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Books4Books is the retail site of Buddha University Press, an imprint of Buddha Digital Temple. Ebook sales are made by us and processed by Stripe. Paperback sales are made by Lulu, our print-on-demand partner, under Lulu's own terms.

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An ebook purchase grants you a perpetual, non-exclusive, non-transferable licence to read the work and keep personal copies on devices you own or control, for you and your household.

You may not resell, sublicense, upload to a file-sharing service, distribute, or publish the files, in whole or in part. Our files carry no DRM; that is a matter of trust, not a waiver of copyright.

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Prices are shown in US dollars and may change without notice; the price displayed at checkout is the price you pay. Card details are handled by Stripe and never touch our servers.

Where tax applies to a digital sale in your jurisdiction, it is calculated at checkout and shown before you pay.

Download links allow five downloads over thirty days. Expired or exhausted links can be re-issued free of charge to the email address on the original order, and account holders can mint fresh links from their library at any time.

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Our books discuss religious, spiritual, and traditional practice. They are published for study. Nothing in them is medical, legal, psychological, or financial advice, and no book substitutes for a qualified teacher, a physician, or a lawyer.

The site is provided as-is. To the fullest extent permitted by law, our total liability arising from any purchase is limited to the amount you paid for the affected order. Nothing here limits liability that cannot lawfully be limited.

We may revise these terms; the date above shows the current version, and material changes will be noted on this page. Any dispute is handled under the laws applicable at our principal place of business, without regard to conflict-of-law rules.