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Advices posted during the month of October 2013
Holy Objects > Relics > Benefits of Relic Tour
Rinpoche wrote the following letter to thank a lama who hosted a visit from the Maitreya Project Heart Shrine Relic Tour. Read more about the Relic Tour visit to Kalmykia, south-west Russia in...
Buddhist Practices > Advice for New Students > Practice Plan for a New Student
Practice advice for a sincere new student.
Buddhist Practices > Purification Practices > Nyung Näs
A student met the Dharma while volunteering at a health clinic in Bodhgaya, India. After returning to Europe, she wrote to request Rinpoche to be her guru, and to ask for advice on daily practices which would bring the most benefit to other...
Advices posted during the month of September 2013
Working for the Dharma > Advice to Dharma Centers > The Benefits of Dharma Centers
A letter from Lama Zopa Rinpoche for Maitreya Instituut Amsterdam on the occasion of the center's 10th anniversary, November 2008.
Working for the Dharma > Advice to Dharma Centers > Working at the Dharma Center
Rinpoche gave the following advice to a student who was offering service at an FPMT center.
Sangha (Monks and Nuns) > Practice Advice for Sangha > Sangha Practice Advice
A nun asked Rinpoche about a prayer to be recited by Sangha after meals to purify pollution. She asked Rinpoche to explain what kind of pollution this would purify.
Contemporary Issues > Practices for Success > Overcoming Obstacles
Practices to be done before moving into a new house, as there were obstacles.
Buddhist Practices > Practicing in Prison > Practices for Death Row
Rinpoche sent the following message to Don Wackerly prior to his US execution in 2010. Don became a student of Liberation Prison Project in 2006, and later took refuge and lay...
Sutras, Mantras and Root Texts > Mantras > Mantra Recitations
Rinpoche advised that instruments used for offering sound can be blessed by recitation of the Lotus Pinnacle of Amoghapasha mantra seven times and by blowing on the instrument. [See also Precious Mantras...
Benefiting Animals > Practices to Benefit Animals > Various Practices for Animals
Rinpoche advised the following, after giving food to ducks in the park.
Buddhist Practices > General Practice Advice > Quotations and Sayings
Rinpoche advised the following, to be written on balloons for a Balloon Liberation ceremony.
Buddhist Practices > Advice for New Students > Heart Advice
Rinpoche sent this card to a new student and her son.
Path to Enlightenment (lamrim) > Karma > Avoiding Negative Karma
Rinpoche gave the following advice about the consequence of engaging in nonvirtuous actions.
Contemporary Issues > Dharma in Daily Life > Dharma and Worldly Activities
Rinpoche made these comments after seeing t-shirts made with the image of a high lama.
Sangha (Monks and Nuns) > Ordination Advice > Requesting Ordination
Rinpoche gave the following practice advice to a student.
Working for the Dharma > Advice to Dharma Centers > FPMT Service
Rinpoche's message for the FPMT Annual Review 2012.
Path to Enlightenment (lamrim) > Guru Devotion > Advice on Guru Devotion
Rinpoche advised a student to read and study the lamrim well, especially the outlines on guru devotion.
Sickness and Health > Healing and Pacifying Illness > Eliminating Life Obstacles
Rinpoche gave the following advice to a new student who had life obstacles in the next two years.
Buddhist Practices > Practicing in Prison > Lamrim for Prisoners
Rinpoche gave the following practice advice to a prisoner.
Path to Enlightenment (lamrim) > Guru Devotion > When the Guru Manifests Illness
Ten days after manifesting a stroke in April 2011, Rinpoche sent this message to a student who had offered flowers.
Advices posted during the month of August 2013
Sangha (Monks and Nuns) > Advice for Sangha > General Advice for Sangha
Rinpoche sent this card, along with a small zen (shawl), to a very small nun.
Contemporary Issues > Court Cases and Legal Action > Legal Proceedings
A student was under investigation for violating some rules in a public place in order to offer service to one of his gurus. When Rinpoche first heard this news, he said, “Wow! You should be totally happy in jail for this purpose.”
Contemporary Issues > Work and Business Problems > Unemployment
Rinpoche gave the following advice to a student who wanted to get a job. This advice was on a handwritten card, and has been lightly edited for publication.
Sickness and Health > Addictions and Mental Illness > Anxiety and Panic Disorder
A parent wrote to Rinpoche about her teenage daughter, who was fragile and confused. The girl had panic attacks and paranoia, as well as night terrors and horrific visions of dead people. Rinpoche advised the following.
Sickness and Health > Cancer > Various Cancers
Rinpoche gave this advice to a student with pancreatic cancer. Rinpoche emphasized purifying all negative karma in order to achieve enlightenment for the benefit of all sentient beings.
