Advice from Lama Zopa Rinpoche, Spiritual Director of FPMT
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Support His Holiness and Tibet - The purpose of doing demonstrations is to fulfill the Guru His Holiness the Dalai Lama’s Holy wishes…
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Anyone who wants Peace in the World should recite the Golden Light Sutra.
How to Practice: Advice to a Study Group
This is a condensed advice for each of us on how to practice for our entire lives.
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Animals
- How to Benefit Animals
- Turkeys – Help Them on Thanksgiving
- Bird Flu (Nov 2005)
- Benefit of Centers:
- Benefits of Working for Dharma Centers
- Dharma Centers - Why Do They Exist
- FPMT Education and Organization
- How Fortunate and Happy We Are!
- Need for Organization
- The Real Professional
- Sangha are the Heroes
- Successful Service due to Guru Devotion
- Death - Essential Practices for the Time of Death
- Methods to Counteract Spirit Harm
- Practices to do for Contagious Diseases
(Please note: These documents are in booklet format and need to be printed out, 2-sided photocopied and then folded into booklets to be properly used.) - Using Sickness For the Path
- Counteract the SARS Virus
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Click here for the image of White Umbrella deity - Benefits of Having Many Holy Objects
- Benefits of the Prayer Wheel
- Essential Mantras for Holy Objects (June 07)
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Essential Mantras for Holy Objects (LTR)
Essential Mantras for Holy Objects (A4)
Four Dharmakaya Relic Mantras for Rolling (LTR)
Four Dharmakaya Relic Mantras for Rolling (A4)
Zung (Mantra) of the Exalted Completely Pure Stainless Light Mantra for Rolling (LTR)
Zung (Mantra) of the Exalted Completely Pure Stainless Light Mantra for Rolling (A4) - Holy Relics
- Why Holy Objects are Precious and Wish-fulfilling
- Disasters of the Elements
hurricanes, earthquakes, etc - Earthquake/Tsunami Disaster (Dec 26th 2004)
- Support His Holiness the Dalai Lama and Tibet – advice given March 27th 2008
- “Anyone who wants peace in the world should recite the Golden Light Sutra…” advice given in May 2007
- Advice given June 28 2004, specifically for Iraq and “for people who desire peace for themselves and for others”
- For World Peace (advice given after Sept 11th 2001)
- Avoid Negative Rejoicing (advice given after Sept 11th 2001)
- Avoid the Ten Non-Virtues
- Buddhist Marriage Ceremonies
- Driving - The Wheel of Sharp Weapons of My Negative Karma When Driving
- Heart Advice of Achos Rinpoche, with commentary from Rinpoche
- How to be a Real Professional
(Excerpt from How to Be a Real Professional) - Most Important for Success
- New Students and Prisoners
- Ordinary Life Actions - Make Them Meaningful
- Real Chöd Practice
- Golden Light Sutra in Various Languages
- Heart Sutra
- Sanghata Sutra in Various Languages
- Vajra Cutter Sutra in Various Languages
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Centers and FPMT Organization
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For more advice from Rinpoche on this subject in the form of short talks and letters, please go to http://www.lamayeshe.com/lamazopa/advicebook/transitions/index.shtml and http://www.lamayeshe.com/lamazopa/advicebook/health/index.shtml
For more advice from Rinpoche on this subject in the form of short talks and letters, please go to http://www.lamayeshe.com/lamazopa/advicebook/misfortune/index.shtml
For more advice from Rinpoche on this subject in the form of short talks and letters, please go to http://www.lamayeshe.com/lamazopa/advicebook/index.shtml
Sutras – various
For more advice from Lama Zopa Rinpoche on a wide range of topics in the form of short talks and letters go to - http://www.lamayeshe.com/lamazopa/advicebook/index.shtml