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Advices posted during the month of May 2007
Rinpoche translated the following short prayer to Padmasambhava for a student who had a strong connection with Padmasambhava and who was being harmed by black magic.
Advices posted during the month of April 2007
Rinpoche suggested people generate this motivation before beginning work on translating Buddhist texts.
A student wrote to Rinpoche commenting on how to check the authenticity of different versions of sutras.
Rinpoche made the following comments on the translation of sadhanas from Tibetan into English. He laughed a lot when he made these comments.
A student wrote to Rinpoche asking about his cancer prognosis.
Rinpoche gave the following advice to a student who had cancer.
Rinpoche gave the following advice to a student who had cancer.
Rinpoche gave the following advice to a student who had breast cancer. She was already reciting the Long-life Sutra and performing Medicine Buddha practice. Her letter to a member of the FPMT office staff and Rinpoche’s response are printed below...
A very devoted student had a growth in her womb and an ultra sound showed it was growing reasonably fast. She wrote to Rinpoche for advice.
Rinpoche sent a card with the following advice to a very sick student, a young person, who had a type of brain disease.
Rinpoche sent the following advice for a student who was in a coma.
Rinpoche related some advice a student had given him regarding diarrhea.
Advices posted during the month of December 2006
Rinpoche gave the following advice to Dharma center organizers on how to deal with stress.
Rinpoche gave the following advice to a very devoted student who is a Dharma center director.
A Dharma center was planning to apply for a permit to construct new buildings, and sought Rinpoche’s advice on how to handle illegal buildings on the property they had taken over from a previous director.
Rinpoche wrote the following to a center director on her retirement.
Rinpoche sent the following letter to a young geshe after a visit to the Dharma center where the geshe teaches.
Rinpoche sent the following letter to a young geshe after a visit to the Dharma center where the geshe teaches.
Rinpoche gave the following advice on how to deal with apparently difficult people, to two students who worked as caretakers at an FPMT retreat center.
In a phone conversation with a student, Rinpoche made these comments on how to resolve conflicts with other disciples of one's guru, and gave this advice for clearing past and present grudges, by changing one's own mind.
Rinpoche gave the following advice to a student regarding another student, who was quite difficult to live with, on how best to handle the situation.
A student wrote to Rinpoche telling him about the mantras he recites every day and his practice.
A student wrote to Rinpoche saying she had a strong connection to Chenrezig and Medicine Buddha and could she do these two practices.
Rinpoche gave this advice to a student who wrote asking about daily practices.
A student wrote to Rinpoche asking him to recommend a daily practice and preliminary practices.