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Practice Advice

My very dear Berenice,I am very, very happy to receive your letter about your practice and life, very happy that you are the librarian at the study group, happy that you attended the Kopan course and enjoyed it, with good Dharma friends.

Practice Advice for Benefactors

What is most important for this world's peace, which has so much suffering, both globally and individually, is the practice of Dharma.

Making Life Meaningful

My very dear Keith,Thank you very much for practicing Dharma and opening your heart to sentient beings. You are turning toward enlightenment.Please study well these instructions (attached), then you will understand well how to follow the path.

Practice Advice

Namgyalma mantra is very good, very powerful purification. One day Lama Yeshe and I were in south India and we went to see my root guru, His Holiness Trijang Rinpoche. During the interview His Holiness was constantly reciting Namgyalma mantra.

Practice Advice

My very dear Sylvia,Thank you very much for your kind letter.I want to advise you to recite the Diamond Cutter Sutra seven times and to perform 100 prostrations every day, by reciting the 35 Buddhas names.

Lama Chöpa and Manjushri Prayer

My most dear, most kind, most precious wish-fulfilling Luke,Thank you for your messages, I read them. I am very sorry for the long delay in replying, so sorry.

Tradition in Past Life

My most dear Rob,I checked and it came out that your past life was more Nyingma and Sakya, but this can change from life to life, it depends on what practice is more beneficial.

Dharma Practice is Most Important

A student with many obstacles asked Rinpoche about returning to her home country. She had visa-related issues and was unable to find a good job or a husband. Rinpoche gave the following advice.