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Advices posted during the month of April 2022
A student had kidney cysts, high cholesterol and high blood sugar level. Rinpoche gave this advice.
A student had health problems, including severe pain passing urine, but doctors were not able to help his condition. The student was also depressed after Lama Lhundrup passed away and was experiencing many obstacles, including unemployment,...
This advice was given to a builder who had very bad back pain. Rinpoche said it was caused by nagas.
Advices posted during the month of March 2022
A student asked Rinpoche whether they should visit their mother, who was very close to dying. Rinpoche advised these practices.
Rinpoche recommended these practices for a student who was experiencing naga harm.
A student felt mentally numb and was unable to focus, comprehend or retain memory of their Dharma studies. They sought mental clarity and asked Rinpoche if there was any form of disturbance.
A student was two months pregnant and medical tests showed that the unborn baby had a low risk of developing Down syndrome. She requested practices that could help with this.
A student wrote that after reciting the Vajra Cutter Sutra 100,000 times, they had contracted breast cancer.
This advice was given to a family whose father had committed suicide. Rinpoche said the advice should be made available to anybody in the world who needs it.
This advice was given to a person who had just been released from prison after being incarcerated for eighteen years.
A teenage student had doubts about how buddhas can exist when we can't see them, and whether prayers, pujas and mantras work. The student was also experiencing anxiety and OCD, and was worried about accidentally killing insects, getting sick and...
Rinpoche sent this advice to a shopkeeper after seeing a statue of the Buddha in their shop.
Advice on the benefits of writing the Prajnaparamita sutras and offering to holy objects. Rinpoche requested that this continues after he passes away. This advice was given during a teaching in Bendigo, Australia.
Advices posted during the month of February 2022
A student felt she was being possessed and controlled by another person. Rinpoche recommended these pujas and advised he would make strong prayers for the student.
A student was already doing eight to ten hours of practice each day, however, Rinpoche recommended daily lamrim meditation, especially on guru devotion, in order to gain stable realizations.
A student’s elderly mother had been unwell for three months. She had lost a lot of weight but refused to go to hospital for examination.
A student was experiencing many obstacles. Her mother had recently had a stroke and the student was now caring for her father as well as her children. Her husband was working overseas and it was a very difficult situation. She requested prayers...
A student asked Rinpoche whether they should begin a three-year retreat. Rinpoche observed that there were life obstacles and recommended these practices.
Rinpoche heard about a nunnery that would not accept a money offering for a puja they were doing because the benefactor had been a big donor to FPMT. Rinpoche sent this message to the nuns.
Rinpoche advised how to maintain awareness of emptiness in daily life, even when we go shopping or to the beach. Rinpoche explained that only the wisdom of subtle emptiness can eliminate ignorance, the root of all the delusions.
Rinpoche wrote this letter to a builder who was being accused of a crime and possibly going to jail. He didn’t understand why this was happening to him. Rinpoche advised that the best solution is to renounce attachment and to practice patience,...
A student had pre-cancerous cells in their cervix and asked Rinpoche for practices. Rinpoche advised purification with Black Manjushri mantra and wrote about Tso Pema, a sacred lake in Himachal Pradesh, northern India.
A student wrote that for the past two months they'd had a lot of pain in the body and felt weak and lethargic, with severe back pain, fever and chills. Rinpoche advised these practices.
Advices posted during the month of January 2022
Rinpoche gave this advice to students regarding pro-democracy protests in Hong Kong.
Rinpoche sent this card to an interpreter who was offering service at a Dharma center.