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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 2023
Sickness and Health > Musculoskeletal Disorders > Back, Leg and Joint Conditions
Rinpoche advised these practices for a student who had major health concerns and was dependent on heavy medication. The student was in severe and constant pain, with limited ability to move or walk.
Buddhist Practices > Purification Practices > Practices to Purify Negative Karma
A student wrote that they had chronic obstacles in their life. Rinpoche advised these practices to purify the karma.
Sickness and Health > Cancer > Various Cancers
A student had skin cancer on their face that had spread under the skin and asked Rinpoche for any specific practices that could help prevent further spread. Rinpoche checked and advised the following.
Advices posted during the month of March 2023
Sickness and Health > Addictions and Mental Illness > Anxiety and Panic Disorder
Rinpoche gave this advice to a student who had developed severe anxiety, with a high heart rate and panic, nerve pain, insomnia and shortness of breath. The student had been unwell for three years and wrote that the symptoms arose after smoking...
Holy Objects > Advice on Holy Objects > Tsa-tsas
Rinpoche dictated this advice on making tsa tsas and requested that it be made available to all who do this practice.
Emptiness > Advice on Emptiness Practice > Emptiness Meditation
A student asked Rinpoche what practice they should do and for how long, in order to purify negativities on their mind stream. Rinpoche advised the importance of bodhicitta and said emptiness meditation is unbelievable purification.
Family and Relationships > Parenting > Parenting Problems
A student wrote that they often felt extreme levels of rage and anger and their children were now copying that behavior. The student confessed they hadn’t kept their commitments or maintained daily practice, but they...
Sutras, Mantras and Root Texts > Mantras > Mantra Recitations
Rinpoche advised that if we recite one thousand or more Chenrezig mantras (Manis) every day, anything that touches our body, like wind or water, can purify the past negative karma of numberless sentient beings. Rinpoche also said that after...
Sickness and Health > Brain and Nervous System > Neurological Disorders
This advice was given to a student who had severe health problems, with pain in the spine and nerves.
Sickness and Health > General Illnesses > Various Illnesses
Rinpoche gave this advice to a student who wrote about a lack of energy and weakened immune system.
Sickness and Health > Healing and Pacifying Illness > Eliminating Life Obstacles
Rinpoche gave this advice to a student who was sick and had life obstacles.
Sickness and Health > Brain and Nervous System > Epilepsy
A student wrote to request pujas or practices for her eleven-year-old daughter who was having seizures which resulted in a loss of consciousness, and subsequently a headache and feeling sick. It could be epilepsy but that hadn’t been daignosed...
Compassion and Bodhicitta > Mind Training (lo-jong) > Mahayana Mind Training
A student felt overwhelmed by obstacles, persecution and possible spirit harm, and was not sure how much more they could handle. In key moments of their life, such as career, spiritual practice and relationships, many obstacles had appeared and...
Sickness and Health > Transforming Pain and Illness > Transforming Pain
This mind training advice was given to a student who was very sick and in extreme pain.
Advices posted during the month of February 2023
Holy Objects > Making Offerings > Offering Practices
Rinpoche gave this advice on how to collect “the most unbelievable merit” when making offerings, originally in relation to offerings to the Boudha Stupa, in Kathmandu, Nepal. A room close to the stupa had been rented for that purpose. Rinpoche’s...
Path to Enlightenment (lamrim) > Karma > Understanding Karma
In this letter, Rinpoche advised that the current problems in the world, such as the COVID-19 pandemic and natural disasters, are the result of harming others. Rinpoche said he hopes that people can learn how to stop the suffering and achieve...
Benefiting Animals > Non-harming > Being Vegetarian
This letter was sent to the owner of a guesthouse where Rinpoche stayed in Maratika, eastern Nepal. Rinpoche said if she could stop eating fish, he would offer thanks from the bottom of his heart on behalf of all the fish, who cannot speak.
Contemporary Issues > Politics and Conflict > Advice to Politicians
A high-ranking government official asked a student to help him with a mo and puja to bless him for success in a forthcoming election. The student sought help from Rinpoche because if the politician was elected he could be like a guardian...
Sickness and Health > Infectious Diseases > Various Infections
A student had been sick for three months due to Cytomegalovirus and Epstein-Barr virus. Their symptoms included a fever for the past eight weeks, feeling very tired and lacking energy.
Sickness and Health > Brain and Nervous System > Neurological Disorders
A student wrote to Rinpoche regarding ALS (Lou Gehrig's Disease). Rinpoche checked and advised the following.
Emptiness > Advice on Emptiness Practice > Emptiness Meditation
Rinpoche advised how to meditate on emptiness by reciting verses or quotations from the Buddha’s teachings while doing any kind of mundane activity.
Family and Relationships > Children > Advice for Children
Rinpoche sent this letter to a Sherpa teenager who had contacted him. Rinpoche gave a brief outline of the Buddhist path and encouraged her to study Dharma and live her life with a good heart. The student’s letter and Rinpoche’s response are...
Negative Emotions > Depression > Feeling Suicidal
Rinpoche advised these practices for a student’s son who was depressed and having suicidal thoughts. The parents had asked Rinpoche what they could do to help him.
Benefiting Animals > Practices to Benefit Animals > Animal Liberation
Rinpoche sent cards and this advice to thank students who were helping with animal rescue and care at Kopan Monastery and in Australia.
Advices posted during the month of January 2023
Working for the Dharma > Translation Work > Translating Texts and Teachings
Lama Zopa Rinpoche was invited to write a foreword for the English translation of Lama Tsongkhapa’s Illuminating the Intent, an important...
