In this advice, Rinpoche begins by advising that pure morality is the root of the Buddha’s teachings, In the second part of this advice, Rinpoche recommends building a monastery in the Solu Khumbu region of Nepal to ensure that the teachings of the Buddha are preserved.

A student had to harm animals like rats and insects for their research project at a university and was currently working with an agricultural pest, Spodoptera litura. The student routinely sacrificed these caterpillars and was aware of the negative karma but couldn’t see a way to rectify that. Rinpoche sent this advice regarding the Mahayana motivation and how to purify the negative karma of killing. 

This advice was given to a student who had serious health obstacles.