Life Practices for a Young Student at Kopan

My dear one,
Water bowls (800,000), can sometimes be done in a group, for example, at the ani [nuns] gompa, the group can do 100,000 in a short time. At other times, do the practice alone.

Lamrim meditation is the most important thing for you to do, because it makes the life useful, the best. In the break times from sitting, do activities with bodhicitta motivation, then do the sessions again with bodhicitta motivation. In this way, the sessions and the breaks help each other.

For deity practice, these deities come out best according to my observation and according to karma. Take the initiations, then do the practices, recite the mantras and do the retreats. The main deity is Tara Cittamani. Before the initiation, a great initiation of Heruka, Yamantaka, Kalachakra or even Secret Hayagriva is required. Then you should receive the commentary and do a short retreat for one year or another long retreat until there are signs, or by mantra, reciting six million. You can do the preliminaries beforehand, and also do some during the retreat.

With much love and prayers...