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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 August 2009
Sickness and Health > Digestive System > Food Allergies
A nun who was very sick wrote to Rinpoche saying she was allergic to many foods and was becoming weak. She requested advice as to what to do.
Sickness and Health > Operations > Practices Before Surgery
A student wrote saying his mother was in unbearable pain, needing an operation. She had terrible pain in both sides of her waist, in the bones and spine, so that she could neither sit nor sleep, day or night. It was too much pain for her to bear...
Sickness and Health > Cancer > Cancer and Preparation for Death
A student, who was a bank manager, had a very serious cancer condition and it was possible he could die very soon. He wrote asking for advice.
Compassion and Bodhicitta > Mind Training (lo-jong) > Tonglen: Taking and Giving
Rinpoche gave the following advice on how to do the preliminary practice of tonglen.
Compassion and Bodhicitta > Mind Training (lo-jong) > Tonglen: Taking and Giving
Rinpoche gave the following advice on how to do the preliminary practice of the four immeasurable thoughts.
Advices posted during the month of July 2009
Working for the Dharma > Serving as Center Director > Advice to Center Directors
Rinpoche sent this tape of Hindi music, which he got from a driver, to a center director.
Working for the Dharma > Serving as Center Director > Advice to Center Directors
Rinpoche sent the following advice to a center director who he had asked to especially help with the study group that is being guided by that center.
Working for the Dharma > Serving as Center Director > Advice to Center Directors
Rinpoche sent the following letter to a center director.
Working for the Dharma > Serving as Center Director > Advice to Center Directors
Rinpoche gave the following advice given to two students and center directors, who asked about buying the property next door to expand the center.
Working for the Dharma > Serving as Center Director > Advice to Center Directors
Rinpoche sent this handwritten card to a center director.
Working for the Dharma > Serving as Center Director > Disharmony at the Center
A center director was experiencing obstacles and disharmony in a Dharma center. Rinpoche checked and advised him to do the following practices.
Working for the Dharma > Advice to Dharma Centers > Logos for Centers and Projects
Rinpoche described the following for the logo for a Dharma center.
Buddhist Practices > General Practice Advice > General Practice Advice from Rinpoche
Rinpoche advised all FPMT centers in Taiwan to do the following practices on the four Buddha Days.
Working for the Dharma > Advice to Dharma Centers > The Benefits of Dharma Centers
Rinpoche made the following general statement about the benefits of his organization, the Foundation for the Preservation of the Mahayana Tradition (FPMT).
Working for the Dharma > Advice to Dharma Centers > Working at the Dharma Center
Rinpoche gave this advice on how to take care of others at the Dharma center with skillful means, kindness and respect.
Working for the Dharma > Service and Support of the Dharma > Offering Service
Rinpoche wrote this letter to a longtime student based in Mongolia, a senior monk who had given many years of service to Rinpoche.
Working for the Dharma > Translation Work > Translating Texts and Teachings
Rinpoche sent the following card to a translator who is translating Rinpoche’s teachings into Vietnamese.
Sangha (Monks and Nuns) > Advice for Sangha > Dress Code and Conduct
Rinpoche commented on the correct way for monks and nuns to sit down.
Sangha (Monks and Nuns) > Advice for Sangha > General Advice for Sangha
A nun asked Rinpoche about using money that had been offered to her. She had just finished a one-year retreat.
Sangha (Monks and Nuns) > Advice for Sangha > General Advice for Sangha
Rinpoche offered the following advice to a geshe.
Family and Relationships > Marriage and Divorce > Marriage
A monk wrote to Rinpoche asking if he could perform a marriage ceremony.
Family and Relationships > Relationship Problems > Advice on Relationship Problems
Rinpoche sent the following advice to a student who was experiencing many obstacles to her relationship and also her health.
Holy Objects > Monasteries and Stupas > Monasteries
Rinpoche sent this letter to a benefactor who was helping to sponsor the building of a monastery.
Working for the Dharma > Advice to Dharma Centers > Building at the Center
Rinpoche sent the following message to a Dharma center on the occasion of it getting a new building.
Working for the Dharma > Advice to Dharma Centers > Working at the Dharma Center
Rinpoche received a letter from an FPMT study group requesting his blessing for the group, and, if possible, a message to take back to the group. Rinpoche responded as follows.
