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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 November 2014
Sickness and Health > Healing and Pacifying Illness > Practices for Protection and Healing
Rinpoche blessed water with thousands of mantras and sent it with this advice to a student who had cancer.
Sickness and Health > Cardiovascular and Respiratory > Cardiovascular Disease
A student wrote that her mother had angina attacks and many health issues recently. An ambulance was called after she had a nasty turn and a fall, ripping open her arm.
Sickness and Health > General Illnesses > Various Illnesses
A student wrote to Rinpoche about her son who had Asperger Syndrome and strong anxiety, especially when around people. The condition was debilitating. His chest felt very tight, he felt his mind was spinning out, and he sometimes had malicious...
Sickness and Health > General Illnesses > Eye Conditions
Rinpoche sent the advice below to a student with serious glaucoma, and later checked back for an update on the eye condition. The student had made a full recovery. Rinpoche requested that the history, the original advice...
Meditation and Retreat Advice > Retreats > Retreat Advice
An old student wrote that she would be doing Vajrayogini retreat. Rinpoche gave the following advice.
Sutras, Mantras and Root Texts > Mantras > Mantra Recitations
Rinpoche sent this letter with advice about the benefits of reciting OM MANI PADME HUM to a student’s mother after she wrote to thank him.
Sutras, Mantras and Root Texts > Sutras and Sutra Commentaries > Sutra of Golden Light
During the transmission of the Sutra of Golden Light at the Mahabodhi Stupa, Bodhgaya, India, in March 2014, Rinpoche gave the following advice...
Sutras, Mantras and Root Texts > Sutras and Sutra Commentaries > Various Sutras
This quote from the Stainless Sky Sutra was translated by Kyabje Zopa Rinpoche at Root Institute, Bodhgaya, February 19, 2014. Scribe: Ven Sarah Thresher.
Benefiting Animals > Practices to Benefit Animals > Animal Liberation
A student wrote offering the practice of liberating many animals.
Buddhist Practices > Tantra and Deity Practice > Tantra
A student wrote with an extremely sincere request for Vajrayogini initiation and also explained a little about his practice.
Path to Enlightenment (lamrim) > Guru Devotion > Confession to the Guru
After reading The Heart of the Path, a student confessed that he had previously questioned Rinpoche’s qualifications to be his guru, he had felt critical of some teachings and he hadn’t followed Rinpoche’s advice.
Contemporary Issues > Dharma in Daily Life > Food and Dharma Practice
Rinpoche gave the following advice about cooking for the guru and for others.
Holy Objects > Monasteries and Stupas > Stupas
Rinpoche sent this letter to a student advising her how to benefit her sick dogs by building stupas and circumambulating them.
Holy Objects > Advice on Holy Objects > Amulets and Blessing Strings
A student asked Rinpoche if she could print the four dharmakaya relic mantras and carry them on her body as a talisman for protection. Rinpoche advised the following.
Holy Objects > Advice on Holy Objects > Statues
An artist was gold leafing a very large statue of Guru Rinpoche. He asked if it was okay to climb on the statue in order to do the work. The statue was 70 feet (21 meters) tall.
Working for the Dharma > Service and Support of the Dharma > Rinpoche's Thank-you Cards, Letters and Gifts
A thank-you letter from Rinpoche, offered and read out to all the volunteers at the 2014 Light of Path retreat held in North Carolina, USA.
Family and Relationships > Parenting > Bringing up Children
A student 's son had a brain injury and special needs, so she had to take care of him completely. Rinpoche gave this advice on how to serve others from the heart, with compassion and loving kindness.
Path to Enlightenment (lamrim) > Guru Devotion > Advice on Guru Devotion
A student wrote requesting Rinpoche to be her guru and guide. Rinpoche sent this reply.
Path to Enlightenment (lamrim) > Guru Devotion > Confession to the Guru
A student wrote to confess that he had negative, harmful thoughts when hearing Rinpoche speak, which he strongly regretted. He also asked for practice advice.
Negative Emotions > Depression > Purifying Depression
A student had been depressed for a long period of time and her depression was becoming progressively worse. She asked Rinpoche about specific practices that could help relieve some of her symptoms.
Family and Relationships > Relationship Problems > Disharmony in the Family
A student asked Rinpoche what she could do to pacify her brother's aggressive behavior. For years he had been extremely hostile toward her and her mother. The student also asked what she could do for her elderly mother, who suffered from several...
Advices posted during the month of October 2014
Working for the Dharma > Serving as Center Director > Advice to Center Directors
Rinpoche sent this card to a center director, thanking him for service.
Family and Relationships > Relationship Problems > Advice on Relationship Problems
A student wrote to Rinpoche confessing and asking how to purify the negative karma related to having a relationship with a monk, then she asked how to find a boyfriend.
Meditation and Retreat Advice > Retreats > Completion of a Retreat
A student wrote to Rinpoche offering 100,000 Vajrasattva mantras.
Path to Enlightenment (lamrim) > Lamrim Study and Practice > Training the Mind in Lamrim
Rinpoche wrote this letter to share with students who were at Kopan doing a retreat.
