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Lama Zopa Rinpoche's Online Advice Book
Advice on powerful mantras with many benefits including healing, purifying negative karma and dispelling obstacles.
Topics: Sutras, Mantras and Root Texts > Mantras > Various Mantras
The Exalted Zung of Norbu Sangpo •
The Mantra Encompassing the Essence of Kangyur •
The Wisdom Mantra Called the Arya Six Syllables •
Stainless Pinnacle Lotus Mantra •
Lama Zopa Rinpoche's Online Advice Book
Advice on practices to benefit those who have passed away.
Teacher Passed Away •
Medicine Buddha Practice •
Creating Merit For Future Lives •
Death on TV •
Lama Zopa Rinpoche's Online Advice Book
Advice and practices to remove obstacles to success.
Obstacles to Moving House •
Changing Feng Shui •
Removing Obstacles and Collecting Merit •
Removing Obstacles for a Religious Leader •
Lama Zopa Rinpoche's Online Advice Book
Advice on how to use sickness on the path, especially through the practice of tonglen (taking and giving).
How Sickness Purifies Negative Karma •
Very Sick Student •
Offering Service •
Using Sickness for the Path •
Lama Zopa Rinpoche's Online Advice Book
Advice on pilgrimage to the holy places including Bodhgaya, Rajgir and Nalanda, and practices which can be done at the sacred sites.
Topics: Holy Objects > Pilgrimage > Advice on Pilgrimage
Pilgrimage to Bodhgaya, Rajgir and Nalanda •
Advice and Practices for Pilgrimage •
More Talks on this Topic: Pilgrimage •
Why Bodhgaya Is So Important •
Lama Zopa Rinpoche's Online Advice Book
Advice on how to eliminate anger by practicing patience and thus contributing to world peace.
Topics: Negative Emotions > Delusions > Anger
Angry With Organization •
Harsh Words •
Eliminating Anger •
Contribution to World Peace •
Lama Zopa Rinpoche's Online Advice Book
Advice on how to resolve conflict with fellow students at the Dharma center by remembering their kindness and developing a tolerant and compassionate attitude.
Having the Attitude to Help •
Complaints about Director •
Advice for Dealing with Difficult People •
Conflicts with Fellow Students •
Lama Zopa Rinpoche's Online Advice Book
Rinpoche encourages loving kindness, the good heart, so that children's lives are meaningful and beneficial for others.
Topics: Family and Relationships > Children > Advice for Children
Giving Happiness to Others •
Rejoicing in Practice •
Gift for a Child •
Advice for a Young Student •
Lama Zopa Rinpoche's Online Advice Book
Advice on the study and practice of lamrim, the path to enlightenment.
Dedicate Oneself to the Lamrim •
A Letter to Students at Kopan •
Reading Lamrim Books •
Lamrim is the Main Thing •
Lama Zopa Rinpoche's Online Advice Book
Advice on how to deal with pain by experiencing it for all sentient beings.
Creating the Karma to Stop Pain •
Compassion and Tonglen •
Severe Arthritis •
Mantra Eliminating the Harsh Pain of the Three Grounds •
Lama Zopa Rinpoche's Online Advice Book
Advice and practices to purify negative karma created by previous actions.
The Karma of Killing •
Fatal Car Accident •
Killing One's Parents •
Purifying Negative Karma •
Lama Zopa Rinpoche's Online Advice Book
Practice advice and instructions for students doing various types of retreat, including preliminaries, lamrim and deity practice.
Topics: Meditation and Retreat Advice > Retreats > Retreat Advice
Retreat Place •
Destroying Delusion •
Advice for Seven-Month Retreat •
Six-Month Retreat •
Lama Zopa Rinpoche's Online Advice Book
Advice for those who have offered service as center director and are retiring from that role.
Thanks to Outgoing Director •
Departing Center Director •
Thanks For Service as Director •
On Retiring •
Lama Zopa Rinpoche's Online Advice Book
Advice on the Diamond Cutter Sutra, a Mahayana sutra which helps us to actualize wisdom and bodhicitta quickly, along with other realizations.
Benefits of Reciting the Diamond Cutter Sutra •
The Diamond Sutra •
Sutra Recitation for Sick Nuns •
Diamond Cutter Sutra in Retreat •
Lama Zopa Rinpoche's Online Advice Book
Advice and practices for students experiencing problems due to a business downturn and related financial crisis.
Business in Financial Crisis •
Business Losing Money •
Business Losing Money •
Trusting Advice Given by a Lama •
