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Advices posted during the month of September 2012
Sickness and Health > Brain and Nervous System > Epilepsy
A five-year-old girl with occipital epilepsy had severe discharges in the occipital region of the brain which resulted in frequent seizures. She was taking Tibetan medicine, however, a Western neurologist had recommended anticonvulsants to stop...
Meditation and Retreat Advice > Retreats > Long Retreat
Rinpoche gave the following advice to a nun in long retreat.
Buddhist Practices > Tantra and Deity Practice > Various Deity Practices
Rinpoche gave the following advice to a student doing Dorje Khadro practice.
Buddhist Practices > Daily Practices > Daily Practice Advice
A student asked Rinpoche what she should do in order to clear obstacles in her Dharma practice. Rinpoche had previously advised her to recite the Thirty-five Buddhas and Vajrasattva mantra every day.
Path to Enlightenment (lamrim) > Lamrim Study and Practice > Training the Mind in Lamrim
A monk who had been ordained for many years wrote that he hadn’t studied much. He had completed practices advised by Rinpoche, including refuge, mandala and water bowls, but he hadn’t done tsa-tsas yet. He also recited Lama Tsongkhapa Guru Yoga...
Path to Enlightenment (lamrim) > Lamrim Study and Practice > Training the Mind in Lamrim
Rinpoche gave the following advice to a student who asked about life practices.
Buddhist Practices > Advice for New Students > Advice on Practices for Life
Rinpoche gave the following advice to a new student on practices for life.
Advices posted during the month of August 2012
Contemporary Issues > Dharma in Daily Life > Integrating Dharma and the Arts
A student was inspired by a photo of Rinpoche turning a prayer wheel with his right hand after manifesting a stroke. He saw this as a great teaching on joyful effort. He does Daily Purification: A Short...
Contemporary Issues > Natural Disasters > Earthquakes
Advice from Rinpoche during an earthquake in 2002.
Contemporary Issues > Work and Business Problems > Removing Business Obstacles
A student asked for advice regarding the removal of obstacles to his new business.
Sickness and Health > Addictions and Mental Illness > Acute Mental Illness
A man suffering from a complex mental illness was being treated with medication and occasional hospitalization. He still had severe paranoia, depression and psychosis, and for the past two years he had believed that someone was going to kill him...
Sickness and Health > Cancer > Practice Advice for Cancer
Advice from Lama Zopa Rinpoche for people with any kind of cancer.
Meditation and Retreat Advice > Retreats > Retreat Advice
Rinpoche gave the following advice to a student who had asked where he should do retreat.
Path to Enlightenment (lamrim) > Guru Devotion > Obstacles to Guru Devotion
During a group retreat with Rinpoche, a student saw him as an ordinary being demonstrating faults. This caused great disturbance to his mind and he felt he had accumulated heavy negative karma. He requested advice so that he could purify this as...
Holy Objects > Making Offerings > Offering Practices
To be kept in the house or gompa where offerings are made for inspiration and to achieve every happiness up to enlightenment. The verses are available for download as a frameable card from the...
Contemporary Issues > Dharma in Daily Life > Travel and Immigration
Rinpoche gave the following advice to a monk who asked how he could get a long-term visa so he can continue his Dharma studies.
Buddhist Practices > Protection from Spirit Harm > Protection from Spirit Harm
Rinpoche explained the following:
Contemporary Issues > Dharma in Daily Life > Dharma and Worldly Activities
A student with clairvoyance could see people’s past, present and future lives and in some cases, she could heal simple diseases. She asked Rinpoche how to use her gift of clairvoyance in a Buddhist way.
Death and Transitions > Other Transitions > Various Transitions
A student asked about the most beneficial life direction for her—care work for the elderly or formal Dharma practice, such as retreat.
Meditation and Retreat Advice > Retreats > Long Retreat
Rinpoche gave the following advice to a student who had strong experiences while doing a long retreat. Footnotes by Ian Coghlan, with reference to ...
Buddhist Practices > Vows and Commitments > Broken Vows and Commitments
A student confessed that she had broken her commitments, because she was worried about her teenage daughter’s behavior and this had started a habit of laziness and forgetfulness. She advised that she had restarted her commitments and could also...
Buddhist Practices > Purification Practices > Nyung Näs
A student who worked at a Dharma center asked Rinpoche for advice about life practices and his personal yidam.
Advices posted during the month of July 2012
Working for the Dharma > Advice to Dharma Centers > Working at the Dharma Center
Rinpoche gave the following advice about the purpose of working for the Dharma center.
Sangha (Monks and Nuns) > Practice Advice for Sangha > Sangha Practice Advice
A monk gave Rinpoche an update about what he was doing. Rinpoche sent the following letter in response.
Death and Transitions > Caring for Others at the Time of Death > Caring for the Dying
A student who worked as a nurse in a hospice asked Rinpoche for advice regarding her work with dying people as a spiritual practice.
