Advice for a Long-term Student
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Practice advice given by Rinpoche to a long-term student.
- Lama Tsongkhapa did so many prostrations, then realizations came like rainfall. You should do 400,000 prostrations to the Thirty-five Buddhas. Do these as much as you can, you don’t have to be strict. These are very important.
- Migtsema: 300,000. As you have time, do the secret visualization.
- Vajrasattva mantra: 400,000.
- Liberation in the Palm of Your Hand: study this book five times. This means read it five times and think about it. As well, read the Lam rim Chen mo three times.
- After doing these practices, do effortful meditation on lamrim, following the outline. The guide book for this is The Essential Nectar. Do this cycle four times, then do effortless meditation.