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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 April 2019
Working for the Dharma > Advice to Dharma Centers > Practice Advice for Centers
Rinpoche sent this card to students at a center.
Buddhist Practices > Tantra and Deity Practice > Tantra
Rinpoche gave this advice about the purpose of tantric practice, especially Highest Yoga Tantra, to a student who asked what their main deity was.
Sickness and Health > Addictions and Mental Illness > Acute Mental Illness
A student had experienced mental health issues and had spent time in a psychiatric hospital receiving treatment. The student asked Rinpoche for advice on what practices would help.
Sickness and Health > Addictions and Mental Illness > Anxiety and Panic Disorder
Rinpoche gave this advice to a student who always felt nervous and was having panic attacks. The student had a frail nervous system and was very sensitive to caffeine and different foods.
Buddhist Practices > General Practice Advice > General Practice Advice from Rinpoche
Rinpoche gave this advice regarding merit multiplying days such as the Fifteen Days of Miracles, Saka Dawa, Chokhor Duchen, and Lhabab Duchen. The advice was typed by Rinpoche.
Path to Enlightenment (lam-rim) > Guru Devotion > The Guru/Disciple Relationship
A student asked Rinpoche how to recognize whether their attachment to their guru, who was a lay person, was positive or was coming from a deluded mind.
Buddhist Practices > Daily Practices > Restarting Daily Practice
A student wrote to confess that they had distanced themselves from Rinpoche and FPMT for many years, and wanted to reconnect. Rinpoche recommended The Method to Transform a Suffering Life into Happiness (Including Enlightenment), an...
Compassion and Bodhicitta > Mind Training (lo-jong) > Transforming Problems
This advice was given to a student who had worked for many years helping Rinpoche and who suddenly became very sick and was in hospital.
Death and Transitions > Impermanence and Death > Impermanence and Death
A student had been grieving for many years after her child had died at birth. She had been trying to conceive in various ways for a long time but not been able to. She asked Rinpoche for advice on how to deal with situation.
Advices posted during the month of March 2019
Compassion and Bodhicitta > Mind Training (lo-jong) > Transforming Problems
In this card sent to a student who was working in Bodhgaya, Rinpoche explained the value of difficult situations, such as hot weather, and also advised life practices.
Path to Enlightenment (lam-rim) > Karma > Understanding Karma
A student was experiencing many obstacles, was dealing with angry people and had debilitating depression. Rinpoche gave this advice.
Buddhist Practices > General Practice Advice > General Practice Advice from Rinpoche
Advice on how to generate a pure motivation to benefit others when doing a puja.
Compassion and Bodhicitta > Bodhicitta > Advice on Developing Bodhicitta
Rinpoche gave this advice on the most powerful way to collect merit to a student who had asked about her daughter and about a practice to improve her own financial situation.
Negative Emotions > Depression > Advice on Depression
A student’s mother had cancer and the student was feeling depressed, isolated and alone. Rinpoche spent a lot of time checking and advised the following.
Path to Enlightenment (lam-rim) > Karma > Purifying Negative Karma
A student wrote that he had belittled a friend and Dharma brother. He had already applied the four opponent powers, but asked if there was anything else he could do to purify and restore his vows.
Advices posted during the month of February 2019
Meditation and Retreat Advice > Retreats > Retreat Advice
A student who had been studying for two years asked Rinpoche whether to continue studying or do retreat. Rinpoche checked carefully and gave this advice.
Contemporary Issues > Court Cases and Legal Action > Legal Proceedings
An elder brother who had sued a younger sibling asked Rinpoche what puja should to be done to pacify this situation.
Sickness and Health > Wind Imbalance / Lung > Wind Imbalance / Lung
A student had strong lung (wind imbalance) and wrote to Rinpoche for advice.
Working for the Dharma > Serving as Center Director > Ceasing as Director
Rinpoche sent this letter to a center director who was retiring.
Holy Objects > Monasteries and Stupas > Stupas
A student with life obstacles had circumambulated a stupa 2,500 times, in accordance with Rinpoche’s advice. Rinpoche wrote this thank you note and sent it with a box of chocolates.
Sickness and Health > Healing and Pacifying Illness > Healers and Healing
Rinpoche discusses the need for compassion in the medical profession and recommends Medicine Buddha and Chenrezig practice in this advice given to a student who had asked what pujas were needed to pass tests in order to become a Chinese medicine...
Contemporary Issues > Students' Letters > Offering Thanks
A student had shared Rinpoche’s online advice with her friend, who then successfully found employment. She sent this email to thank Rinpoche and FPMT.
Sickness and Health > General Illnesses > Various Illnesses
An ordained person wrote that for many months they had experienced pressure in their chest and also low energy, not wanting to do much. Rinpoche checked and gave this advice.
Buddhist Practices > Protection from Spirit Harm > Protection from Spirit Harm
A student was unable to control physical energies that had been activated and they felt that other people or entities could access and "play" with their body at any time. The student was also experiencing disturbing thoughts, images and speech....
Sickness and Health > Healing and Pacifying Illness > Eliminating Life Obstacles
Rinpoche gave this advice to a student who wrote to ask about life obstacles.
