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Below is a listing of advices in the Online Advice Book. They are sorted and grouped by the date posted on our website, with the most recent additions showing first. You can enter a keyword to search for advices containing that term.
Advices posted during the month of April 2024
Family and Relationships > Children > Advice for Children
In this letter to a student’s daughter, Rinpoche advises that having a good heart and benefiting others brings success and happiness.
Sickness and Health > Brain and Nervous System > Neurological Disorders
A student wrote that his sister had been suffering from damage to the spinal cord nerves, which happened during the birth of her first child. One leg felt constantly hot and she had also lost sensitivity in that leg.
Death and Transitions > Preparing Oneself for Death > Preparing for Death
Rinpoche gave this advice to a student who had cancer and was close to dying.
Sickness and Health > General Illnesses > Various Illnesses
A student wrote that they had been poisoned by heavy metals and now suffered from hyperactivity, insomnia and involuntary muscle movements, followed by exhaustion.
Sangha (Monks and Nuns) > Ordination Advice > Requesting Ordination
A young man had developed a strong wish to become a monk from the age of fifteen. He had started studying Buddhism as a teenager and had taken refuge. He had some brain damage and a very kind heart.
Sickness and Health > Musculoskeletal Disorders > Arthritis
Rinpoche asked for this treatment for severe arthritis to be posted in the Online Advice Book.
Sickness and Health > Cardiovascular and Respiratory > Cardiovascular Disease
A student wrote to Rinpoche for advice about her husband’s high blood pressure. Rinpoche advised that it would be best for him to do tonglen.
Sickness and Health > Brain and Nervous System > Paralysis and Stroke
Rinpoche sent this mind training advice to a student who was quadriplegic.
Path to Enlightenment (lamrim) > Lamrim Study and Practice > The Path to Enlightenment
After a teaching, Rinpoche dictated this advice about the four seals, the core tenets of Buddhism. Rinpoche asked for this advice to be given to all the students who had attended his talk.
Sickness and Health > Addictions and Mental Illness > Acute Mental Illness
A student with obsessive compulsive disorder (OCD) wrote that they had continual thoughts about going to hell and ongoing negative thoughts about the guru.
Advices posted during the month of March 2024
Sickness and Health > Brain and Nervous System > Brain Disorders
Rinpoche gave this advice to a student who asked how to improve their memory.
Sangha (Monks and Nuns) > Ordination Advice > Requesting Ordination
Rinpoche sent this advice to a student who had asked about taking ordination.
Sickness and Health > Healing and Pacifying Illness > Practices for Pacifying Sickness
A student’s mother had a fall and was in a serious condition in intensive care at the hospital. Rinpoche advised these practices.
Family and Relationships > Marriage and Divorce > Separation and Divorce
A student asked Rinpoche about leaving their partner, who was mentally unwell and had been abusive. Rinpoche sent this advice about cherishing others, even those who harm us. [Please note: If you or someone you know is experiencing any...
Buddhist Practices > Tantra and Deity Practice > Tantra
A student wrote for advice about their personal deity (Tib: yidam) and what guru yoga they should practice.
Sickness and Health > Healing and Pacifying Illness > Practices for Protection and Healing
Rinpoche gave some blessed water to a medical clinic, along with this letter, which explains the benefits.
Contemporary Issues > Practices for Success > Practices for Business Success
A student asked if Rinpoche could suggest a practice that would benefit their business and the FPMT in the future.
Buddhist Practices > Protection from Spirit Harm > Protection from Spirit Harm
A student was unable to eat food. Rinpoche said it was caused by spirit harm and advised these practices.
Working for the Dharma > Service and Support of the Dharma > Offering Service
Rinpoche sent this message to a monk who had debilitating back problems. The monk had been offering service at Rinpoche’s house, including to the Amitabha Buddha statue in Rinpoche’s garden.
Sickness and Health > Addictions and Mental Illness > Acute Mental Illness
A student wrote that her brother had been struggling with alcohol and drug addiction for many years. He became psychotic, depressed and paranoid, and he had been in psychiatric hospitals and detox treatments, but his mental health had not...
Advices posted during the month of February 2024
Sickness and Health > Healing and Pacifying Illness > Practices for Pacifying Sickness
Rinpoche gave this advice to a student who had ongoing health obstacles that doctors had not been able to diagnose.
Death and Transitions > Preparing Oneself for Death > Preparing for Death
Rinpoche sent this message to a longtime student, a nun who was close to death and had written to confess before passing away. Rinpoche had previously advised that he would do eleven Nolsang incense pujas, but he only had time to complete one and...
Working for the Dharma > Conflict and Obstacles at the Center > Removing Obstacles at the Center
Rinpoche recommended these practices for a Dharma center that was having a lot of problems. The director had asked Rinpoche for advice and practices.
Working for the Dharma > Advice to Dharma Centers > Practice Advice for Centers
Rinpoche advised these practices for students on the four holy days of the Tibetan Buddhist calendar, and on solar and lunar eclipse days.
Buddhist Practices > General Practice Advice > General Practice Advice from Rinpoche
A student wanted to offer food and blessed water to the hungry ghosts (pretas), but their apartment did not have a balcony, so they had to do it inside, at a window in the entrance hall. The student asked Rinpoche if that was OK.
