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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
Letters and advice sent to dignitaries and students regarding resolution of conflict and how to bring peace and happiness to the region.
Advice for the Whole Country •
Practices for Columbia •
The Situation in Tibet •
A Letter to the King of Nepal •
Lama Zopa Rinpoche's Online Advice Book
Advice on how to integrate the three principal aspects of the path—renunciation, bodhicitta and right view (of emptiness)—into our working life.
Topics: Contemporary Issues > Dharma in Daily Life > Attitude to Work
Transforming Attitude •
Working With Devotion •
Bodhisattva Attitude •
Motivation for Paying Tax •
Lama Zopa Rinpoche's Online Advice Book
Advice on how to utilize obstacles on the path to enlightenment by practicing thought transformation.
A Positive Way of Thinking •
Thought Transformation •
Practice Thought Transformation •
Enduring Hardships •
Lama Zopa Rinpoche's Online Advice Book
Advice on how to correctly meditate on emptiness (shunyata).
The Merely Imputed I •
Meditation on Emptiness •
Meditations for Inner Peace •
How to Realize Emptiness •
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 •
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Advice on how to prepare oneself for death, which can happen at any time. Includes practices for students whose death is imminent.
Premonition of Death •
Death Can Happen Anytime •
Rely on Amitabha •
Death Can Happen at Any Time •
Lama Zopa Rinpoche's Online Advice Book
Advice on how to train the mind in guru devotion, and what to do when we have negative thoughts, criticize the guru and see faults in the guru.
Respecting the Guru •
Angry With the Teacher •
Living in the Dharma •
When the Guru Shows the Aspect of Displeasure •
Lama Zopa Rinpoche's Online Advice Book
Advice on prayer wheels, both large and small hand-held ones. Includes advice on the benefits, how to dedicate the merit after turning the prayer wheel, and how to construct and fill them.
Topics: Holy Objects > Advice on Holy Objects > Prayer Wheels
A Prayer Wheel in the Ocean •
Yamantaka Mantras in Prayer Wheel •
Prayer Wheel and Tong-len Practice •
The Benefits of Prayer Wheels and Chenrezig Practice •
Lama Zopa Rinpoche's Online Advice Book
Advice on prayers, practices and meditations which can be beneficial for those with various types of cancer.
Topics: Sickness and Health > Cancer > Practice Advice for Cancer
Cancer Prognosis •
Pujas for Cancer •
Tibetan Medicine for Cancer •
Non-Hodgkin’s Cancer •
Lama Zopa Rinpoche's Online Advice Book
Advice on how to purify negative karma in relation to the guru. This advice was given to students confessing mistakes.
Regretting Anger Toward Rinpoche •
Confession of Anger •
Confessing Mistakes •
Confessing Negative Thoughts •
Lama Zopa Rinpoche's Online Advice Book
Advice and practices to remove obstacles and have success in the purchase or sale of house or land.
Obstacles to Sale of House •
Selling a Property •
Selling Land •
Buying Land •
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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 •
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Letters and cards thanking benefactors and students who have offered service to the Dharma in many different roles.
Topics: Working for the Dharma > Service and Support of the Dharma > Rinpoche's Thank-you Cards, Letters and Gifts
Thanks for Volunteering •
Thanks for Service and Advice about Pure Land •
Welcome to Enlightenment •
Thanks for Long Life Practices •
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Advice given to students who had requested lifetime practices. Rinpoche recommends essential daily prayers and practices to focus on for life.
Life Practices •
Ordination, Study and Service •
Beneficial Practices •
Advice for Life •
