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The Four Friends, by Lama Zopa Rinpoche.

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Archive of previous e-Letters:

No. 256: October 2024 : Cherishing Others More Than Myself (LZR)
No. 255: September 2024 : Compassion Has to Arise! (LZR)
No. 254: August 2024 : Seeing Things as a Hallucination (LZR)
No. 253: July 2024 : We Are Here to Serve Others (LZR)
No. 252: June 2024 : The Total Reality of All Existence (LY)
No. 251: May 2024 : Recognizing the False I (LZR)
No. 250: April 2024 : Bearing Hardship With a Happy Mind (LZR)
No. 249: March 2024 : Shopping With Dharma in Your Heart (LZR)
No. 248: February 2024 : Death Might Come First (LZR)
No. 247: January 2024 : The Special Attitude (LZR)
No. 246: December 2023 : Taking Care of the Mind (LZR)
No. 245: November 2023 : The Unimaginable Qualities of a Bodhisattva (LZR)
No. 244: October 2023 : The Need for Power Comes from Attachment (LZR)
No. 243: September 2023 : The Positive Vibration of Mantra (LY)
No. 242: August 2023 : Support for the Dying (LZR)
No. 241: July 2023 : The Power of the Object (LZR)
No. 240: June 2023 : The Lamrim Shows the Entire Path (LZR)
No. 239: May 2023 : Preparing for Death (LZR)
No. 238: April 2023 : The Guru Is All the Buddhas (LZR)
No. 237: March 2023 : Lama Yeshe on Bodhicitta (LY)
No. 236: February 2023 : The Purpose of Our Life (LZR)
No. 235: January 2023 : Refuge in the Three Rare Sublimes (LY)
No. 234: December 2022 : Advantages of Taking Vows (LZR)
No. 233: November 2022 : All Beings Are Precious, So Too Is Your Child (LZR)
No. 232: October 2022 : Dharma in Daily Life (LY)
No. 231: September 2022 : Teaching Dharma to Westerners (LY)
No. 230: August 2022 : Anxiety in the Nuclear Age (LY)
No. 229: July 2022 : Refuge in Sangha (LY)
No. 228: June 2022 : How to Meditate on the Refuge and Bodhicitta Prayer (LZR)
No. 227: May 2022 : Lama's Concluding EEC1 Talk (LY)
No. 226: April 2022 : What is Dharma? (LZR)
No. 225: March 2022 : The Qualities of the Guru (LZR)
No. 224: February 2022 : Building a Stupa and the Generosity of Sister Max (Adele Hulse)
No. 223: January 2022 : Acting in the Middle Path (LY)
No. 222: December 2021 : Medicine for the Emotional Mind (LZR)
No. 221: November 2021 : The Importance of Guru Devotion (LZR)
No. 220: October 2021 : Lama Yeshe on True Suffering and Its Cause (LY)
No. 219: September 2021 : Stories of Guru Shakyamuni Buddha's Powers (LZR)
No. 218: August 2021 : Whatever We Feel, We Should Remember Bodhicitta (LZR)
No. 217: July 2021 : How Living in Morality Brings Peace (LZR)
No. 216: June 2021 : The Happiest Life Is When You Practice Bodhicitta (LZR)
No. 215: May 2021 : The Twofold Benefit of Bodhicitta (LZR)
No. 214: April 2021 : The Nectar of Bodhicitta (LZR)
No. 213: March 2021 : Lama Yeshe on Guru Devotion (LY)
No. 212: February 2021 : We All Have Many Lifetimes (LZR)
No. 211: January 2021 : Being in Prison Is an Incredible Opportunity (LZR)
No. 210: December 2020 : Illuminating the World with Dharma (H.H. Ling Rinpoche)
No. 209: November 2020 : What is Bodhicitta? (LZR)
No. 208: October 2020 : Practice Rejoicing (LZR)
No. 207: September 2020 : Bodhicitta Is the Real Essential (LY)
No. 206: August 2020 : Dissatisfaction is the Result of Desire (LZR)
No. 205: July 2020 : The Reality of What You Are (LY)
No. 204: June 2020 : The Enemy Comes from the Mind (LZR)
No. 203: May 2020 : No Choice But to Develop Compassion and Bodhicitta (LZR)
No. 202: April 2020 : The Bodhisattva Vows (LY)
No. 201: March 2020 : Sangha is Us Helping Each Other (LY)
No. 200: February 2020 : Dharma in Daily Life (LY)
No. 199: January 2020 : Lama Zopa Rinpoche on Dharma Celebrations (LZR)
No. 198: December 2019 : The Importance of Bodhicitta (LY)
No. 197: November 2019 : Lama Yeshe on Tantra (LY)
No. 196: October 2019 : The Peaceful Prison (LY)
No. 195: September 2019 : Put a Positive Label on It (LY)
No. 194: August 2019 : Doing Two Things at Once (LY)
No. 193: July 2019 : Subdue Your Mind (LZR)
No. 192: June 2019 : The First Clear Step (LY)
No. 191: May 2019 : How to Transform Obstacles (LZR)
No. 190: April 2019 : Why Be a Vegetarian (LZR)
No. 189: March 2019 : The Enlightenment Attitude (LY)
No. 188: February 2019 : Purifying the Dualistic Mind (LY)
No. 187: January 2019 : The Illusory Nature of Reality (LY)
No. 186: December 2018 : Help Us Reach Our Year-end Goal (Nick Ribush)
No. 185: November 2018 : The First Kopan Meditation Course (Adele Hulse/LZR)
No. 184: October 2018 : An Excerpt from Big Love (Adele Hulse/LY)
No. 183: September 2018 : The Path to Ultimate Happiness (LZR)
No. 182: August 2018 : The Author Explains How Big Love Came About (Adele Hulse)
No. 181: July 2018 : A Healthy, Peaceful Mind (LZR)
No. 180: June 2018 : The Qualities of Lama Yeshe (LZR)
No. 179: May 2018 : Accepting Reality (LY)
No. 178: April 2018 : Happiness Comes From Your Own Mind (LZR)
No. 177: March 2018 : Advice on Benefiting Animals (LZR)
No. 176: February 2018 : The Dangers of the Discriminating Mind (LY)
No. 175: January 2018 : A Promise From the Compassion Buddha (LZR)
No. 174: December 2017 : Cherishing Others is the Source of All Happiness (LZR)
No. 173: November 2017 : You Have Infinite Reasons to be Compassionate (LZR)
No. 172: October 2017 : In Praise of Rinpoche (Merry Colony)
No. 171: September 2017 : You Have Time to Get It Done (LZR)
No. 170: August 2017 : The Benefits of Reciting OM MANI PADME HUM (LZR)
No. 169: July 2017 : Eight Verses of Thought Transformation (LZR)
No. 168: June 2017 : Where is the I? (LZR)
No. 167: May 2017 : Happiness Comes From the Mind (LZR)
No. 166: April 2017 : What is Dharma? (LY)
No. 165: March 2017 : Don't Miss the Opportunity (LY)
No. 164: February 2017 : Life is Karma (LY)
No. 163: January 2017 : Our Mind is Like the Surface on Which We Make a Drawing (LY)
No. 162: December 2016 : Each Second of Our Everyday Life (LZR)
No. 161: November 2016 : Why Everyone Should Recite OM MANI PADME HUM (LZR)
No. 160: October 2016 : The Antidote to Delusion (LZR)
No. 159: September 2016 : More Pleasure, More Ignorance (LY)
No. 158: August 2016 : Rinpoche, We Love You
No. 157: July 2016 : Compassion Brings Us Closer to Enlightenment (LZR)
No. 156: June 2016 : Shootings in America (LZR)
No. 155: May 2016 : Rejoicing is the Best (LZR)
No. 154: April 2016 : Make the Mind Wet (LZR)
No. 153: March 2016 : We Think We’re Conscious But We’re Not (LY)
No. 152: February 2016 : You Are Loving Kindness Wisdom Energy (LY)
No. 151: January 2016 : Not One Single Difficulty (LZR)
No. 150: December 2015 : Be Brave For Liberation! (LY)
No. 149: November 2015 : Tomorrow or the Next Life? (LZR)
No. 148: October 2015 : How to Practice Dharma in Daily Life (LZR)
No. 147: Aug-Sept 2015 : Inner Winning is the Real Winning (LZR)
No. 146: July 2015 : What We Do to Protect this Nonexistent Real I (LZR)
No. 145: June 2015 : The Self-Cherishing Thought (LZR)
No. 144: May 2015 : Life is Full of Hope (LZR)
No. 143: April 2015 : Taking the Suffering of Others (LZR)
No. 142: March 2015 : How to Make Waterbowl Offerings (LZR)
No. 141: February 2015 : The Importance of Compassion (LZR)
No. 140: January 2015 : Nourishing Our Loving Kindness Wisdom Energy (LY)
No. 139: December 2014 : Creating the Causes of Happiness (LZR)
No. 138: November 2014 : Happiness Depends on Transforming the Mind(LZR)
No. 137: October 2014 : Bodhicitta: The Disadvantage of Anger(LZR)
No. 136: September 2014 : Taking Care of the Mind(LZR)
No. 135: August 2014 : Universal Responsibility (LZR)
No. 134: July 2014 : Taking Care of Our Monks and Nuns (LY)
No. 133: June 2014 : Why We All Need to Develop Compassion (LZR)
No. 132: May 2014 : Don't Get Angry at the Stick (LZR)
No. 131: April 2014 : Is Attachment Completely Negative? (LY)
No. 130: March 2014 : The Guru Brings You to Enlightenment (LZR)
No. 129: February 2014 : Remembering Lama Yeshe (LZR)
No. 128: January 2014 : Appearance and Illusion(LY)
No. 127: December 2013 : True Dharma Practitioners Welcome Trouble (LY)
No. 126: November 2013 : The Nature of Causative Phenomena (LZR)
No. 125: October 2013 : We Are The Blind Turtle (LZR)
No. 124: September 2013 : The Importance of Retreat(LY)
No. 123: August 2013 : Why We Need to Help Others (LZR)
No. 122: July 2013 : Taking Care of Ourselves(LZR)
No. 121: June 2013 : Meditation on the Clarity of Mind (LY)
No. 120: May 2013 : A Prayer for Children (LZR)
No. 119: April 2013 : Offering Service at the Center (LZR)
No. 118: March 2013 : Offerings to Holy Objects (LZR)
No. 117: February 2013 : Why Refuge? (LY)
No. 116: January 2013 : Non-duality (LY)
No. 115: December 2012 : Offering Thanks to the Guru (LZR)
No. 114: November 2012 : The Dharma Path to Happiness (LZR)
No. 113: October 2012 : His Holiness the Dalai Lama and Lama Zopa Rinpoche Visit
No. 112: September 2012 : Lama Yeshe's Biography Big Love: 1977
No. 111: August 2012 : Mind, Consciousness, and Buddha Nature (LZR)
No. 110: July 2012 : The Benefits of Dharma Practice (LZR)
No. 109: June 2012 : The Importance of Knowing What Dharma Is (LZR)
No. 108: May 2012 : Emptiness as the Basis for Deity Yoga (LY)
No. 107: April 2012 : Commentary on Vajrasattva Practice (LZR)
No. 106: March 2012 : Commentary on Calling the Guru From Afar (LZR)
No. 105: February 2012 : Meditation on the Sound of Praise and Criticism (LZR)
No. 104: January 2012 : Three Ways to Benefit Animals (LZR)
No. 103: December 2011 : Christmas Dharma (LY)
No. 102: November 2011 : Liberating Animals (LZR)
No. 101: October 2011 : Why Dharma? (LZR)
No. 100: September 2011 : The Eight Worldly Dharmas: Gain and Loss (LZR)
No. 99: August 2011 : The Good Heart is the Root of Happiness (LZR)
No. 98: July 2011 : The Eight Verses of Thought Transformation (LZR)
No. 97: June 2011 : The Kindness of the Mother (LZR)
No. 96: May 2011 : Compassion is the Essence of Religion (LZR)
No. 95: April 2011 : When the Guru Manifests Illness (LZR)
No. 94: March 2011 : Lama Yeshe's Biography: 1979
No. 93: February 2011 : Bodhisattva Attitude (LZR)
No. 92: January 2011 : Generating Bodhicitta (LZR)
No. 91: December 2010 : Advice for Daily Practice (LZR)
No. 90: November 2010 : Address to the FPMT Family (LY)
Special Mailing : The Essential Work of the Archive
No. 89: October 2010 : Advice For Depression (LZR)
No. 88: September 2010 : Lama Zopa Rinpoche's Visit to LYWA's New Home
Special Mailing : Update: America's First Kalachakra Stupa
No. 87: August 2010 : The Real Hero (LZR)
Special Mailing : America's First Kalachakra Stupa
No. 86: July 2010 : Coping With Death (LY)
Special Mailing : A New Home for the Archive
No. 85: June 2010 : The Tantric Path (LZR)
No. 84: May 2010 : Lama Yeshe's Biography: 1972
No. 83: April 2010 : Cheated By the World (LZR)
No. 82: March 2010 : Attachment and Past Lives (LZR)
No. 81: February 2010 : Universal Responsibility (LZR)
Travelling to Singapore and Malaysia Feb-Mar 2010 (Nick Ribush)
No. 80: January 2010 : Discovering the Meaning of Dharma (LZR)
No. 79: December 2009 : The Shortcomings of Samsara (LZR)
No. 78: November 2009 : Understanding Emptiness (LY)
No. 77: October 2009 : How To Be Happy To Practice Dharma (LZR)
Special Mailing October 2009 : The Core Work of the Archive
No. 76: September 2009 : Some Characteristics of Mind (LY)
Special Mailing September 2009 : Join Rinpoche in Retreat Online
No. 75: August 2009 : The Importance of Understanding Karma (LZR)
No. 74: July 2009 : The Importance of Lama Chöpa (LZR)
No. 73: June 2009 : The Nature of Ignorance (LZR)
Special Mailing : Spreading Peace and Happiness for the Benefit of all
No. 72: May 2009 : The Nature of Mind (LZR)
No. 71: April 2009 : Crazy With Desire (LZR)
Special Mailing: : Help Build Boston's Kalachakra Stupa
No. 70: March 2009 : Continuity of Consciousness (LZR)
No. 69: February 2009 : Integrating What You've Heard (LY)
No. 68: January 2009 : The Source of Happiness (LZR)
No. 67: December 2008 : More Benefits of Medicine Buddha Practice (LZR)
No. 66: November 2008 : Benefits of Medicine Buddha Practice (LZR)
No. 65: October 2008 : Bringing Dharma to the West (LY)
No. 64: September 2008 : Milarepa (LZR)
No. 63: August 2008 : The Bliss of Avoiding Extremes (LY)
No. 62: July 2008 : I’m Really Not There (LZR)
No. 61: June 2008 : Answers Are Already in Your Mind (LY)
No. 60: May 2008 : Meditating on the Perfect Human Rebirth (LZR)
No. 59: April 2008 : Understanding Attachment (LY)
No. 58: March 2008 : Remembering the Kindness of All Mother Sentient Beings (LZR)
No. 57: February 2008 : Why Do We Need A Guru? (LZR)
Special Announcement: February 2008 : Our New Books Have Arrived
No. 56: January 2008 : More Shortcomings of Attachment (LY)
No. 55: December 2007 : The Root of the Path (LZR)
Special Mailing: 2007 Year End Appeal
No. 54: November 2007 : Meditation (LY)
No. 53: October 2007 : How A Table Exists (LZR)
No. 52: September 2007 : The Fundamentals of Tantra (LY)
No. 51: July 2007 : The Power of Compassion (LZR)
No. 50: June 2007 : More Advice on Daily Practice (LZR)
No. 49: May 2007 : Shunyata Mantra and Meditation on Emptiness (LY)
No. 48: April 2007 : Bodhicitta (LY)
No. 47: March 2007 : The Causes of Happiness and Suffering (LZR)
Special Announcement March 2007 : Lama Yeshe Portraits
No. 46: February 2007 : Introduction to Tantra (LY)
No. 45: January 2007 : The Purpose of Meditation (LY)
No. 44: December 2006 : Anger and Enemies (LY)
No. 43: October-November 2006 : What is Buddhism? (LY)
No. 42: September 2006 : On Educating Children (LY)
No. 41: August 2006 : How We Started Teaching Westerners (LY)
No. 40: July 2006 : Taking Suffering and Giving Happiness (LY)
No. 39: June 2006 : The Preliminaries (LY)
No. 38: May 2006 : Two Departments of Ego and Attachment (LY)
No. 37: April 2006 : The Practice of the First Three Perfections-con't (LZR)
No. 36: March 2006 : The Practice of the First Three Perfections (LZR)
No. 35: February 2006 : Visualizing yourself as a deity (LY)
No. 34: January 2006 : Peaceful Mind, Peaceful World (LZR)
No. 33: December 2005 : Transference of Consciousness—conclusion (LY)
No. 32: November 2005 : Transference of Consciousness—continued (LY)
No. 31: October 2005 : Transference of Consciousness (LY)
No. 30: September 2005 : The Root of Samsara (LZR)
No. 29: August 2005 : Meditation on Emptiness (LZR)
No. 28: July 2005 : Mind Retreat (LZR)
No. 27: June 2005 : Practicing Lam-Rim in Daily Life (LZR)
No. 26: May 2005 : Advice for Daily Practice (LZR)
No. 25: April 2005 : Making Your Car Beneficial for All Sentient Beings (LZR)
No. 24: March 2005 : The Preciousness of Every Sentient Being (LZR)
No. 23: February 2005 : Po-wa: Transference of Consciousness (LY)
No. 22: January 2005 : Guru Devotion (LZR)
No. 21: December 2004 : Refuge and the Guru Omniscient Mind (LZR)
No. 20: November 2004 : Visualization in Tantra (LY)
No. 19: October 2004 : The Meaning of OM MANI PADME HUM (LZR)
No. 18: September 2004 : Reincarnation and Past Lives (LZR)
No. 17: August 2004 : The Benefits of Bodhicitta (LZR)
No. 16: July 2004 : Doing Two Things at Once (LY)
Special Mailing June 2004 UPDATE : Reciting the Sanghata Sutra
Special Mailing June 2004 : Reciting the Sanghata Sutra
No. 15: June 2004 : Hinayana, Mahayana and the Meaning of Yana (LY)
No. 14: May 2004 : Understanding Reality (LY)
No. 13: April 2004 : Meditating on the Perfect Human Rebirth (LZR)
No. 12: February-March 2004 : Giving Up the 8 Worldly Dharmas (LZR)
No. 11: January 2004 : Karma, Inner Strength and Life Itself (LY)
No. 10: November-December 2003 : Understanding Karma (LY)
No. 9: October 2003 : Spiritual Materialism (LY)
No. 8: September 2003 : Marriage and Related Topics (LY)
No. 7: August 2003 : Follow Your Path Without Attachment (LY)
No. 6: July 2003 : The Kindness of Other Sentient Beings (LZR)
No. 5: June 2003 : Meditating on Impermanence and Death (LZR)
No. 4: May 2003 : The Importance of the Lam-Rim Outline (LZR)
No. 3: April 2003 : Why We Need Meditation (LY)
No. 2: March 2003 : Know What You're Doing (LY)
No. 1: February 2003 (Welcome) : What Buddhism's About (LY)