Retreat and Meditation Most Beneficial

Retreat and Meditation Most Beneficial

Date Posted:
October 2011

Rinpoche advised a student about her direction in life.

Dear Lisa,
Thank you for your letter. In this life, more than study or service for others, it is better for you to do retreat and meditation. You can do other things, but the most beneficial is retreat and meditation. Osel Ling and Kopan come out best, also the retreat place at Nalanda Monastery. You can try there.

Concerning the advice for lam-rim meditation and the times for the different scopes and topics, do this cycle four times. Then, if you still don’t have renunciation of this life, go through the lam-rim topic by topic to gain the realization while doing guru devotion. Follow the outlines for however many weeks or months it takes to gain the realization that the guru is all the buddhas and the Buddha is all the gurus, till there's no separation, from the bottom of your heart.

With much love and prayer...