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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 October 2016
Family and Relationships > Marriage and Divorce > Marriage
Rinpoche sent this card to a student who, along with her partner, had been offering service to the organization.
Family and Relationships > Relationship Problems > Disharmony in the Family
A student wrote that her partner had suddenly changed and become quite abusive, fighting with the children and threatening divorce. Rinpoche checked and advised the following practices. [Please note: If you or someone...
Holy Objects > Making Offerings > Offering Practices
Rinpoche gave this advice to the monks at Thubten Shedrub Ling Monastery, Australia, where he stayed during a one-month teaching retreat in September/October 2014.
Buddhist Practices > General Practice Advice > General Practice Advice from Rinpoche
Rinpoche emphasized the importance of practice and explained the quickest path to enlightenment, in this letter to a student who had not come to teachings or events for a number of years.
Buddhist Practices > General Practice Advice > General Practice Advice from Rinpoche
After many years of service as a center director, a student wrote to ask Rinpoche what practices she should focus on now.
Family and Relationships > Children > Advice for Children
This card suggesting essential practices was given to a longtime student, whose daughter was interested in Dharma. The card also included advice about Boudhanath Stupa.
Advices posted during the month of September 2016
Working for the Dharma > Advice to Dharma Centers > Working at the Dharma Center
Lama Zopa Rinpoche dictated this advice during the Light of the Path retreat held in Black Mountain, North Carolina,...
Benefiting Animals > Practices to Benefit Animals > How to Benefit Animals
Rinpoche gave this advice to a student whose job was to walk dogs.
Contemporary Issues > Work and Business Problems > Difficulties at Work
A student asked for life practices and also for any practices that could help with obstacles at work.
Buddhist Practices > Tantra and Deity Practice > Tantra
Rinpoche gave the following advice about the translation of the Tibetan word rigs: don't use the word family or lineage.
Working for the Dharma > Service and Support of the Dharma > Rinpoche's Thank-you Cards, Letters and Gifts
This letter was sent to a very kind benefactor who had helped a number of FPMT centers.
Path to Enlightenment (lamrim) > Guru Devotion > The Guru/Disciple Relationship
A student felt that his guru had given up on him. Rinpoche gave this advice.
Sickness and Health > Brain and Nervous System > Insomnia / Sleep Disorders
A student had suffered from broken sleep for twelve years and woke up about five times each night. She also had many dreams of spirit harm.
Holy Objects > Maitreya Project > Project Restructure
Rinpoche shared this letter explaining the Maitreya Project developments and how students can support the projects. Edited by Laura Miller and published in...
Holy Objects > Pilgrimage > Advice on Pilgrimage
Rinpoche gave this advice while staying at Root Institute, Bodhgaya, India, in February 2014.
Buddhist Practices > General Practice Advice > Practices for Life
Rinpoche gave this advice to a student about preliminary practices. Rinpoche explained how to meditate on the lamrim and emphasized the importance of guru devotion as the root of the path to enlightenment.
Compassion and Bodhicitta > Mind Training (lo-jong) > Transforming Problems
A student had experienced difficulties for many years, however, she wrote that she also had incredible opportunities and she thanked Rinpoche for his previous advice on transforming depression into the path. Rinpoche responded with further advice...
Advices posted during the month of August 2016
Holy Objects > Monasteries and Stupas > Stupas
Rinpoche sent this card to thank a student who had recently helped build a stupa. He also commented on a Buddha Amitabha statue that was forthcoming.
Sutras, Mantras and Root Texts > Sutras and Sutra Commentaries > Diamond Cutter Sutra
A student who was about to start a long retreat wrote to Rinpoche for advice.
Family and Relationships > Children > Teenagers
Rinpoche hand wrote this card with extensive advice for a young student. Rinpoche commented on the student’s potential to help others and advised her to check Buddhism and analyze what is to be practiced. He also emphasized the importance of...
Holy Objects > Making Offerings > Offering Practices
Rinpoche gave this advice to a student who had offered gold to one thousand buddha statues at Kopan Monastery in Nepal.
Family and Relationships > Marriage and Divorce > Separation and Divorce
A student was having many problems with a former partner. Rinpoche offered this advice.
Sangha (Monks and Nuns) > Ordination Advice > Bhikshuni Ordination
A nun wrote to Rinpoche asking to take gelongma vows, which are the vows of a fully ordained nun.
Working for the Dharma > Service and Support of the Dharma > Rinpoche's Thank-you Cards, Letters and Gifts
Rinpoche wrote to thank a student who had worked for many years at a number of FPMT centers.
Sickness and Health > Musculoskeletal Disorders > Back, Leg and Joint Conditions
A student had been experiencing pain for more than a year due to problems with her neck, which had affected her mobility.
