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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 •
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Advice on how to purify negative karma in relation to the guru, given to students confessing mistakes.

Regretting Anger Toward Rinpoche •
Confession of Anger •
Confessing Mistakes •
Confessing Negative Thoughts •
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Advice on how to overcome attachment by reflecting on the nature of the body, the sufferings of samsara, and the emptiness, or lack of true existence, of the object of attachment.

Attachment and Ordination •
Disadvantages of Attachment •
The Pain of Attachment •
Attachment to a Good Reputation •
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Advice on various mantras including those specifically for long life, good health, success and for dispelling obstacles.

Namgyalma Protection •
Benefits of Chenrezig Mantra •
White Tara Mantras •
Two Million Manis •
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Advice on the Mahayana practice of transforming our attitude from cherishing oneself to cherishing others who are most precious and kind.

Experiencing Problems for Others •
The Kindness of All Sentient Beings •
My Feet Belong to Sentient Beings •
How to Respond to Dishonesty •
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Advice on how to correctly meditate on emptiness (shunyata).

The Merely Imputed I •
Meditation on Emptiness •
Meditations for Inner Peace •
How to Realize Emptiness •
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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 •
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Rinpoche thanks translators for their service and dedication and offers advice on various aspects of translation work.

Merit of Translating Dharma •
Thanking Translators •
Translation of a Text •
A Billion, Zillion Thanks •
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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 •
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Advice on raising children in the best possible way by teaching them the five basic qualities of kindness, rejoicing, tolerance, contentment and forgiveness.

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 •
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Advice on various practices and mantras for animals, including those which are sick and dying.

How to Benefit Animals •
Building an Animal Sanctuary •
Compassion Brings Us Closer to Enlightenment •
Advice About Caring for Dogs •
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Advice on the importance of developing compassion, the good heart.

The Benefit of Pure Love and Joy •
Great Compassion for Others •
Great Compassion •
The Good Heart is the Root of Happiness •
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Advice on bodhicitta, the altruistic mind of enlightenment.

Practicing Patience •
Generating Bodhicitta  •
You Have So Much to Rejoice About in This Life •
Effortful Bodhicitta Motivation •
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Advice on karma, including how to create good karma and avoid nonvirtue.

Accepting Karma •
Many Obstacles Due to Karma •
Karma of a Group is More Powerful •
Everything is Produced by Karma •
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Advice and methods for purifying past nonvirtuous actions.

How Vajrasattva Practice Purifies Negative Karma •
Purifying Negative Karma •
Mantras for Purifying Negativities •
Practices for Purification •

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