A student wrote asking if she should study with a healer.

Rinpoche gave the following advice on healing and the practice of tonglen. The student’s letter and Rinpoche’s response are below.

A student who had very bad knees needed an operation and wrote asking for advice.

Rinpoche sent the following advice to a student who has cancer.

A student wrote to Rinpoche for advice regarding her mother, who has cancer. Rinpoche’s two letters and her response are below.

A new student was diagnosed with breast cancer. Rinpoche sent her the following advice.

A nun was diagnosed with third stage breast cancer and told to have an operation. Rinpoche sent her the following advice.

A center director’s 19-year-old daughter had melanoma. It was removed, but there was still a 30 per cent chance of it returning. Her mother asked Rinpoche what practices she could do.

The four-year-old nephew of an old student had leukemia. It was a very serious situation. Rinpoche’s advice was as follows.

A longtime student and center director contracted throat cancer and wrote to Rinpoche asking for advice. Below are three pieces of advice from Rinpoche, the student’s letters, and an image of Rinpoche wearing gloves the student sent two to three...

A young man, aged 26, was knocked off his bicycle by a car and had been in a coma for 50 days. He had started to regain consciousness, but could not communicate or move and was kept alive by ventilation tube and liquid feeding. He was moved to a...