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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 January 2020
Contemporary Issues > Dharma in Daily Life > Travel and Immigration
A geshe at a Dharma center was having great difficulty in getting a visa for his return to teach at the center. Rinpoche checked and gave this advice.
Sickness and Health > Brain and Nervous System > Neurological Disorders
This advice was given to a student who had recently been diagnosed with motor neuron disease (also known as ALS or Lou Gehrig's disease.)
Sickness and Health
Rinpoche gave this advice to a student whose child had motor neuron disease (ALS).
Meditation and Retreat Advice > Meditation and Visualization > Visualization
Rinpoche explained the visualization for the long-life meditation and advised the benefits of the Namgyalma mantra.
Compassion and Bodhicitta > Mind Training (lo-jong) > Mahayana Mind Training
Rinpoche advised how to think about someone who has cheated you.
Advices posted during the month of December 2019
Working for the Dharma > Service and Support of the Dharma > Generosity and Charitable Projects
Rinpoche wrote this card to thank a student who had been very generous to FPMT and His Holiness the Dalai Lama.
Sickness and Health > Addictions and Mental Illness > Bipolar Disorder
A student with bipolar disorder wrote to ask Rinpoche if there was a practice that would be helpful for the illness. The student had long periods of depression alternating with short periods of mania and had to take medication for the rest of his...
Contemporary Issues > Work and Business Problems > Unemployment
Rinpoche gave this advice to a student who was unable to find a job.
Negative Emotions > Delusions > Anger
Rinpoche wrote this letter to a student who was in severe pain and required constant care. Rinpoche had heard that the person sometimes became angry or frustrated with the caregivers.
Sickness and Health > Addictions and Mental Illness > Anxiety and Panic Disorder
A student who suffered from PTSD had been experiencing panic attacks and severe abdominal pain for many years. The student was exhausted by the symptoms and at times felt it would be better to die.
Working for the Dharma > Advice to Dharma Centers > The Benefits of Dharma Centers
Rinpoche sent this letter to all the staff at an FPMT center, thanking them for working at the center.
Compassion and Bodhicitta > Mind Training (lo-jong) > Mahayana Mind Training
Rinpoche wrote this message to a student who asked about his feet, as Rinpoche had hurt his ankle.
Death and Transitions > Impermanence and Death > Impermanence and Death
After checking for many years, a group of students wrote to ask Rinpoche about some land suitable for building retreat houses. Ven. Holly read the email to Rinpoche, who laughed and commented that maybe the students would spend all their time...
Holy Objects > Advice on Holy Objects > Prayer Wheels
Rinpoche gave a substantial donation toward the restoration of some large prayer wheels. He heard that the students were also restoring some stupas and sent this advice about the importance of placing good quality texts, mantras and substances in...
Advices posted during the month of September 2019
Compassion and Bodhicitta > Developing Compassion > The Good Heart
Rinpoche gave this advice on how to create the cause of happiness and success in this life and future lives, until enlightenment is achieved.
Compassion and Bodhicitta > Mind Training (lo-jong) > Transforming Problems
This advice on how to transform problems was given to a student who was staying in Bodhgaya, where the weather is extremely hot in summer.
Family and Relationships > Children > Educating Children
This advice was given to a student who was working as a schoolteacher in India.
Sickness and Health > Brain and Nervous System > Dementia and Alzheimer's
Rinpoche advised these practices and precious pills for a student with Alzheimer’s Disease.
Sickness and Health > General Illnesses > Eye Conditions
Rinpoche advised these practices for a thirteen-year-old girl who was blind from birth.
Sickness and Health > Cancer > Various Cancers
Rinpoche advised these pujas and practices for a student who was suffering from colon cancer.
Buddhist Practices > Practicing in Prison > Meditation and Practice in Prison
This advice was given to a student who was in prison and wrote to Rinpoche requesting him to be guru and asking for life practices. Rinpoche advised how to use the situation to develop the mind and recommended Chenrezig mantra as the student’s...
Contemporary Issues > Financial Difficulties > Practices for Financial Problems
A family was facing financial ruin. They were in debt and were losing the house they were renting. Although they had been reciting sutras the situation had not changed.
Sangha (Monks and Nuns) > Advice for Sangha > General Advice for Sangha
A monk wrote to Rinpoche asking how to deal with attachment. Rinpoche responded with advice on how to resolve sexual thoughts.
Holy Objects > Advice on Holy Objects > Amulets and Blessing Strings
Rinpoche wrote this letter to accompany Lama Atisha’s Protection Stupa, which can be worn on the body or displayed in your house or Dharma center.
Advices posted during the month of August 2019
Sickness and Health > Operations > Practices Before Surgery
A student needed an operation to remove the colon and asked Rinpoche if it was beneficial to have it done in the next three to six months or if there were obstacles. The student asked if there was a puja or practice for the operation to be...
