My dear students and staff of the FPMT International Office, whose minds are sincere, enriched by incomparable devotion and samaya, dedicated to the good heart benefiting others,

Since the fund is suffering and not making interest, I suggest that everyone has awareness, discriminating wisdom, and analysis regarding expenses in daily life. Cut down on any activities that are extra or unimportant and avoid things that are not necessary now, for example, messages, telephone calls, faxes, and email, etc. Send messages in a cheaper way, unless it is important to call someone by telephone for an urgent matter. Even in that case, generally speaking, just talk about the essence. But if something very important or beneficial has to be done, it should be done even if it is expensive. Basically, I am saying just be aware of extra or less important expenses, so that our activities can be carried on for longer.

Enjoy your life serving others—suffering sentient beings. The peerless way to serve others is to spread the Dharma and support it. For success in benefiting other sentient beings, the root is correctly devoting yourself to the virtuous friend in thought and action. Therefore, enjoy life by putting all your effort into this, with one-pointed guru devotion, as much as possible. Guru devotion is explained by Buddha and the lam-rim teachings. Keep sentient beings in your heart, to obtain happiness for them.

From the bottom of my heart, I highly appreciate and thank your everyday dedication and service to continuing to fulfill Lama Yeshe's, whose holy name is difficult to express and who is more kind than all the three time buddhas, holy wishes. You are benefiting sentient beings and helping the teachings to exist, by making the organization, which was established by Lama, exist. You are making the organization better quality and developing it, which also fulfills the holy wishes of His Holiness the Dalai Lama, all the buddhas and bodhisattvas, and helps me to benefit sentient beings and the teachings of the Buddha. The present organization also helps Lama Osel Rinpoche and supports and propagates the Dharma widely in this world. This was the holy motivation of Lama Yeshe: to enlighten and to benefit sentient beings in a very extensive and dynamic way, like the sun rising in this world.

With much love and prayer...