Rinpoche recommended these practices for a student who had been diagnosed with prostate cancer.

This advice about how to see the guru as a buddha was given to a student who had recently met Rinpoche at Kopan. 

A student asked Rinpoche about having a hip operation and also requested advice for retreat.

Rinpoche wrote this letter to a student who had overcome cancer through practicing tonglen. [Please note: Do not disregard medical advice or delay seeking it because of information on this website.]

Rinpoche advised lamrim study and practice, along with several preliminaries, including tsa tsas, for a student who had retired.

A student had received advice on extra practices for their health, but was concerned they couldn’t manage to do them all. Rinpoche sent this update. 

This dedication prayer for a large prayer wheel constructed in Thame, Solu Khumbu, was composed by Lama Zopa Rinpoche. The completed prayer wheel, which is 9 ft x 6 ft in size and contains 100 trillion mantras on microfilm, was blessed by Sangha and local community on August 12, 2022.

During the 2018 European Regional Meeting, Rinpoche advised the importance of setting a bodhicitta motivation so that every action becomes Dharma, the cause for enlightenment. 

Rinpoche sent this letter to a student in China, thanking him for a thangka and describing recent events in Bodhgaya at that time. Rinpoche also asked about some texts he was looking for and advised he would sponsor pujas for the student’s father.

Rinpoche checked and advised the following practices for a student whose mother had passed away.