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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 July 2012
Death and Transitions > Caring for Others at the Time of Death > Practices at the Time of Death
A student whose brother was dying wrote to Rinpoche asking for advice.
Sickness and Health > Cancer > Breast Cancer
A nun had a 2 cm knot in her right breast, and doctors recommended surgery. She asked Rinpoche about practices she could do to remove any obstacles to her health, for the benefit of all sentient beings.
Sickness and Health > Cancer > Various Cancers
A student with a tumor in her nose asked Rinpoche for practice advice. She had previously experienced many side effects from radiotherapy and was doing prayers and practices that she hoped would heal the cancer.
Sickness and Health > Brain and Nervous System > Brain Disorders
A student advised that she had been diagnosed with a terminal brain disease, cerebellar atrophy [degeneration of the cerebellum], as a result of chemical poisons, and she had only a couple more years to live. She remembered the wonderful times...
Sickness and Health > General Illnesses > Skin Disorders
Rinpoche gave the following advice for a student’s mother, who had severe skin problems that caused intense itching and pain. The doctors were unable to help her.
Holy Objects > Monasteries and Stupas > Stupas
A Dharma center asked Rinpoche for advice about filling a new stupa. The center's questions and Rinpoche’s response are below.
Sickness and Health > Wind Imbalance / Lung > Wind Imbalance / Lung
A Tibetan man living in the USA asked Rinpoche for advice about tsok lung (wind imbalance), which he had experienced for most of his life. The lung had led to depression and other problems, but had also brought faith in Dharma.
Family and Relationships > Your Parents > Caring for Sick Parents
A student was doing hundreds of nyung näs, but his mother got sick and he asked Rinpoche for advice on what to do.
Holy Objects > Advice on Holy Objects > Texts
Rinpoche mentioned the following benefits of writing the Prajnaparamita.
Negative Emotions > Depression > Advice on Depression
A student’s 13-year-old daughter had been struggling with depression for many months. Western doctors were trying various medications and she was also seeing therapists. The student asked Rinpoche what obstacles she was facing and if he could...
Advices posted during the month of June 2012
Working for the Dharma > Advice to Dharma Centers > Working at the Dharma Center
Rinpoche gave juicy and sweet comments and thanks for the important role of making the Dharma available via FPMT centers, projects and services, at the FPMT Australia national meeting held at Atisha Centre, Bendigo, in March 2011. Excerpts from...
Working for the Dharma > Service and Support of the Dharma > Rinpoche's Thank-you Cards, Letters and Gifts
Rinpoche sent this message after seeing the progress of a stupa being built at Kadampa Center, Raleigh, NC, USA.
Family and Relationships > Having a Baby > Practices for Pregnancy and Birth
A student had been trying for two years to become pregnant. She was 40 years old, had completed two cycles of IVF and did Cittamani Tara puja every week. She had asked Rinpoche five years ago about having children, and asked again how she could...
Contemporary Issues > Work and Business Problems > Unemployment
Advice to a student who was having difficulty in finding a job.
Sickness and Health > Brain and Nervous System > Paralysis and Stroke
A student had developed paralysis on the left side of her face, which went away after two months, but she subsequently lost her hearing in the left ear. She had worked on a project for 28 days straight, and she says she neglected her daily...
Compassion and Bodhicitta > Mind Training (lo-jong) > Transforming Problems
Rinpoche dictated the following when he was preparing for a talk in Colorado in 2010, however, in the end he didn’t use this material.
Path to Enlightenment (lamrim) > Karma > Understanding Karma
Rinpoche gave the following advice to a nun having difficulties with another person/center.
Holy Objects > Monasteries and Stupas > Stupas
Advice to students about the benefits of building a stupa.
Compassion and Bodhicitta > Mind Training (lo-jong) > Tonglen: Taking and Giving
A student felt he was a magnet for bad situations, people and environments. He asked Rinpoche for advice.
Buddhist Practices > Advice for New Students > Advice for New Students
A new student had completed 100,000 of each of the following preliminary practices: prostrations, refuge and migtsemas. She was feeling a little lost and confused, and she asked Rinpoche for advice on how to continue on the spiritual path.
Advices posted during the month of May 2012
Contemporary Issues > Practices for Success > Overcoming Obstacles
A student living in Vietnam moved into a new apartment where there was building construction next door. She couldn’t sleep because she was worried about her husband’s business and her sleep disorder was affecting her work.
Sickness and Health > General Illnesses > Children's Illnesses
A student’s 14-year-old daughter had a potentially fatal cardiac arrhythmia that had been operated on twice, without success. A third operation was scheduled to try to treat the arrhythmia. A geshe had already advised the student to recite Green...
Sutras, Mantras and Root Texts > Mantras > Mantra Recitations
Rinpoche gave the following advice to a new student.
Working for the Dharma > Advice to Dharma Centers > FPMT Service
Rinpoche gave the following advice in February 2012. See also the FPMT Annual Review 2011.
Buddhist Practices > Purification Practices > Nyung Näs
Rinpoche gave the following advice regarding nyung nä practice.
