Chronic Neck Pain

Chronic Neck Pain

Date of Advice:
May 2015
Date Posted:
May 2017

A cervical herniated disc had caused partial paralysis of a student's left arm and he was in constant pain due to cervicobrachial neuralgia, nerve pain radiating from his neck. The student requested Rinpoche’s advice and recommendations.

My most dear, most kind, most precious, wish-fulfilling one,
I am sorry for the long delay.

I checked and if you can, read the Vajra Cutter Sutra three times by yourself. That is extremely powerful. It cuts the root of the oceans of samsaric suffering, not just disease, but the oceans of suffering of each realm—the hell beings, hungry ghosts, animals, human beings, suras and asuras. It would help a lot if you could read this three times. It leaves a positive imprint on the mind and helps to quickly realize shunyata, emptiness, and by the way it also pacifies obstacles.

Don’t read the sutra only to pacify your own problems. There are numberless people who have even worse suffering than yours, so read it for all of them and for all those people who need to read the Vajra Cutter Sutra.

If you can, ask Kopan nunnery to read the Prajnaparamita texts for you. There are three volumes, small, medium and large.

Also you need to read the Golden Light Sutra at least four times.

I will do some pujas for you also, including jung shi, the torma offering to the harmonious elements, a practice composed by Padampa Sangye.

With much love and prayers...