A student who cared for a colony of stray cats advised Rinpoche that she helped the cats by giving them Dharma names, chanting mantras and so forth. She asked Rinpoche if there was anything else she could do to help the cats.
Take Om Mani around the stupa as much as possible, outside and inside.
The purpose is to bring peace to the animals and to make their lives meaningful, so sooner or later they can be fully awakened and achieve the highest happiness. It is good to do animal liberation along with blessing the animals.
Letter from Panda Bear the dog: Dear Lama Zopa Rinpoche,Thank you for the sacred blessings that saved my life. I was found wandering alone in a park in Monterey and held at the Monterey County Shelter for a month. It was sooooooooooooooo scary!
To our most precious guide Lama Zopa Rinpoche,Due to Rinpoche’s very inspiring teachings we came up with some ideas which we have now put into action.First, we now have an animal liberation train.
If you protect one bird from the hawk you protect the hawk from hundreds of thousands of eons of creating negative karma and experiencing birth in the lower realms. Negative karma can result in suffering.
If you love your animal very much, this is what you must do for them, for their good rebirth and quick liberation from samsara.
My very dear Joanne,Thank you very much for your kind letter. Even if you are not practicing Tara, regretfully, Tara has appeared to you. Some people do a retreat on one deity and then see another one.
The Dharma center should really emphasize that each day it does Medicine Buddha puja, dedicated to each person who comes to its centers, for all the sick people whose names have been received, people who are dying and dead, all the people who have re
Rinpoche recommended the following practices for a student’s daughter, who had health problems.
