Teachings
Advice and practices to remove obstacles to success.
Advice on how to use sickness on the path, especially through the practice of tonglen (taking and giving).
Advice on pilgrimage to the holy places including Bodhgaya, Rajgir and Nalanda, and practices which can be done at the sacred sites.
Advice on how to eliminate anger by practicing patience and thus contributing to world peace.
Advice on how to resolve conflict with fellow students at the Dharma center by remembering their kindness and developing a tolerant and compassionate attitude.
Letters and cards thanking benefactors and students who have offered service to the Dharma in many different roles.
Rinpoche encourages loving kindness, the good heart, so that children's lives are meaningful and beneficial for others.
Advice on the study and practice of lamrim, the path to enlightenment.
Advice on how to deal with pain by experiencing it for all sentient beings.
Advice and practices to purify negative karma created by previous actions.
Practice advice and instructions for students doing various types of retreat, including preliminaries, lamrim and deity practice.
Advice for those who have offered service as center director and are retiring from that role.
Advice on how to care for others who are very ill and approaching death, with essential advice and practices for the moment of death.
Advice on the Diamond Cutter Sutra, a Mahayana sutra which helps us to actualize wisdom and bodhicitta quickly, along with other realizations.
Advice for people who are contemplating suicide. Rinpoche explains how to use depression on the path to enlightenment, by changing our focus from self to others.