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Advices posted during the month of November 2009
Contemporary Issues > Dharma in Daily Life > Dharma and Worldly Activities
Rinpoche made the following comments on rejoicing when a taxi comes.
Compassion and Bodhicitta > Developing Compassion > Compassion
Rinpoche sent the following cards to a student.
Compassion and Bodhicitta > Developing Compassion > Compassion Quotes
The following are a series of quotes by Lama Zopa Rinpoche.
Path to Enlightenment (lamrim) > Refuge > Qualities of the Buddha
Lama Zopa Rinpoche gave the following talk about the Buddha under the bodhi tree in Bodhgaya, India.
Holy Objects > Monasteries and Stupas > Stupas
Rinpoche made the following comments on the virtuous results of building stupas.
Holy Objects > Advice on Holy Objects > Prayer Wheels
A center director wrote to Rinpoche to say he was going to ask a monk to check various mantras to go in a prayer wheel. Rinpoche responded as follows.
Holy Objects > Advice on Holy Objects > Texts
A student wrote to Rinpoche explaining how she was planning on printing an edition of the Paranirvana Sutra. Her letter and Rinpoche’s response are below.
Holy Objects > Advice on Holy Objects > Tsa-tsas
Rinpoche wrote the following two letters to two students who are artists, one of whom was working on a statue of Maitreya Buddha for Rinpoche’s organization, the FPMT.
Working for the Dharma > Service and Support of the Dharma > Rinpoche's Thank-you Cards, Letters and Gifts
Rinpoche received a book from a student, who had written the book, and sent her this card.
Sangha (Monks and Nuns) > Practice Advice for Sangha > Sangha Practice Advice
Rinpoche sent this small card to a nun who had given some offerings to Rinpoche.
Contemporary Issues > Practices for Success > Prayers and Mantras for Success
Rinpoche gave the following advice to a doctor who was trying to facilitate various projects to help his patients.
Buddhist Practices > Practicing in Prison > Meditation and Practice in Prison
A man in his early twenties wrote to Rinpoche from prison. He had been in and out of jails since he was thirteen years old, and was now imprisoned for attempted murder. He had since become a sincere Buddhist and studied hard in jail, where he was...
Meditation and Retreat Advice > Retreats > Retreat Advice
Rinpoche gave this advice regarding what a retreat place is really for.
Meditation and Retreat Advice > Retreats > Retreat Advice
A student was going to be ordained and then do a six-month retreat. He wrote to Rinpoche asking which retreat to do.
Meditation and Retreat Advice > Retreats > Retreat Advice
One very old devoted student and nun wrote to Rinpoche saying she wanted to enter retreat for the rest of her life.
Meditation and Retreat Advice > Retreats > Completion of a Retreat
Rinpoche sent the following letter to nuns who had completed an annual Mani retreat.
Meditation and Retreat Advice > Retreats > Lamrim Retreat
Rinpoche sent the following letter to a student who had been in retreat for 15 months.
Meditation and Retreat Advice > Retreats > Lamrim Retreat
A student wrote asking for advice on the retreat he was going to do.
Meditation and Retreat Advice > Retreats > Long Retreat
Rinpoche gave the following advice to a student doing a three-year retreat, who had asked what to do at the end of the retreat.
Meditation and Retreat Advice > Retreats > Long Retreat
Rinpoche gave the following advice to a nun who had asked him whether she could start a three-year retreat. Rinpoche mentioned that his response is the essence of how to do any retreat.
Buddhist Practices > Daily Practices > Restarting Daily Practice
Rinpoche gave this advice to a nun who had disrobed and started taking drugs, but had later stopped. She sent a letter of confession, also saying she had stopped doing all her practices.
Sutras, Mantras and Root Texts > Sutras and Sutra Commentaries > Diamond Cutter Sutra
Rinpoche made the following comments on the positive results of reciting the Diamond Cutter Sutra.
Buddhist Practices > Tantra and Deity Practice > Tantra
Rinpoche gave the following advice to a longtime student, regarding their daily practice.
Buddhist Practices > General Practice Advice > General Practice Advice from Rinpoche
Rinpoche gave the following comments to some benefactors.
Buddhist Practices > General Practice Advice > Practices for Life
A student wrote to Rinpoche and asked which practices to do for the rest of his life.
