Removing Life Obstacles
A student asked Rinpoche if he agreed with her plan to study the Master’s Program. She also asked how to make her life most meaningful.
My most dear, most kind, most precious, wish-fulfilling one,
Thank you for your kind letters. I read them and regarding your question, yes, you can go to the center to study the Master’s Program, but there are some obstacles, so you need to:
- Do the extensive Medicine Buddha puja four times
- Liberate 100 animals. These can be insects or worms. Please do this according to my advice on how to liberate animals, by taking them around holy objects, etc. [See also Liberating Animals, available from FPMT Foundation Store.]
You should do Amitayus long life retreat. You can recite the short mantra or the long mantra. If you recite the long mantra, then you need to do 10,000 mantras; if you are reciting the short mantra, then do 100,000.
Then after three years, you can try to be a nun.
Please continue your life to be beneficial to all sentient beings, with a good heart and bodhicitta as much as possible. This is most beneficial for sentient beings, so when it becomes most beneficial to sentient beings, then naturally it becomes beneficial for yourself.
With much love and prayers...