Practices for Lung

Practices for Lung

Date Posted:
November 2009

A new nun wrote saying she had lung.

Dear one,
I checked for a long time and this is my advice:

1) It comes out very good for you to read Amy Cayton’s book on lung (the book, Balanced Mind, Balanced Body, is for sale at the FPMT Store). It has different methods that people have used. Try these and see if some of these methods work for you.

2) Recite the Thirty-five Buddhas’ names. If it is hard for you to prostrate, then you can put your palms together in the mudra of prostration. Think that you are prostrating to not only the Thirty-five Buddhas but numberless Buddhas. Think nectar is flowing from the Thirty-five Buddhas, purifying all your negative karma, and chant the names. If you can, chant each name at least 21 times each day. Think that the nectar is purifying the four things (sickness, spirit harm, negative karma and defilements).

3) You need to either take Most Secret Hayagriva initiation or the Most Secret Hayagriva torma initiation. If you feel a connection with a lama who comes who can give this to you, you can take it. Otherwise, if you are going to India or Nepal over Losar maybe I can do it for you then.

4) Read the Diamond Cutter Sutra. This comes out very beneficial.

With much love and prayers...