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Advices posted during the month of November 2005
Contemporary Issues > Religious Tolerance > Other Religions
A benefactor asked Rinpoche, on behalf of her daughter, what was his view of God.
Contemporary Issues > Politics and Conflict > Prayers for Peace
As the news of September 11, 2001, became known, many people began calling Rinpoche to ask what could be done to help those who had died or had been hurt in the New York and Washington disasters. Rinpoche himself had been making prayers, and when...
Contemporary Issues > Politics and Conflict > Prayers for Peace
Shortly after the September 11 attack in the USA, Rinpoche sent the following letter to a businessman in Hong Kong.
Negative Emotions > Delusions > Desire and Attachment
One day after teachings in Wisconsin, a student came to bring bread that he had baked and asked how to handle attachment, how to stop it.
Sickness and Health > Cancer > Practice Advice for Cancer
Rinpoche gave the following advice to a student who had cancer.
Contemporary Issues > Work and Business Problems > Business Crisis and Failure
A student in Singapore was having business problems, and was performing Dzambhala practice to increase his wealth.
Contemporary Issues > Work and Business Problems > Difficulties at Work
A student said she was having difficulties dealing with one of her bosses. Somehow, she never felt that she was doing a good job or accomplishing anything in her work.
Sickness and Health > Infectious Diseases > HIV / AIDS
In 2003, during a month-long retreat at a Dharma center, a woman was admitted to hospital with AIDS-related pneumonia and vomiting. She had contracted HIV as a 17-year-old heroin user, but the virus had lain dormant until 1996, when she began to...
Sickness and Health > Addictions and Mental Illness > Addictions: Drugs and Alcohol
A student wrote to say that her daughter had turned to drugs following the death of her father many years before and had become addicted. Although the daughter had made many attempts to break her addiction, none had any lasting effect.
Sickness and Health > Cancer > Practice Advice for Cancer
Rinpoche gave the following advice to one student in the US who had cancer. She told Rinpoche she was performing Medicine Buddha, Vajrasattva, and King of Prayers practices every day and asked if she should she do more. She also asked...
Benefiting Animals > Spare the Insects > Don't Kill the Insects
A Malaysian nun was living on the border between Singapore and Malaysia. She wrote to say that she was being bitten by many mosquitoes, and was having to kill them.
Benefiting Animals > Non-harming > Avoid Killing Animals
Rinpoche gave the following advice to a student who had a pet snake, to whom he fed live mice.
Benefiting Animals > Practices to Benefit Animals > How to Benefit Animals
Rinpoche gave the following extensive advice on how to benefit animals. Included is advice on animal liberation, the benefits of the Four Powerful Mantras, what to do when an animal is dying and why holy objects are beneficial.
Buddhist Practices > General Practice Advice > Dorje Shugden
A student asked Rinpoche questions about the practice of the protector Dorje Shugden. His Holiness the Dalai Lama had asked his students to stop performing this practice. Many students had received initiations from their gurus and taken...
Buddhist Practices > General Practice Advice > Dorje Shugden
A student wrote to Rinpoche saying that he had forsaken one of his gurus, Geshe Kelsang Gyatso*. The student said that he was not keeping his vows and was aware of the negative karma that could result from these actions. Rinpoche answered as...
Path to Enlightenment (lamrim) > Guru Devotion > Advice on Guru Devotion
Since Rinpoche was unable to attend the 37th Kopan Course in 2004, he gave this teaching for the participants to a small group of students at his Aptos House, California, December 20, 2004. It was later shared with the Kopan course participants...
Contemporary Issues > Politics and Conflict > Conflict in the Middle East
Rinpoche sent the following message to the FPMT Dharma centers after the US began attacking Afghanistan in the wake of September 11.
Meditation and Retreat Advice > Retreats > Long Retreat
Rinpoche gave the following advice to a nun who wanted to do a three-year retreat in Nepal.
Death and Transitions > Other Transitions > Various Transitions
Rinpoche gave the following advice to a student who had a strong wish to get ordained and also to do long-term retreat, but was in a relationship and was concerned about hurting her partner by leaving. She had tried to ease the relationship to a...
Contemporary Issues > Financial Difficulties > Money Difficulties, Recession and Debt
A student with a family to support had been a practicing psychotherapist for many years in California, and had begun working as a motivational coach to businesses. He mentioned to Rinpoche that he was struggling financially.
Sickness and Health > Cardiovascular and Respiratory > Cardiovascular Disease
A student had heart problems that Rinpoche advised were caused by spirit harm. Rinpoche sent the student a text, The Sutra of Seven Stars, and offered the following advice on how to use it.
Sickness and Health > Transforming Pain and Illness > Transforming Pain
An old student had been experiencing great pain in her body, and lost feeling in her feet, because of a pinched nerve in her back. Rinpoche wrote this card for her.
Sickness and Health > Transforming Pain and Illness > Transforming Pain
A student was suffering intense pain and was not even able to sit down comfortably. She had seen several doctors without any positive result. She thought that the pain was connected with a displacement in the vertebral column, hitting a nerve in...
Compassion and Bodhicitta > Mind Training (lo-jong) > Transforming Problems
A young Italian student had been experiencing various problems. Even though she was practicing, it seemed that things kept getting worse. Then she became depressed, and was unable to practice any longer.
Compassion and Bodhicitta > Mind Training (lo-jong) > Transforming Problems
A student wrote to Rinpoche asking for advice because he often felt depressed, confused, lonely and agitated. He said that he seemed to have a lot of obstacles preventing his mind from experiencing joy.
