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Lama Zopa Rinpoche's Online Advice Book
Advice about purification of past nonvirtuous actions and negative karma, through Vajrasattva and other practices.
How Vajrasattva Practice Purifies Negative Karma •
Purifying Negative Karma •
Mantras for Purifying Negativities •
Practices for Purification •
Lama Zopa Rinpoche's Online Advice Book
Advice given to students who requested life practices. Rinpoche recommends essential daily prayers and practices to focus on for their lifetime.
Life Practices •
Ordination, Study and Service •
Beneficial Practices •
Advice for Life •
Lama Zopa Rinpoche's Online Advice Book
Advice on tantric practices, including the generation and completion stages of Highest Yoga Tantra.
Topics: Buddhist Practices > Tantra and Deity Practice > Tantra
Completion Stage Practices •
Request for Initiation •
Visualizing the Guru as Deity During Initiation •
Deity Practice •
Lama Zopa Rinpoche's Online Advice Book
Advice about the benefits of taking vows, for example, the five lay vows and the eight Mahayana precepts.
Topics: Buddhist Practices > Vows and Commitments > Taking Vows
Abandoning Harmful Actions •
Benefits of Taking Vows •
The Merit of Taking Precepts on Chokhor Duchen •
Motivation for Eight Mahayana Precepts •
Lama Zopa Rinpoche's Online Advice Book
Advice for prisoners on how to use the situation to develop their mind on the path to enlightenment.
Being in Prison •
Preliminaries and Other Practices in Prison •
A Nun in Jail •
The Prison is Your Retreat House •
Lama Zopa Rinpoche's Online Advice Book
Advice on nyung nä, a powerful two-day practice associated with Chenrezig, the Buddha of Compassion.
Topics: Buddhist Practices > Purification Practices > Nyung Näs
Continue With Nyung Näs and Lamrim •
We Can Be Free from Samsara •
Unable to Complete Nyung Näs •
Nyung Nä Advice •
Lama Zopa Rinpoche's Online Advice Book
Advice on daily practices recommended by Lama Zopa Rinpoche for students on the path to enlightenment.
Topics: Buddhist Practices > Daily Practices > Daily Practice Advice
Extensive Daily Practice Advice for an Artist •
The Main Practice is Lamrim •
Lamrim and Guru Yoga Daily Practice •
Connection to Practices •
Lama Zopa Rinpoche's Online Advice Book
In this collection of advice for those practicing in prison, Rinpoche explains how to use the situation in prison to develop the mind.
Meditation in Prisons •
Prison is an Opportunity to Practice •
Son Passed Away •
Using Time in Prison to Practice Dharma •
Lama Zopa Rinpoche's Online Advice Book
Advice for students who are experiencing difficulties with their Dharma practice.
No Progress in Practice •
Doubts •
Obstacles •
Difficulty with Prostrations •
Lama Zopa Rinpoche's Online Advice Book
Advice on how to follow the Buddhist path and how to bring benefit and happiness to others through Dharma practice.
Topics: Buddhist Practices > Advice for New Students
Practice Advice for a New Student •
Study and Practice Advice for a New Student •
The Ultimate Goal •
Advice to a New Student •
Lama Zopa Rinpoche's Online Advice Book
Advice on meditations and mantras for healing and purifying sickness, spirit harm, negative karma and obstacles to a long life.
Vision of Tara •
Medicine Buddha Puja •
White Tara and Chenrezig Simhanada Practices •
Benefits of Medicine Buddha Practice •
Lama Zopa Rinpoche's Online Advice Book
Advice given to students on the practice of Shugden (Tib: Dolgyal). This practice is strongly discouraged by His Holiness the Dalai Lama and Lama Zopa Rinpoche.
Topics: Buddhist Practices > General Practice Advice > Dorje Shugden
Ceasing Shugden •
Advice About Dorje Shugden •
Student Stopped Dolgyal Practice •
Dorje Shugden Practice •
Lama Zopa Rinpoche's Online Advice Book
Advice to students about restoring their daily practice after it has lapsed.
How to Restart Practices After Stopping •
Dharma Practice Stopped After Disrobing •
The Most Important Practice •
Lama Zopa Rinpoche's Online Advice Book
Advice for students who have broken their vows or stopped their daily practice commitments.
Confessing Broken Commitments •
Purifying Broken Commitments •
Giving Up Lay Vows •
Problem Doing Commitments •
Lama Zopa Rinpoche's Online Advice Book
Four Buddha Days •
Meditations to Generate Realizations •
Practice Advice for a University Student •
Practice Advice •
