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PUBLICATIONS AND MEDIA As the demand for teachings on the culture for inner peace becomes broader, the need for academic resources for study of the culture, especially media resources has become greater. In recent years, the Dhammakaya Foundation has responded more and more to the demand for academic resources and comment. The Dhammakaya Foundation has since the outset been committed to the production of teachings, books, overhead slide sets and slide multivision presentations in order that the resources for teaching morality can make at least some attempts to counter the barrage of advertising of social vices such as smoking, alcohol and extravagance on their own terms. In more recent years, the Dhammakaya Foundation has tried to broaden the language availability of its media to English and Chinese, in addition to the Thai language media already produced and as the general public becomes more computer literate, the Dhammakaya Foundation has started to maintain a presence on internet through the provision of a homepage for the convenience especially of scholars wishing to obtain access to the work of the Dhammakaya Foundation. The Dhammakaya Foundation also has attempted to foster assistance, co-operation and exchange with other spiritual organisations in Thailand and internationally -- often helping to publicise and publish the work of the Thai monastic community through the Thai publications Kalyanamitra Magazine, Kalyanamitra News and Sahadhammika Magazine -- and the English-language newsletter, The Light of Peace. Pocket Books There are more than one hundred Buddhist books, which published in non-technical language and be applicable to daily life. Such books have been published in Thai, Chinese, English, and Japanese.