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Advices posted during the month of December 2006
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.
A student wrote to Rinpoche with questions about her daily practice. Rinpoche gave the following advice.
Rinpoche gave the following advice on the benefits of nyung-nä practice.
Rinpoche offered the following advice on the benefits of Vajrasattva practice.
A student wrote to Rinpoche requesting practices to do for purification.
A student wrote requesting practices especially for purification.
A young student wrote to Rinpoche asking how to purify acts of sexual misconduct.
Advices posted during the month of November 2006
Rinpoche sent the following letter to the resident geshe, Geshe Jampa Gyatso, at Lama Tzong Khapa Institute in Italy. The geshe was leading the seven-year Master's Program in...
A student wrote to Rinpoche asking for advice on teaching tantra. His question and Rinpoche’s response are below.
A student wrote to Rinpoche asking about how to spread the Dharma.
Rinpoche gave the following advice on tong-len while in a café in New York with a geshe and some students. One of the students asked Rinpoche what she could do about the pain she had in her jaw.
A nun was in a great deal of pain and wrote to Rinpoche asking what she could do.
Rinpoche gave the following advice to a student with cancer.
A student with a tumor wrote to Rinpoche asking for advice. Their letter and Rinpoche’s response are below.
A very sick student sent a message to Rinpoche saying he was practicing tong-len and reciting malas of Vajrasattva.
Rinpoche sent the following message to a hospice.