Obstacles to Long Retreat

Obstacles to Long Retreat

Date of Advice:
February 2018
Date Posted:
February 2022

A student asked Rinpoche whether they should begin a three-year retreat. Rinpoche observed that there were life obstacles and recommended these practices.  

My most dear, most kind, most precious, wish-fulfilling one,
It seems in my observation that you have some quite heavy life obstacles. This is what came out in my observation.

  • Have the puja called mamo trü kang done for you four times, or if not, three times or at least twice.
  • Take a long-life initiation from the geshe there.
  • The Prajnaparamita text in one volume (Tib: gyetongpa) needs to be recited by the Kopan Lama Gyupas.
  • Arrange for 500 tsa tsas of the three long-life deities to be made. They are all on one mold. If you can, arrange for that to be done in Australia, for example, at Chenrezig Art Studio, or you can even do it yourself or ask someone else to do it.

Please make your life most meaningful with the thought of bodhicitta, day and night, and in every action you do.

See you soon.

With much love and prayers ...