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Practices for Purification

My very dear one,Thank you very much for coming all the way from Japan, so we are able to meet this time.You asked about purification practices. It came out good to recite the Arya Sanghata Sutra every day for four years.

Tsa-tsas for Purification and Merit

Dear Bob,To repay kindness, for your own purification, and to collect merit, please make a total of 90,000 Lama Tsongkhapa and long-life tsa-tsas. Also, please make a small stupa.With much love and prayer... 

Benefits of Vajrasattva Practice

If you want others to love you, you must first love others. If you benefit others, naturally they will benefit you. The cause and effect of karma is as simple as this.

Diamond Cutter Sutra and Prostrations

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

Mantra to Pacify Anger and Dislike

Rinpoche gave this mantra to a nun to pacify her boss’s anger and dislike toward her, and also to use if other people were to get angry with her.

White Umbrella Mantra and Deity

The Sanskrit name for the White Umbrella Deity is Ushnisha Sitatapatra [Tib: dü kar] which can also be translated as "The Victorious White Parasol." Her parasol indicates her ability to protect sentient beings from natural catastrophes, diseases

Handwritten Sanghata Sutra

I received the Sanghata Sutra and sat there for some time saying, “Fantastic, incredible, fantastic.”I feel I have offered a little service to the world by promoting and spreading the Sanghata Sutra, because anyone who reads it or writes