My very dear Lawrence,I am very, very sorry for the many eons of delay in replying to your sincere letter. Thank you very much for your kind letter.

A student wrote to Rinpoche asking for advice on which practices to do.

Rinpoche composed the following letter to an ex-monk who had written to him many times. One of the problems he was experiencing was receiving criticism and abuse from people, and he also felt that some women were pursuing him. He had studied a good deal.

A student wrote to Rinpoche explaining his daily practice and asking if he should be doing anything different.

This letter sent to a student includes instructions on lamrim meditation and other prayers and practices, and advice on how to practice sleeping Dharma.

From time to time, each month, you should take the eight precepts/24-hour Mahayana vows. This should be done especially on the special Buddhist days, such as enlightenment day, Shakyamuni’s birthday, descending day, etc.

Rinpoche gave this advice to a nun who had disrobed and started taking drugs, but had later stopped. She sent a letter of confession, also saying she had stopped doing all her practices.

A student, an ex-monk, stopped doing all his practices, had children, then wrote after a few years asking for guidance. In that time he had become very disillusioned.

If you wear Namgyalma protection it purifies you all the time, so it's good to wear it, but don't put it in your trouser pocket because the protection will go down.

My very dear, most kind, most precious, most wish-fulfilling mother,Thank you very much for your kind letter. I just arrived from Mongolia, where they did a 108 million Mani Retreat.