My very dear, most precious, most kind, wish-fulfilling one,

Here is short message to thank you for the kind letter you sent to me. This is my reply.

You are my wish-granting jewel, fulfilling sentient beings’ needs and happiness and outwardly freeing them from the suffering of samsara and bringing them to enlightenment, and I want to have you in the FPMT all the time. At the moment you are needed so much there, but in the future [you] can be in different places in FPMT, so until I die please be in the FPMT.

Continue to study Dharma with Geshe-la. This is the most important thing to develop your Dharma wisdom and your compassion. You have a great geshe there, a great teacher, so it’s very good to learn from Geshe-la and take him as guru.

Study the commentary on Shantideva’s Guide to the Bodhisattva Way of Life with Geshe-la. Read the text yourself and ask Geshe-la anything you don’t understand. Even if you don’t happen to get the commentary from Geshe-la, maybe you can make a program and get the lung, the oral transmission, as well as the commentary.

However, you should study the Guide to the Bodhisattva Way of Life and the commentary, then you will have more wisdom and compassion.

With much love and prayers ...