Amitayus Long Life Practice for Cancer

Amitayus Long Life Practice for Cancer

Date of Advice:
March 2016
Date Posted:
November 2018

A student wrote that she had advanced breast cancer. Rinpoche offered this advice.

My most dear, most kind, most precious, wish-fulfilling one,
Thank you for your email and sorry for the delay in replying. What comes out very good for you is if I make mantra water and send that to you. This comes out very good. You can drink the mantra water each day with a visualization.

If you can, start doing Amitayus Long Life practice now. You must do this. Try to recite the mantra 150,000 times—half can be the short mantra and half the long mantra. Try to do this practice with the meditation and visualization if you can.

This is very important not only for your long life. Also think of the long life of your family members; the long life of His Holiness the Dalai Lama; the long life of all the holy beings who benefit the Sangha and preserve the Dharma; and all sentient beings who serve the Sangha and the teachings of the Buddha; also the long life of all people who do good things.

Also think, may the evil beings meet Dharma and create the cause of happiness, virtue, and abandon the cause of suffering, non-virtue. In this way may they have a long life, meet the Dharma and actualize the path, bodhicitta, and achieve enlightenment.

So, do not only recite the mantra for yourself but recite it as I mentioned.

Please try this. I am also making prayers for you.

With much love and prayers ...