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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 March 2024
Sickness and Health > Brain and Nervous System > Brain Disorders
Rinpoche gave this advice to a student who asked how to improve their memory.
Sangha (Monks and Nuns) > Ordination Advice > Requesting Ordination
Rinpoche sent this advice to a student who had asked about taking ordination.
Sickness and Health > Healing and Pacifying Illness > Practices for Pacifying Sickness
A student’s mother had a fall and was in a serious condition in intensive care at the hospital. Rinpoche advised these practices.
Family and Relationships > Marriage and Divorce > Separation and Divorce
A student asked Rinpoche about leaving their partner, who was mentally unwell and had been abusive. Rinpoche sent this advice about cherishing others, even those who harm us. [Please note: If you or someone you know is experiencing any...
Buddhist Practices > Tantra and Deity Practice > Tantra
A student wrote for advice about their personal deity (Tib: yidam) and what guru yoga they should practice.
Sickness and Health > Healing and Pacifying Illness > Practices for Protection and Healing
Rinpoche gave some blessed water to a medical clinic, along with this letter, which explains the benefits.
Contemporary Issues > Practices for Success > Practices for Business Success
A student asked if Rinpoche could suggest a practice that would benefit their business and the FPMT in the future.
Buddhist Practices > Protection from Spirit Harm > Protection from Spirit Harm
A student was unable to eat food. Rinpoche said it was caused by spirit harm and advised these practices.
Working for the Dharma > Service and Support of the Dharma > Offering Service
Rinpoche sent this message to a monk who had debilitating back problems. The monk had been offering service at Rinpoche’s house, including to the Amitabha Buddha statue in Rinpoche’s garden.
Sickness and Health > Addictions and Mental Illness > Acute Mental Illness
A student wrote that her brother had been struggling with alcohol and drug addiction for many years. He became psychotic, depressed and paranoid, and he had been in psychiatric hospitals and detox treatments, but his mental health had not...
Advices posted during the month of February 2024
Sickness and Health > Healing and Pacifying Illness > Practices for Pacifying Sickness
Rinpoche gave this advice to a student who had ongoing health obstacles that doctors had not been able to diagnose.
Death and Transitions > Preparing Oneself for Death > Preparing for Death
Rinpoche sent this message to a longtime student, a nun who was close to death and had written to confess before passing away. Rinpoche had previously advised that he would do eleven Nolsang incense pujas, but he only had time to complete one and...
Working for the Dharma > Conflict and Obstacles at the Center > Removing Obstacles at the Center
Rinpoche recommended these practices for a Dharma center that was having a lot of problems. The director had asked Rinpoche for advice and practices.
Working for the Dharma > Advice to Dharma Centers > Practice Advice for Centers
Rinpoche advised these practices for students on the four holy days of the Tibetan Buddhist calendar, and on solar and lunar eclipse days.
Buddhist Practices > General Practice Advice > General Practice Advice from Rinpoche
A student wanted to offer food and blessed water to the hungry ghosts (pretas), but their apartment did not have a balcony, so they had to do it inside, at a window in the entrance hall. The student asked Rinpoche if that was OK.
Contemporary Issues > Court Cases and Legal Action > Legal Proceedings
A student wrote that their partner was under legal investigation and asked Rinpoche for advice.
Contemporary Issues > Work and Business Problems > Business Crisis and Failure
A student wrote that their family business had substantially declined in value. Also, a regular customer had become hostile and was making complaints and causing trouble. They asked Rinpoche for advice.
Meditation and Retreat Advice > Retreats > Completion of a Retreat
Rinpoche sent this message of thanks to a center that had just completed a Namgyalma retreat.
Sickness and Health > Operations > Practices Before Surgery
Rinpoche gave this advice to a student who had a tumor in their intestine and was about to have surgery to remove it.
Sickness and Health > Digestive System > Stomach, Liver and Digestive Problems
This advice was given to a student who had a serious viral infection in their intestines. Rinpoche advised the following practices.
Advices posted during the month of January 2024
Death and Transitions > Impermanence and Death > Impermanence and Death
A student wrote that her relatives had recently passed away and her beloved cat now had cancer. She had been studying with two geshes, however, she still felt sad and low in energy, and asked Rinpoche for practices to help tame the mind and give...
Buddhist Practices > General Practice Advice > Practices for Life
This advice was given to a student who had requested life practices and asked about their main deity for Highest Yoga Tantra.
Sickness and Health > Operations > Practices Before Surgery
A student wrote that they suffered from arthritis almost everywhere in their body. The pain in their knee was especially severe and an operation to install a metal prosthesis in the knee was planned.
Sickness and Health > Cancer > Various Cancers
A student was undergoing radiation treatment for rectal cancer and asked Rinpoche what prayers and practices could help their situation.
Path to Enlightenment (lamrim) > Guru Devotion > Confession to the Guru
A student had used divination to try to increase their wealth and worldly happiness while trading in cryptocurrencies. Later, the student sold the cryptocurrency after having a dream in which His Holiness had advised them to stop gambling with...
