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Advices posted during the month of June 2008
Sangha (Monks and Nuns) > Ordination Advice > Giving up Vows
A monk wrote saying he wished to give back his vows. Rinpoche sent the following reply.
Sangha (Monks and Nuns) > Ordination Advice > Giving up Vows
A monk who had recently disrobed wrote saying his decision had been influenced by three friends who were monks and had also disrobed. All of the monks had been encouraged by a woman they knew to be honest with themselves, trust themselves and be...
Sangha (Monks and Nuns) > Ordination Advice > Giving up Vows
A monk who had been ordained for over ten years and had served as an attendant to Rinpoche for a few years some time earlier, sent a message asking to give back his ordination vows. This was Rinpoche’s reply.
Sangha (Monks and Nuns) > Ordination Advice > Ordination Advice
Rinpoche made the following comments about the positive qualities of Sangha.
Sangha (Monks and Nuns) > Ordination Advice > Ordination Advice
Rinpoche gave the following advice to a monk.
Sangha (Monks and Nuns) > Advice for Sangha > General Advice for Sangha
A monk wrote to Rinpoche saying he had been called for jury duty and wondering whether he should attend. Rinpoche replied as follows.
Sangha (Monks and Nuns) > Advice for Sangha > Sangha Communities
A student wrote expressing her wish to start a community so that nuns from the different Tibetan Buddhist traditions could live together. She also discussed opening a Buddhist hospice to care for the dying.
Sangha (Monks and Nuns) > Practice Advice for Sangha > Sangha Practice Advice
A nun and longtime student had the following questions for Rinpoche. Her questions and his advice are below.
Sangha (Monks and Nuns) > Practice Advice for Sangha > Sangha Practice Advice
Below is a letter Rinpoche wrote to a monk living in Europe. The advice was written on four postcards, one of which had a picture of hundreds of sunflowers in South Dakota.
Sangha (Monks and Nuns) > Ordination Advice > Ordination Advice
Rinpoche gave the following advice to a man who was about to take ordination.
Sangha (Monks and Nuns) > Ordination Advice > Requesting Ordination
A new student wrote to Rinpoche asking to be ordained as a nun.
Sangha (Monks and Nuns) > Ordination Advice > Requesting Ordination
Rinpoche sent the following handwritten card to a young student who was asking to become a nun.
Sangha (Monks and Nuns) > Ordination Advice > Requesting Ordination
A long time student broke up with his wife and family and requested to be a monk. Rinpoche replied to him as follows.
Sangha (Monks and Nuns) > Ordination Advice > Ordination Advice
Rinpoche gave the following commentary on why to be a monk or nun.
Advices posted during the month of May 2008
Working for the Dharma > Serving as Center Director > Advice to Center Directors
Rinpoche wrote these two letters, thanking a student who had been the director of a center, and thanking the new director of the center.
Working for the Dharma > Advice to Dharma Centers > Working at the Dharma Center
Rinpoche sent the following message to a Dharma center on the occasion of its 21st birthday celebration.
Working for the Dharma > Advice to Dharma Centers > Working at the Dharma Center
Rinpoche made the following comments on the need for organizations.
Working for the Dharma > Advice to Dharma Centers > Working at the Dharma Center
Rinpoche made the following comments about the education program at an FPMT Dharma center, speaking to a nun who was studying there.
Working for the Dharma > Service and Support of the Dharma > Offering Service
Rinpoche sent the following thanks to benefactors of his projects.
Holy Objects > Maitreya Project > Benefits of the Maitreya Project
A benefactor asked some questions about how much the Maitreya Project statue would cost. Rinpoche gave the following comments on the benefits of the project.
Holy Objects > Maitreya Project > Benefits of the Maitreya Project
Rinpoche gave the following advice to a student who was a director of the Maitreya Project, on how to approach and bring up the project with potential benefactors. The student had recently had a knee operation.
Working for the Dharma > Advice to Dharma Centers > Working at the Dharma Center
A volunteer at an FPMT center wrote saying that he felt he was valued as a worker rather than as a Dharma brother. He felt that there was a lack of support for the volunteers in general. His idea was that the volunteers could undergo a trial...
Advices posted during the month of April 2008
Working for the Dharma > Serving as Center Director > Advice to Center Directors
Rinpoche sent the following advice to the director of a Dharma center, on how to practice.
Working for the Dharma > Serving as Center Director > Ceasing as Director
Rinpoche gave the following advice to a student who had been an FPMT center director, but a new director had been appointed.
Working for the Dharma > Advice to Dharma Centers > FPMT Service
Rinpoche wrote the following on how important it is to do what pleases His Holiness the Dalai Lama.
