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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 April 2010
Path to Enlightenment (lamrim) > Guru Devotion > The Qualities of the Guru
Rinpoche gave the following praise of Kirti Tsenshab Rinpoche, who passed away in 2006.
Path to Enlightenment (lamrim) > Guru Devotion > The Benefits of Guru Devotion
Rinpoche made the following comments after seeing a recent movie about Milarepa.
Contemporary Issues > Dharma in Daily Life > Dharma and Worldly Activities
Rinpoche composed the following sign to be attached to a well that had been built for some villagers. Rinpoche also requested a Medicine Buddha statue be placed near the well, so the water would run over it, and also blessed the water in the well...
Contemporary Issues > Dharma in Daily Life > Food and Dharma Practice
Rinpoche left the following note at midnight, for a student, on a pile of potato pancakes, during a retreat Rinpoche was doing. A monk from Kopan Monastery had made potato pancakes for dinner for everyone.
Advices posted during the month of December 2009
Working for the Dharma > Advice to Dharma Centers > Practice Advice for Centers
Rinpoche gave the following advice on what meditators at Shine Retreat Land could do for world peace, as well as to benefit Shine Land and themselves.
Working for the Dharma > Service and Support of the Dharma > Rinpoche's Thank-you Cards, Letters and Gifts
Rinpoche sent the following card, with some gifts, to a student.
Working for the Dharma > Service and Support of the Dharma > Rinpoche's Thank-you Cards, Letters and Gifts
Rinpoche sent the following small handwritten card to a student.
Working for the Dharma > Service and Support of the Dharma > Rinpoche's Thank-you Cards, Letters and Gifts
Rinpoche sent the following card to a student, with a gift.
Buddhist Practices > Daily Practices > Daily Practice Advice
A student wrote to Rinpoche asking for advice on her practice and on how to achieve success.
Buddhist Practices > Daily Practices > How To Do Daily Practice
Rinpoche made the following comments on how to do daily practice.
Buddhist Practices > Daily Practices > Daily Practice Advice
A student asked for Rinpoche’s advice on what practices he should engage in, to quickly clear his mind stream from obscurations to the path and to make his practice most effective and pure for the benefit of all sentient beings.
Advices posted during the month of November 2009
Family and Relationships > Children > Advice for Children
A young girl often asked Rinpoche how long she was going to live. Rinpoche sent this advice to her.
Family and Relationships > Your Parents > Benefiting Your Parents
Rinpoche sent the following card and some books to a student’s father.
Death and Transitions > Preparing Oneself for Death > Preparing for Death
Venerable Roger Kunsang sent the following advice from Rinpoche to FPMT students worldwide. [Scribe: Ven. Roger Kunsang, edited by Dr. Nick Ribush. Indonesia, February 7, 2010.]
Death and Transitions > Preparing Oneself for Death > Preparing for Death
Rinpoche and an Australian woman who had known him for many years discussed her plans for donating her organs after death. The woman was quite elderly, and there was some doubt as to whether her organs would be eligible for transplant, but...
Death and Transitions > Preparing Oneself for Death > Preparing for Death
Rinpoche sent the following advice to a nun, who was advised by him in June 2006 that she had a major life obstacle manifesting in 2008. She had a dream where she was told that she would leave the body on her birthday (Feb 25).
Death and Transitions > Caring for Others at the Time of Death > Practices at the Time of Death
Rinpoche sent the following advice to a student whose father who was dying.
Death and Transitions > Caring for Others at the Time of Death > The Moment of Death
Rinpoche sent the following message to a student who had held the hand of another student while he was dying. The student had told his friend that everything would be alright and to think about the pure land. Rinpoche was impressed at how well...
Death and Transitions > Practices for the Deceased > Prayers and Practices for the Deceased
Rinpoche made the following comments on what you can do when you see a being killed on television.
Contemporary Issues > Practices for Success > Prayers and Mantras for Success
Rinpoche gave this advice regarding the mantra of the bodhisattva Akashagarbha. This mantra has unbelievable benefits and is especially beneficial when you are going to speak to someone or request something, or when success is particularly...
Contemporary Issues > Practices for Success > Prayers and Mantras for Success
Rinpoche explained how the Gyaltsen Tsemö Pung Gyen prayer gives protection from harm, fear, contagious diseases and fire.
Sickness and Health > Transforming Pain and Illness > Transforming Pain
Rinpoche gave the following mantra for pacifying pain.
Sickness and Health > Addictions and Mental Illness > Addictions: Drugs and Alcohol
A student wrote to Rinpoche, worried about her son, who was having problems with drugs. Here are her letter and Rinpoche’s response.
Sickness and Health > Healing and Pacifying Illness > Medicine
Rinpoche gave this advice on how to bless medicine, including the motivation, visualization and prayers.
Sickness and Health > Healing and Pacifying Illness > Practices for Pacifying Sickness
Rinpoche gave the following advice.
