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Advices posted during the month of November 2010
Buddhist Practices > General Practice Advice > General Practice Advice from Rinpoche
Rinpoche gave this advice concerning how to balance studying with receiving teachings.
Buddhist Practices > General Practice Advice > General Practice Advice from Rinpoche
Rinpoche gave the following practice advice to a student.
Buddhist Practices > General Practice Advice > General Practice Advice from Rinpoche
After meeting a man from Thailand who was the partner of one of his students, Rinpoche sent him this card.
Buddhist Practices > Advice for New Students > Advice for New Students
A new student wrote to Rinpoche for advice on how to follow the Buddhist path. The student described how his life had changed direction after reading the Sanghata Sutra three months earlier.
Buddhist Practices > Advice for New Students > Advice for New Students
In this letter to a new student, Rinpoche advises offering service and working for the happiness of others.
Compassion and Bodhicitta > Bodhicitta > Advice on Developing Bodhicitta
While Rinpoche was staying in Madison, Wisconsin, receiving teachings from his guru, Geshe Sopa, a Chinese feng shui master came to visit him, and asked the question, “What is the best and quickest way to generate bodhicitta?” He indicated he did...
Compassion and Bodhicitta > Developing Compassion > Compassion Quotes
The following quote is from Rinpoche’s book, The Door to Satisfaction.
Path to Enlightenment (lamrim) > Refuge > Advice for Refuge Practice
Many students have asked Rinpoche for advice on how to do the preliminary practice of refuge.
Sickness and Health > Healing and Pacifying Illness > Healers and Healing
Rinpoche gave the following advice to a woman who, from an early age, was able to heal people with her hands. She was able to diagnose some ailments from sight, and with time taught herself how to harness her powers so she could work on people...
Buddhist Practices > Practicing in Prison > Meditation and Practice in Prison
Rinpoche gave the following advice to a nun who works in a prison, where she meets with the prisoners to talk. She told Rinpoche that many prisoners have weapons and try to commit suicide in prison. She also mentioned that there was another...
Buddhist Practices > Daily Practices > Daily Practice Advice
A student wrote to Rinpoche asking for advice on which practices to do.
Buddhist Practices > Daily Practices > Daily Practice Advice
Rinpoche composed the following letter to an ex-monk who had written to him many times. One of the problems he was experiencing was receiving criticism and abuse from people, and he also felt that some women were pursuing him. He had studied a...
Buddhist Practices > General Practice Advice > General Practice Advice from Rinpoche
A student wrote to Rinpoche about practices she had done, and some she had yet to complete. He advised her as follows.
Buddhist Practices > General Practice Advice > General Practice Advice from Rinpoche
Rinpoche sent the following e-mail to a student asking for practice advice.
Buddhist Practices > General Practice Advice > General Practice Advice from Rinpoche
Rinpoche wrote the following letter to a student who was asking for advice on practice.
Buddhist Practices > General Practice Advice > General Practice Advice from Rinpoche
Rinpoche sent the following letter to a student who asked how to make her life most beneficial.
Sickness and Health > Healing and Pacifying Illness > Practices for Pacifying Sickness
Rinpoche gave the following instructions for retreats focused on cancer and AIDS.
Buddhist Practices > General Practice Advice > General Practice Advice from Rinpoche
A student wrote to Rinpoche asking for practice advice and whether she could take ordination.
Advices posted during the month of September 2010
Path to Enlightenment (lamrim) > Guru Devotion > The Qualities of the Guru
Rinpoche sent the following letter to students of Geshe Jampa Gyatso, the resident teacher at Istituto Lama Tzong Khapa in Italy, from 1980 until he passed away in November 2007.
Advices posted during the month of June 2010
Buddhist Practices > Preliminary Practices > Completing the Preliminaries
This is a response to a student who wrote to Rinpoche after she had finished the list of preliminary practices he had given her and asked what she should focus on now.
Advices posted during the month of May 2010
Working for the Dharma > Service and Support of the Dharma > Rinpoche's Thank-you Cards, Letters and Gifts
Rinpoche sent the following card and a bunch of flowers to a student who had been Lama Yeshe’s nurse and was now in hospital having an operation.
Path to Enlightenment (lamrim) > Guru Devotion > The Qualities of the Guru
An attendant’s mother went to an Amitayus long life initiation given by Kyabje Chöden Rinpoche, a talk by His Holiness the Dalai Lama, and a talk by Rinpoche. Rinpoche made the following comments on the benefit of attending an initiation.
Path to Enlightenment (lamrim) > Guru Devotion > The Guru/Disciple Relationship
Rinpoche sent the following letter to a student who had written to him concerning his feeling about the different traditions in Tibetan Buddhism. His letter and Rinpoche’s response are below.
Buddhist Practices > Vows and Commitments > Broken Vows and Commitments
A student wrote to Rinpoche asking if she could give back some commitments she had taken in an initiation.
Advices posted during the month of April 2010
Death and Transitions > Death and Rebirth > Reincarnation of Spiritual Teachers
A letter and e-mail had been circulated to FPMT centers claiming Rinpoche had been recognized in his current incarnation by Shugden, which is incorrect. Rinpoche sent the following letter providing the correct information regarding his...
