Lama Zopa Rinpoche's Online Advice Book
Health
Many of the people who write to Rinpoche have health problems and are suffering from illnesses or pain. In this section, Rinpoche relates the amazing story of a woman cured of AIDS after performing specific spiritual practices, and how the purification of negative karma and visualizing taking on the suffering of others can relieve our pain and sickness. He also looks at the importance of healing and transforming the mind.
Rinpoche points out that sickness can actually persuade us to practice, to do something worthwhile with our lives, for ourselves and others, whereas a long life with no obstacles could become full of distraction and wasted.
Also, Rinpoche shows how pain is very powerful purification of negative karma, and we can use it to develop bodhicitta, loving kindness, and compassion for others. In this way, every time we experience pain it brings us closer to enlightenment.
Please Note: Lama Zopa Rinpoche gave these pieces of advice to specific individuals for specific illnesses. We encourage you to consult a qualified lama before applying them. We don’t guarantee that these practices can heal an individual’s illness and can’t be held responsible if they cause harm or do not heal your illness. They are provided for informational purposes only; apply them at your own discretion.
Nevertheless, Rinpoche has suggested that we make these available to give a general idea of how we can help others. Also, sometimes people are in distress from, for example, spirit harm, and don’t have a lama to whom they can turn, and experience has shown that when some have employed Rinpoche's advice, it has helped. Rinpoche has said that sometimes people see a piece of advice and have a strong feeling to try it and that this is the Buddha’s action guiding the person toward the correct method to heal them.
Topics
Addictions
AIDS
Arthritis
Brain Disorders
Cancer
Healing
Hepatitis C
Mental Health
Operations
Other Illnesses
Practices for Pacifying Illness
Stomach and Digestive Problems
Transforming Pain and Illness
