Practice Advice for Nun
Rinpoche sent the following advice to a nun who had written asking what practices she should do.
My very dear Pauline,
Thank you for your email. Now, it is very good if you do some retreat, lamrim, and preliminaries, at this time. For your retreat, it comes out very good for you to do preliminaries and lamrim, then after that you can offer service at the center.
Meditate on the perfect human rebirth up to karma, specifically focus on the sufferings of samsara: the general sufferings of samsara and particular sufferings. This is what you should focus on for two years. I don't mean to do retreat for two years, I mean when you do lamrim meditation each day. Try to focus on this part of the lamrim, until the realization is stable in your mind.
Life is very short, we could die any time, and most definitely, after we die, we will be reborn in the lower realms, so it is the most urgent thing to liberate yourself. For that you need the lamrim, the three principles of the path, and most importantly, strong guru devotion.
If you can, read Liberation in the Palm of Your Hand, or Lama Tsongkhapa’s Lamrim Chenmo, specifically the part on the lower scope.
So, please practice Dharma, so that you can liberate sentient beings from the oceans of samsaric sufferings and bring them to enlightenment.
With much love and prayers...