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Advices posted during the month of October 2015
Buddhist Practices > General Practice Advice > General Practice Advice from Rinpoche
Rinpoche gave this advice on what to do during a solar eclipse.
Path to Enlightenment (lamrim) > Karma > Purifying Negative Karma
A student had terminated several pregnancies and had harmed others. She had killed many insects, eaten meat and used leather extensively in her life. She felt a deep sense of regret and fear that her wrongful past actions would affect her future...
Buddhist Practices > General Practice Advice > Practices for Life
A student wrote to Rinpoche to request life preliminaries. He advised that he was doing full prostrations to the Thirty-five Buddhas and had completed over 20,000.
Buddhist Practices > General Practice Advice > General Practice Advice from Rinpoche
Practice advice given by Rinpoche to a long-term student.
Compassion and Bodhicitta > Bodhicitta > Advice on Developing Bodhicitta
A student planned to enter retreat and asked Rinpoche for advice.
Advices posted during the month of September 2015
Sangha (Monks and Nuns) > Practice Advice for Sangha > Sangha Practice Advice
Rinpoche advised why Sangha communities need to participate in so-jong, a twice-monthly formal confession ceremony.
Benefiting Animals > Practices to Benefit Animals > Animal Health Care and Healing
Rinpoche sent this letter to a family that saves retired racehorses from being put down. He also offered a donation for the construction of a stupa that the old horses can circumambulate.
Sickness and Health > Cancer > Breast Cancer
A student with breast cancer wrote that she had an operation and was going to start the treatment. Rinpoche offered the following advice.
Family and Relationships > Relationship Problems > Advice on Relationship Problems
A student was experiencing relationship problems. Rinpoche gave this advice on how to utilize the difficulties in the path to enlightenment.
Family and Relationships > Relationship Problems > Disharmony in the Family
A student had come into some money. She gave half the money to a relative and she decided to use the other half to buy a retreat center. Her relative became angry about this. The student asked Rinpoche what practices could be done in order to...
Meditation and Retreat Advice > Retreats > Retreat Advice
A student asked for advice on what to do after leaving his job. Rinpoche advised the student to do retreat on life practices previously given.
Path to Enlightenment (lamrim) > Guru Devotion > Confession to the Guru
A student wrote to Rinpoche confessing that he had let his practice of guru devotion lapse.
Path to Enlightenment (lamrim) > Karma > Purifying Negative Karma
A student confessed that his forefathers had done a heinous act which had become a major cause of suffering for his family. A long time ago, his great-grandfather and friends had killed a monk by forcibly driving him into a river, where he...
Path to Enlightenment (lamrim) > Karma > Understanding Karma
After making an investment, a student expected that the money would be returned, but this did not happen. Rinpoche checked and gave the following advice.
Negative Emotions > Depression > Advice on Depression
A student had stopped doing Buddhist practices and had become depressed. Rinpoche gave the following advice.
Advices posted during the month of August 2015
Buddhist Practices > Tantra and Deity Practice > Tantra
A student asked Rinpoche for advice about her personal deity for tantric practice [Tib: yi-dam].
Sutras, Mantras and Root Texts > Sutras and Sutra Commentaries > Sutra of Golden Light
A student’s son had disappeared in 2012. She asked Rinpoche if he was still alive and if he could be found. Rinpoche offered the following advice.
Benefiting Animals > Practices to Benefit Animals > How to Benefit Animals
A student wrote that her family was interested in building an animal sanctuary. Her daughter always showed deep compassion for animals, including the tiniest insects. She helped insects out of the walking paths so they were not harmed and picked...
Contemporary Issues > Dharma in Daily Life > A Meaningful Life
Rinpoche gave this advice about developing happiness.
Contemporary Issues > Politics and Conflict > Advice and Practices for Various Countries
Rinpoche sent this response to students in Spain who had requested his visit.
Holy Objects > Advice on Holy Objects > Statues
A student was planning to replicate a Tara statue in Rinpoche’s room at Kopan Monastery, Nepal, using it as a basis for making more statues. Rinpoche sent the following letter.
Sickness and Health > General Illnesses > Various Illnesses
Advice given to an old student who had serious teeth problems.
Family and Relationships > Children > Advice for Children
Rinpoche dictated this letter to the students of Maitreya School, Root Institute’s free school benefiting local impoverished children in Bodhgaya, India. The letter...
Path to Enlightenment (lamrim) > Lamrim Study and Practice > Training the Mind in Lamrim
Rinpoche gave this advice on the need for students to now put effort into developing realizations on lamrim. Here are Rinpoche’s words.
Buddhist Practices > Advice for New Students > Advice on Practices for Life
A student who had worked and studied at a Dharma center for three years wrote to thank Rinpoche for his kindness and to ask about his practice. The student said he would like to do more personal practice but he felt that laziness was his biggest...
