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Lama Zopa Rinpoche's Online Advice Book
Advice for students asking about separation and divorce. Rinpoche also discusses the suffering nature of samsara and the karma of relationship problems.
Advice for Separation •
Relationship Break-Up •
The Karma of Divorce Depends on Motivation •
Decision on Whether to Divorce •
Lama Zopa Rinpoche's Online Advice Book
Rinpoche discusses the karma of relationships and offers advice and practices for family reconciliation when there has been disharmony and conflict.
Practices for Family Conciliation and Purification •
Difficulties With Son •
Angry Teenager •
Disturbed Family Member •
Lama Zopa Rinpoche's Online Advice Book
Advice on repaying the kindness of our parents by taking care of them when they are sick or elderly.
Repaying the Kindness of One’s Father •
Caring for Mother •
Caring for One’s Mother •
Health and Business Problems •
Lama Zopa Rinpoche's Online Advice Book
This advice was given to students who asked Rinpoche whether they should have children or not. Rinpoche emphasizes the importance of having a good motivation and planning well so that the child can bring benefit and happiness to others.
Whether to Have Children •
How to Raise a Child •
Whether or Not to Have a Baby •
Plan Well Before Having a Child •
Lama Zopa Rinpoche's Online Advice Book
Advice on raising children in the best possible way by teaching them the five basic qualities of kindness, rejoicing, tolerance, contentment and forgiveness.
Topics: Family and Relationships > Parenting > Bringing up Children
A Good Education and a Meaningful Life •
Caring for a Child With Special Needs •
Taking Care of Your Child With Compassion •
Advice on Educating a Child •
By Kyabje Lama Zopa Rinpoche in Golden Light Sutra Center, Darkhan, Mongolia
In this video extract, Rinpoche advises that it is most important for young people to learn Dharma, to learn about the mind. Equally important is practicing the good heart, patience and contentment.
Topics: Family and Relationships > Children > Advice for Children
Lama Zopa Rinpoche's Online Advice Book
Rinpoche encourages loving kindness, the good heart, so that children's lives are meaningful and beneficial for others.
Topics: Family and Relationships > Children > Advice for Children
Giving Happiness to Others •
Rejoicing in Practice •
Gift for a Child •
Advice for a Young Student •
Lama Zopa Rinpoche's Online Advice Book
Advice on teaching children the values of loving kindness and compassion so that their lives become meaningful.
Topics: Family and Relationships > Children > Educating Children
Dedication for Alice Project •
Starting a Buddhist School in India •
The Best Education for Children •
Advice to Schoolchildren in Bodhgaya •
Lama Zopa Rinpoche's Online Advice Book
Advice on how to resolve parenting problems by focusing on the good heart, loving kindness and compassion for others.
Topics: Family and Relationships > Parenting > Parenting Problems
Problems With Children •
Growing Up Too Fast •
A Bad Mother? •
Prayers For Child’s Return •
By Kyabje Lama Zopa Rinpoche
Advice on how to bring up children and make their lives meaningful.
Topics: Family and Relationships > Parenting
Chapters:
Joyful Parents, Successful Children •
Preface and Acknowledgements •
1. Raising Children With Bodhicitta •
2. Making a Relationship Meaningful •
By Kyabje Lama Zopa Rinpoche in Lavaur, France
How to raise children so that their lives are most beneficial.
Topics: Family and Relationships
By Lama Thubten Yeshe in various locations
Answers to questions about marriage and relationships.
Topics: Family and Relationships > Marriage and Divorce
Lama Zopa Rinpoche's Online Advice Book
Advice on many aspects of our family and personal relationships, including having a baby, raising children, caring for elderly parents, and getting married or divorced.
Topics: Family and Relationships
Lama Zopa Rinpoche's Online Advice Book
Topics: Family and Relationships > Marriage and Divorce > Marriage
Marriage Ceremony •
How to Conduct a Marriage Ceremony •
Making Married Life Beneficial •
More Talks on this Topic: Marriage •
Lama Zopa Rinpoche's Online Advice Book
Topics: Family and Relationships > Having a Baby > Abortion
Purifying the Negative Karma of Abortion •
Purifying Abortions and Helping Some-one on Death Row •
Purification Practices after an Abortion •
Purifying Negative Karma After Abortion •
