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Advices posted during the month of August 2009
A very kind, long-time student was in a very serious car accident. Rinpoche sent the following advice.
Rinpoche gave the following advice on what to do if you have parasites and have to take medication to kill them.
A student who was very, very sick wrote to Rinpoche asking for advice. His letter and Rinpoche’s response are below.
A nun with autism wrote to Rinpoche saying she found it very hard to be around people. Her letter and his response are below.
A student wrote to Rinpoche explaining that her one-year-old child was not growing normally. Her letter and his response are below.
A nun had chronic fatigue, auto-immune disease, Sjogren syndrome, drowsiness, and foggy-headedness. Rinpoche sent the following advice.
A student who was in retreat for one and a half years had become very ill with serious chronic fatigue. She left the retreat feeling exhausted, sick and finding it hard to do anything. Rinpoche sent her this advice.
A student wrote to Rinpoche regarding heavy bleeding during her periods and asked for advice.
Rinpoche gave the following advice on how to do the preliminary practice of the four immeasurable thoughts.
Rinpoche gave the following advice on how to do the preliminary practice of tong-len.
A nun was depressed, feeling separate from her guru. Here is the letter Rinpoche wrote her.
Rinpoche explained the motivation for going to restaurants and to do shopping.
Rinpoche made the following comments on guru devotion.
A student wrote to Rinpoche asking how she could find a guru. Her letter and Rinpoche's reply are below.
Rinpoche sent a handwritten card to two attendants of one of his gurus, who they had served for many years.
Rinpoche sent the following reply to a student’s letter regarding mandala offerings.
A student wrote asking about preliminary practices. Rinpoche sent the following advice.
A student was doing prostrations at the Bodhgaya stupa, as Rinpoche had instructed, however, she had to stop at 66,000 due to problems with her liver, back and shoulder. She asked Rinpoche for advice about what was best for her health, for her...
Rinpoche gave the following advice on why he recommends students to perform preliminary practices.
Rinpoche gave the following advice to a student who was doing preliminary practices, including prostrations, in Bodhgaya.
Rinpoche made the following remarks about karma.
Rinpoche received a letter from a student who was very sensitive to meditation. When she meditated she felt pressure and vibrations in her body, as if something was crawling on her skin, especially her face and arms. She often felt sick...
Rinpoche made the following comments on how to make the best use of our life.
A student had been teaching two meditation techniques that he had combined, Guru Shakyamuni Buddha visualization and the eight-stage death evolution meditation. He pointed out that in the system of highest yoga tantra, the visualization and...
Advice from Lama Zopa Rinpoche about actualizing shinä.