My dear Jane,Thank you for your letter about your practice of shamatha. I rejoice. It is very good to try.  See yourself as the deity, so it becomes tantric practice as well as shi-nä.

Advice from Lama Zopa Rinpoche about actualizing shinä.

My very dear Thomas,Thank you very much for your kind letter and offering of $100.Regarding your question on how to proceed after achieving calm abiding, put effort into realizing emptiness.

Dear Colin,

My very dear...

Rinpoche wrote this letter to two Tibetan monks who had served as attendants to a geshe. At the time of the letter, they were caring for the geshe after an operation for cancer.

A student wrote to Rinpoche about difficulties with their lama (spiritual teacher) and leaving the group they had been part of.

My very dear one,I heard the recent news; not BBC or CNN, but your center news. I am sorry how things have turned out there. I think the new director is sincerely trying to help the center in general, according to his view of the situation.

My dear one,I discussed with your friend, and she thought to set up her mind in a proper way—not going to extremes and not engaging in the heaviest negative karma, only thinking of others’ faults.

First of all, rejoice. Rejoice in all of your 15 years of service. Not just a little, but huge rejoicing. This is so unbelievable, unbelievable, unbelievable.