With regard to your question about the protector and your concern about not generating negative thoughts and losing faith toward other lamas, the decision that you have taken is correct.

My very dear Jimmy,Thank you very much your kind letter. I appreciate you following His Holiness the Dalai Lama’s wishes. That helps Tibet, and also helps your growth—not physical growth, but spiritual growth. You made a wise decision.

Once you have made a Dharma connection with the virtuous friend, your guru, you cannot give up this relationship unless the guru himself or herself says, “Don’t come,” or “Don’t regard me as your guru.”By giving up Geshe Kelsang Gyatso, you have crea

With regard to your meditation, you can train your mind in the generation stage, until one sees all gurus as buddha and all buddhas as the guru, until one has very strong, stable devotion, not the devotion that arises after just a few hours or days,

The most important thing is the motivation in life. This transforms ka-ka into gold.

A student wrote to Rinpoche with questions about her daily practice. Rinpoche gave the following advice.

Rinpoche gave the following advice to a student who had asked about daily practice.

Rinpoche gave this advice on daily practice to students at the 37th meditation course at Kopan Monastery, Nepal.

A young girl, whose whole family was very dedicated to Rinpoche and the Dharma, asked for advice for her mother.

My very dear Lauren,