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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 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.
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.
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.
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...
Sickness and Health > Infectious Diseases > Hepatitis
A student with Hepatitis B and C asked Rinpoche for advice.
Sutras, Mantras and Root Texts > Sutras and Sutra Commentaries > Arya Sanghata Sutra
Rinpoche explained the benefits of reciting the Arya Sanghata Sutra in this practice advice given to a new student. Rinpoche also recommended lamrim study and practice.
Path to Enlightenment (lam-rim) > Guru Devotion > Obstacles to Guru Devotion
A student asked Rinpoche about the best practice for clearing away obstacles with the gurus.
Sickness and Health > Addictions and Mental Illness > Acute Mental Illness
Relatives of a teenager with serious mental health issues wrote to Rinpoche for advice. The girl had suicidal thoughts, strange posturing and was very thin as she ate almost nothing. She had ceased school and other activities and had asked to go...
Sangha (Monks and Nuns) > Ordination Advice > Giving up Vows
An ordained student wrote that his father had died and left a large debt that he had to take care of. The student asked Rinpoche whether he should disrobe, get a job and pay off the debt or continue as a monk even though he would have to work for...
Lineage Lamas > His Holiness the Dalai Lama > The Qualities of His Holiness the Dalai Lama
Rinpoche sent this letter to a center director and geshe, thanking them for arranging an all-night recitation of Praises to the Twenty-one Taras dedicated to His Holiness the Dalai Lama.
Holy Objects > Pilgrimage > Advice on Pilgrimage
Rinpoche gave this advice on how to meditate at Maratika, a sacred place associated with Padmasambhava, in a remote region of Nepal. [You can read more about Maratika here.]
Family and Relationships > Children > Advice for Children
Rinpoche wrote this letter to a student’s nine-year-old son who had memorized the Three Principal Aspects of the Path and sent a video to Rinpoche of...
Working for the Dharma > Serving as Center Director > Disharmony at the Center
Rinpoche sent this letter to a center director with suggestions for bringing harmony to the Dharma center. Rinpoche also explained what it means to be a Buddhist.
Advices posted during the month of July 2019
Sutras, Mantras and Root Texts > Sutras and Sutra Commentaries > Various Sutras
A student had recited the Long Life Sutra fifty times and asked Rinpoche what practices to do next.
Death and Transitions > Preparing Oneself for Death > Preparing for Death
A long-time student was close to passing away due to cancer and had written to Rinpoche just to connect with him. Rinpoche sent this reply back with instructions on powa, the transference of consciousness at the moment of death.
Buddhist Practices > Protection from Spirit Harm > Protection from Black Magic
A student wrote to Rinpoche about the disturbing thoughts and emotions which were causing her a lot of suffering. She was thinking about committing suicide to escape the terrible thoughts, fears and voices in her head.
Family and Relationships > Having a Baby > Practices for Pregnancy and Birth
A student wrote that his wife was about to give birth and asked if there were obstacles as the baby was overdue.
Sickness and Health > Addictions and Mental Illness > Acute Mental Illness
This advice was given to a mother whose daughter was very sick with anorexia and was suffering. She was also not listening to her mother and refused to talk to her.
