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Lama Zopa Rinpoche's Online Advice Book
Advice and practices to remove obstacles to health and success in life, for the benefit of all sentient beings.
Practice Advice After Car Accident •
Blessed Water for Cancer Patient •
Offering Service •
Blessed Water and Long-life Puja •
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
Advice on how to make the best use of our life, which is very short.
Topics: Death and Transitions > Impermanence and Death
The Cause of Death •
Life is Short •
How to Use an Hourglass for Dharma Practice •
Impermanence and Death Don't Wait •
Lama Zopa Rinpoche's Online Advice Book
Advice on the power of relics, from which we receive blessings that bring us closer to enlightenment.
Topics: Holy Objects > Relics > Blessings of the Relics
Blessings from the Relics on Tour •
Relic Tour Brings World Peace •
Benefits of Relics •
Benefits of Holy Relics •
Lama Zopa Rinpoche's Online Advice Book
Advice for people who have struggled with drugs or alcohol. Rinpoche says that our life is precious and we should not waste it carelessly.
Giving Up Alcohol •
This Most Precious Human Life •
Practices for Drug Problems •
Breaking Drug Addiction •
Lama Zopa Rinpoche's Online Advice Book
Advice for students doing a long retreat, including guidance on motivation, specific practices, how to successfully complete the retreat and what to do if there are obstacles.
Topics: Meditation and Retreat Advice > Retreats > Long Retreat
Life Retreat •
Completion of Three Year Retreat •
Continue With Lamrim in Long Retreat •
Gradual Completion Stage •
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 on how to transform depression and use it on the path to enlightenment.
Topics: Negative Emotions > Depression > Advice on Depression
Advice on Transforming Depression •
So Much to Rejoice In •
Depressed and Unsure Where to Live •
Daughter with Depression •
Lama Zopa Rinpoche's Online Advice Book
Advice on the amazing benefits of building a stupa and circumambulating a stupa, as well as instructions on how to fill a stupa and make it beautiful and inspiring.
Topics: Holy Objects > Monasteries and Stupas > Stupas
Building Stupas to Benefit Sick Dogs •
How to Make the Stupa Beautiful and Inspiring •
Circumambulation of Boudhanath Stupa •
Liberating Animals and Circumambulating Stupas With Them •
Lama Zopa Rinpoche's Online Advice Book
Advice and practices for neurological disorders, paralysis and stroke.
Bell’s Palsy •
Name of the Buddha Eliminating Paralysis and Lightning •
Paralysis and Loss of Hearing •
Mantras for Paralysis, Stroke or to Pacify Harm from Naga Possession •
Lama Zopa Rinpoche's Online Advice Book
Advice on making offerings to the Three Rare Sublime Ones.
Topics: Holy Objects > Making Offerings > Offering Practices
Verses to Inspire Offerings •
Offering to the Sangha •
Water Bowls Practice •
How to Generate Merit by Offering Music, Such as Bell, Gong or Conch Shell •
Lama Zopa Rinpoche's Online Advice Book
Advice on how to help animals and protect them from harm. This topic includes various practices and mantras for animals.
How to Benefit Animals •
Building an Animal Sanctuary •
Compassion Brings Us Closer to Enlightenment •
Advice About Caring for Dogs •
Lama Zopa Rinpoche's Online Advice Book
Advice on how to make life meaningful by integrating Dharma into everyday life.
Topics: Contemporary Issues > Dharma in Daily Life > A Meaningful Life
Real Happiness •
Discovering Dharma •
Making Life Meaningful •
The Most Important Thing is to Practice Dharma •
Lama Zopa Rinpoche's Online Advice Book
Advice for students doing a retreat on the lamrim, the graduated path to enlightenment. Rinpoche says taming the mind through the lamrim is the best offering and the best way to bring world peace.
Topics: Meditation and Retreat Advice > Retreats > Lamrim Retreat
Basic Program and Lamrim Retreat •
Ten-Day Lamrim Retreat •
Progress in Retreat •
Lamrim Retreat Advice •
Lama Zopa Rinpoche's Online Advice Book
Advice for students on various transitions including education, relationships, career choices and other life decisions.
The Best Life Direction •
Continuing With School •
The Benefits of Experiencing Hardship •
Wanting to Be Ordained •
