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Advices posted during the month of September 2009
Path to Enlightenment (lamrim) > Lamrim Study and Practice > Training the Mind in Lamrim
Rinpoche sent the following handwritten card to an older student.
Path to Enlightenment (lamrim) > Lamrim Study and Practice > Training the Mind in Lamrim
Rinpoche sent the following advice to a young student who had been offering service for a number of years at a center in India. She was very devoted, but wrote saying her mind had become very hard and dry, and she was unable to have any feeling...
Buddhist Practices > Protection from Spirit Harm > Protection from Spirit Harm
Rinpoche sent the following advice to a student who regularly saw spirits and had done for almost 20 years. They didn't harm her but she felt that sometimes they touched her.
Compassion and Bodhicitta > Developing Compassion > Compassion
Rinpoche wrote the following to a university professor who was testing students after they meditated on compassion. Rinpoche commented on one of his questions about the nature of compassion.
Holy Objects > Monasteries and Stupas > Monasteries
Rinpoche made the following comments about the virtuous results of building a monastery.
Sickness and Health > Brain and Nervous System > Dementia and Alzheimer's
Rinpoche sent the following advice on cards to a student who suffered from migraines, and whose husband was suffering with Alzheimer’s.
Holy Objects > Monasteries and Stupas > Stupas
Rinpoche sent the following letter to a student who helped build many stupas.
Sickness and Health > Brain and Nervous System > Paralysis and Stroke
Rinpoche offered the following mantras to help with the effects of strokes and paralysis.
Sickness and Health > Brain and Nervous System > Neurological Disorders
A woman with a daughter who had Tourette Syndrome wrote to Rinpoche asking for advice regarding practices she could do to help her daughter.
Advices posted during the month of August 2009
Sangha (Monks and Nuns) > Advice for Sangha > Dress Code and Conduct
The following is part of an interview between Rinpoche and a monk about the benefits of wearing robes.
Sangha (Monks and Nuns) > Advice for Sangha > The Role of Sangha
Rinpoche sent this handwritten card to the monks at Nalanda Monastery, France.
Sangha (Monks and Nuns) > Advice for Sangha > The Role of Sangha
Rinpoche sent this advice to a nun who was leading a mani retreat and nyung näs.
Negative Emotions > Delusions > Anger
Rinpoche gave this advice to a person who worked as a driver for a Dharma center. The driver complained of being very angry with his family and asked Rinpoche for some mantras to help him.
Negative Emotions > Delusions > Anger
Rinpoche made the following comment on practicing patience.
Negative Emotions > Delusions > Desire and Attachment
Rinpoche made the following comments on the disadvantages of attachment.
Negative Emotions > Depression > Purifying Depression
Rinpoche made the following comments on what to do if you are feeling depressed.
Negative Emotions > Depression > Purifying Depression
Rinpoche gave the following advice to a student who had suffered unexplained bouts of depression in the morning ever since childhood.
Negative Emotions > Depression > Using Depression to Cut the Ego
Rinpoche made these various comments on how to deal with depression.
Negative Emotions > Depression > Using Depression to Cut the Ego
Rinpoche offered the following advice on depression.
Negative Emotions > Various Emotions > Handling Criticism
Rinpoche made the following comments on how to deal with criticism.
Negative Emotions > Various Emotions > Handling Criticism
Rinpoche made the following comments on what to do when you are criticized.
Negative Emotions > Depression > Feeling Suicidal
Rinpoche gave the following advice regarding suicide.
Negative Emotions > Various Emotions > Fears
A woman felt that her distrust of other people was interfering with her desire to help others.
Negative Emotions > Various Emotions > Fears
A student suffering from debilitating fear and paranoia wrote to Rinpoche asking for advice. His letter and Rinpoche’s response are below.
Family and Relationships > Marriage and Divorce > Separation and Divorce
Rinpoche asked his assistant about a student who created beautiful prayer wheels and wanted to send that person a gift. Rinpoche asked whether the student would make any more prayer wheels, and was told that it might take a while, because the...
