It will not necessarily be better just because it has been kept in very good condition. It doesn’t mean that problems won’t occur.

At the beginning, when the Sangha were flourishing, Lama Yeshe got all the monks and nuns to take turns cooking for the other Sangha. One nun didn’t know how to cook, so when it was her turn, she put some vegetables in oil then served them raw.

My most dear, most kind, most precious, wish-fulfilling Marie,Thank you for your kind email and your kind service. Thank you so much supporting the relics. This becomes great purification, and a way to collect extensive merits for sentient beings.

Of course, you heat it up, make it hot, then put a big piece of butter on it, slide it around, let it melt, and keep the rest in the center. Then, also you put sour cream on, the mixed one. Please enjoy, go into the clear light. Ha Ha Ha. 

My dearest Tom,How is your Mum?Probably you might have heard that Roger has stopped eating meat.

Rinpoche dictated this letter about the three types of suffering to a student’s mother, who was worried about death.

A letter thanking a student for his concern regarding Rinpoche's health and giving advice about the essence of lamrim practice. 

Commentary:This hourglass is to show how life is finishing so fast. Your life has a certain number of hours, minutes, seconds and split seconds; it is finishing so fast. During this time, how much of your life has been used to practice Dharma?