A nun was doing some translation work with Rinpoche when the phone rang. It was a longterm student, who was dying. Rinpoche spent a long time reassuring the person over and over again that everything would be OK. When he finally put down the phone, Rinpoche screwed up his face in an attitude of absolute compassion and shaking his head, told the nun, "He's in so much pain and even though he knows what to do, he can't meditate. He has such heavy obstacles, so much suffering." Immediately Rinpoche reached for one of the books on the shelf and began dictating the following practice "to not have pain at the time of death." Rinpoche said, "I try to recite this every day."
Recite this mantra every day to not have obstacles at the time of death, like heavy pain, incontinence, heavy karmic torment, and the sickness of terrifying karmic visions so you can't meditate.
This is the heart mantra of Eliminating Obscurations (Skt: Sarvanivaranaviskhambhin; Tib: Dribpa Namsel.)
OM SVETAVARA VIJALINE SVAHA
[Visit the FPMT Catalogue to find links to The Exalted Zung Called "Eliminating Obscurations" practice, and the audio file Recitations for Alleviating Pain.]
