Make Strong Prayers to Medicine Buddha

Make Strong Prayers to Medicine Buddha

Date of Advice:
January 2016
Date Posted:
April 2016

A student asked for life practices. Also, he wanted to become a translator, but his parents didn’t want him to go.

My most dear, most kind, most precious, wish-fulfilling one,
Please pray to Medicine Buddha very strongly and recite the seven names of Medicine Buddha and the mantra every day, making prayers for your parents to give freedom for you to go to Dharamsala and so forth, if you still want to be a translator for the center.

Do this as a daily practice at the moment. You can do the sadhana every day and then sometimes do the middle-length puja, called The Wish-fulfilling Jewel. [Find links to these practices in the FPMT Catalogue.] Make strong prayers to Medicine Buddha that your parents will give you freedom to go to Dharamsala and so forth, to practice Dharma for the benefit of all beings.

The conclusion now is this: you have practices for many years, to make your life most meaningful. The main practice is to meditate on the lam-rim and to actualize the path for every single sentient being, which also of course includes your parents.

Please make your life most meaningful with the thought of bodhicitta day and night and in every action you do.

With much love and prayers...