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Advices posted during the month of November 2009
Sickness and Health > Healing and Pacifying Illness > Practices for Pacifying Sickness
Rinpoche sent the following advice to a very sick student, who is in incredible pain all the time.
Sickness and Health > Brain and Nervous System > Epilepsy
A three-month-old baby with epilepsy suffered from brain damage after being given some drugs to control the epilepsy. Her mother wrote to Rinpoche asking for advice. The pieces of advices are labeled in the order Rinpoche gave them.
Sickness and Health > Digestive System > Stomach, Liver and Digestive Problems
Rinpoche recommended the following mantra and practice for people with problems with sickness and indigestion.
Sickness and Health > Digestive System > Gallstones
Rinpoche gave the following mantra for getting rid of gallstones.
Sickness and Health > Cardiovascular and Respiratory > Aneurysm
A student, who was a monk, was in incredible pain 24 hours a day because of a brain aneurysm. He was also going blind and could hardly walk. He said he was thinking of suicide every day, all the time. Rinpoche gave him many gifts, CDs of mantras...
Sickness and Health > General Illnesses > Urogenital and Menstrual Conditions
A student wrote to Rinpoche asking if a vasectomy has a negative influence on male Dharma practitioners, especially when doing tantric practices. Rinpoche advised the following:
Buddhist Practices > Practicing in Prison > Advice for Prisoners
Rinpoche made the following comments to prisoners about how to practice in prison.
Buddhist Practices > Practicing in Prison > Practices for Death Row
A man had murdered someone and had received the death penalty for his crime. He had become Buddhist while in jail and wrote to Rinpoche asking for advice as to what he could do. He was prostrating to the Thirty-five Buddhas three times a day and...
Meditation and Retreat Advice > Retreats > Retreat Advice
During lunchtime at one of His Holiness the Dalai Lama’s teachings on “The Wheel of Sharp Weapons,” Rinpoche made the following comments on the value of retreat.
Meditation and Retreat Advice > Retreats > Completion of a Retreat
Rinpoche wrote the following, on a number of small cards, to a student who had completed a Hayagriva retreat, and had written to Rinpoche letting him know.
Meditation and Retreat Advice > Retreats > Obstacles to Retreat
Rinpoche sent the following messages at the beginning of and during a retreat.
Meditation and Retreat Advice > Retreats > Obstacles to Retreat
Rinpoche sent the following advice to a nun in retreat, who was having obstacles.
Sutras, Mantras and Root Texts > Mantras > Mantra Recitations
Rinpoche gave this mantra to a nun to pacify her boss’s anger and dislike toward her, and also to use if other people were to get angry with her.
Sutras, Mantras and Root Texts > Sutras and Sutra Commentaries > Arya Sanghata Sutra
Rinpoche made the following comments on the positive results of reciting the Arya Sanghata Sutra.
Sutras, Mantras and Root Texts > Sutras and Sutra Commentaries > Arya Sanghata Sutra
A student handwrote the Sanghata Sutra and sent it to Rinpoche. He sent the following message.
Sutras, Mantras and Root Texts > Sutras and Sutra Commentaries > Sutra of Golden Light
Rinpoche explained the benefits of reciting the Golden Light Sutra for world peace.
Sutras, Mantras and Root Texts > Sutras and Sutra Commentaries > Sutra of Golden Light
Rinpoche listed the following benefits of the Sutra of Golden Light.
Sutras, Mantras and Root Texts > Sutras and Sutra Commentaries > Diamond Cutter Sutra
Rinpoche explained the benefits of reading the Diamond Sutra.
Sutras, Mantras and Root Texts > Mantras > Various Mantras
Rinpche offered the following zung and mantra of Norbu Sangpo.
Sutras, Mantras and Root Texts > Mantras > Various Mantras
Rinpoche offered the following Mantra Encompassing the Essence of the Kangyur: the Prajnaparamita mantras.
Sutras, Mantras and Root Texts > Sutras and Sutra Commentaries > Various Sutras
Rinpoche sent the following advice to a student, with three sutras (the Sutra of Golden Light, the Sanghata Sutra, and the Diamond Cutter Sutra).
Sutras, Mantras and Root Texts > Sutras and Sutra Commentaries > Various Sutras
Rinpoche sent the following letter to a student. He had previously sent her three sutras (the Sutra of Golden Light, the Sanghata Sutra, and Vajra Cutter Sutra). After reading the Sanghata Sutra, she wrote to...
Buddhist Practices > Purification Practices > Practices to Purify Negative Karma
A student wrote to Rinpoche asking for advice on purification practices.
Sickness and Health > Wind Imbalance / Lung > Wind Imbalance / Lung
A new nun wrote saying she had lung.
Benefiting Animals > Practices to Benefit Animals > Animal Health Care and Healing
Rinpoche gave the following advice on practices for his dog, Om Mani Padme Hum, who had a torn ligament in her leg and lumps on her head which turned out to be cancer. A vet recommended an operation to remove the cancer, but after performing the...
