My very dear Martha,I hope you are doing well and that you are happy. You can learn a lot from your present situation by looking at it in a positive way.

Rinpoche received a letter from a prisoner, who sent a list of all the practices and mantras he had performed. He replied as follows.

My very dear Cameron,Thank you very much for your kind letter. I am extremely happy that you opened your heart.

An inmate in a Californian prison recited one million Medicine Buddha mantras and dedicated them to Rinpoche’s long life. He then wrote requesting Rinpoche to be his guru. Rinpoche responded as follows.

My very dear Russell,

Rinpoche sent this message to some female prisoners in Australia.

To stop thinking, for prisoners, when the mind is too overwhelming, can bring calm, but you can’t stop thinking completely. It is better to have an object than not to have an object, otherwise the person may get spaced out.

A man in his early twenties wrote to Rinpoche from prison. He had been in and out of jails since he was thirteen years old, and was now imprisoned for attempted murder. He had since become a sincere Buddhist and studied hard in jail, where he was sentenced to remain for life.

Rinpoche sent this letter to a prisoner who was serving a ten-year sentence for the death of his son. 

Please let Don know that Rinpoche is doing prayers and will continue doing prayers. Rinpoche said that Don should recite the Diamond Cutter Sutra 10 times, as soon as possible. This will definitely help.