This letter is to explain the following matter mainly to the sublime Geshe Drukda, who is endowed with loving kindness and incomparable kindness, and all the students of the Hardong Khangzen.

To my very dear friends and students,I heard there is some misunderstanding about how I was recognized, so I just want to give you the details here.

Dear Julie,I checked and it’s best for you to be in retreat or doing serious practice, like the Manis. Doing work like you are doing now and focusing on a career doesn't come out well. Later, not now, it’s good to think about being a nun.

My very dear Joanna,Thank you very much for your kind letter.According to my observations, there seem to be some obstacles to you completing college. Not going to college also comes out negative. This means there is an obstacle.

My very dear Karen,Thank you very much for your kind letter. I am very sorry it took so long for me to reply.

Rinpoche gave this advice to a student who had a strong wish to get ordained and also to do long-term retreat, but was in a relationship and was concerned about hurting her partner by leaving.

One way to celebrate a birthday is as if you have just been in a place where there’s great danger. You might not have survived, but you have. That’s a miracle. It’s amazing that since the last birthday, over this past year, you did not die.

My very dear Janine,Thank you very much for your kind letter.Even if you are at university, you still have to work under people or with people. Working under someone is not necessarily a negative thing.

It’s a complicated matter. Your wife may count on being with you again. This other woman might have another partner, even though she wants to be with you, and you may cause great suffering to the other man.

Regarding global warming, usually the real cause, karma, isn’t talked about. The reality is: nothing happens without relating to the mind. People think, “This is a natural disaster,” but it doesn’t happen without a cause, and the main cause is karma.