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Below is a listing of advices in the Online Advice Book. They are sorted and grouped by the date posted on our website, with the most recent additions showing first. You can enter a keyword to search for advices containing that term.
Advices posted during the month of September 2022
A student wrote that there was an obstacle relating to their job and they may also be facing a lawsuit soon. Rinpoche advised these practices to dispel the obstacles.
Advices posted during the month of August 2022
Rinpoche advised a student and their father to do these practices in order to remove obstacles.
Rinpoche advised that this puja should be done for a young girl, so that obstacles she was experiencing could be overcome. Drugchuma puja is performed in relation to Kalarupa/Dharmaraja, a Dharma protector.
A student asked whether it was good to have surgery for a hernia. Rinpoche checked and advised the following.
Rinpoche advised several pujas and practices for a center which had termites. Rinpoche also said the center should not kill the termites and they should take the termite-infested wood out to the forest instead.
A longtime student wrote that he felt very alone and not connected with the lama. He also told Rinpoche he was doing nyung näs.
A student asked Rinpoche what retreat to do for two months. Rinpoche explained how to structure their retreat and how to make the tsa tsas correctly, without imperfections.
Rinpoche sent this letter thanking a student who finished some preliminary practices.
This letter was sent to a student who wrote that she was having difficulty with attachment to men. Rinpoche advised how to overcome the attachment by reflecting on the nature of the body and the four immeasurable thoughts.
A student asked about having eye operation. Rinpoche recommended these pujas and a Chenrezig practice to purify the negative karma and disease.
Rinpoche sent this letter thanking a benefactor for their kindness, which had enabled the FPMT to benefit numberless sentient beings.
Advices posted during the month of July 2022
A student wrote that they had been practicing Dharma for over twenty years, and were inspired by Rinpoche’s book Dear Lama Zopa, but they felt unable to continue, especially with the practice of guru devotion. Read Rinpoche’s response...
A student wrote that they had Bell’s palsy and tumors in their breast and lungs. Rinpoche recommended tonglen practice.
A student had some blockages in the arteries going to their heart. Rinpoche advised these pujas.
Rinpoche gave this advice to a student who asked how to make their business successful.
A student wrote asking to take ordination. Rinpoche observed that they had life obstacles and recommended several practices including animal liberation.
A student wrote to Rinpoche about disharmony in her family. She said the family disliked her, they smoked and drank and had an aversion to Buddhism. There was additional tension because she had rescued many animals and at the time of writing had...
Rinpoche advised a student to do these practices in order for their service as a center director to be most beneficial.
Rinpoche sent this advice to someone who was in prison and had memorized The Wheel of Sharp Weapons text.
A student had completed various preliminary practices, as well as three million Chenrezig mantras, many nyung näs, tonglen and Vajra Cutter Sutra recitations. However, the student had difficulties with effortful lamrim...
Rinpoche advised tonglen and other practices for a center’s geshe who had very high blood pressure.
Advices posted during the month of June 2022
A center asked Rinpoche for advice in order to remove obstacles to compliance work they were undertaking with their county. Rinpoche checked and advised these practices.
A student was hospitalized with a perforated bowel and acute diverticulitis and required intravenous antibiotic treatment.
Rinpoche sent blessed water and materials to a student who was nearing death and advised how to use the substances.
Rinpoche sent this advice to a student who wrote a letter confessing and apologizing for their mistakes.