue of Padmasambhava in Derge Monastery's Assembly Hall. A statue of Padmasambhava in Derge Monastery's Assembly Hall. A statue of Padmasambhava in Derge Monastery's Assembly Hall. A statue of Derge Monatsery's protector deity in the Assembly Hall with offering scarves. Tibetan woman with rosary in left hand. Tibetan woman with turquoise hair ornament. Pilgrims circumambulating the Derge Publishing House.

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