My very dear one,I received your letter and checked, and if you can, do tsog offerings 4,000 times. I don’t know how much you know about tsog, but it is very powerful.

You should do at least 10,000 prostrations to the Thirty-five Buddhas if you can.

My most dear one,Yes, you’re a very intelligent person, so you are able to read many books. So, reading the guru devotion book, The Heart of the Path, gave you a very inspiring education.

A student wrote to confess that he had negative, harmful thoughts when hearing Rinpoche speak, which he strongly regretted. He also asked for practice advice.

My dearest one,Here I am offering you a wish-granting jewel to put on the top of your mandala. HA HA HO. Please enjoy it, and use it to achieve full enlightenment and to fulfill the wishes of all numberless sentient beings in each realm.

My dear Kate,Thank you so much your kind letter. I highly appreciate your sincerity and your confession—you wanted to express that you missed your commitments and have now started again. That is very, very sincere, very good, what you are doing.

My very dear one,Thank you very much for your kind letter, I really respect and highly admire your sincerity and commitment and effort, and that so far you haven’t missed your prayer commitments.

Ten days after manifesting a stroke in April 2011, Rinpoche sent this message to a student who had offered flowers.

Rinpoche sent this letter to an old student who had given Rinpoche a video about a dog with great compassion.