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          principles in a business setting and is derived from the                    
          principles set forth in the 1978 "Skillful Means" book.                     
          Petitioner refers to "Skillful Means" as a general introduction             
          to the practice of Dharma and the licensed SMMT as an advanced              
          version.  SMMT focuses on three distinct aspects of human nature            
          to make work more successful and more satisfying:  Awareness,               
          concentration, and energy.  Employees record their level of each            
          of these three resources, such as low, medium, or high, during              
          different times of the workday.  Then they graph the results in             
          order to determine which of the three resources supports their              
          work activity, their state of mind, and their ability to                    
          communicate and cooperate with coworkers at the different periods           
          of the day.  Employees engage in this exercise to become more               
          productive and efficient in their work.  In addition, they                  
          attempt to determine the amount of time and energy wasted during            
          work hours from thinking about things unrelated to their jobs.              
               Petitioner hired employees who were interested in practicing           
          Buddhist principles in a commercial work setting and who wanted             
          to work for a company whose profits were used to preserve Tibetan           
          Buddhist texts and art.  Approximately 30 percent of petitioner's           
          75 employees practiced SMMT in their work (Nyingma employees).              
          Petitioner's Nyingma employees did not have prior experience in             
          the printing business, except for the employees who had worked at           
          SMP.  Nyingma employees had practiced skillful means, or Buddhist           
          teachings, in previous jobs, read Tulku's "Skillful Means", and             
          taken skillful means classes at the Nyingma Institute before                


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