My very dear Charles,
Thank you for your kind letter. I am sorry for the many eons’ delay.
According to my observations, this is what you should do for your health:
- Every day perform Medicine Buddha practice.
- Have four Naga Pujas performed. The geshe at your Dharma center can do these for you.
- Perform prostrations to the Thirty-five Buddhas, reciting the Thirty-five Buddhas’ names as you prostrate.
Then, according to my observations, it would be very good for you to be treated by a Tibetan doctor. I will give you his details. It is also good for you to continue taking the Tibetan medicine that you are taking now. Also, these additional Tibetan medicines would be beneficial:
- Moon Crystal: take four a week for nine weeks, with a day’s break between pills, so take one every second day.
- Kurkyen: take three times a day for two weeks.
Please practice tonglen. Use your sickness to develop bodhicitta, to achieve enlightenment, and to be able to enlighten all sentient beings.
A Rinpoche I know took the aspect of having cancer recently. He had all the chemotherapy treatment, but when I saw him recently he said that even though he had all the treatments, the ultimate one, the one that had such a miraculous result was tonglen. This Rinpoche has the aspect of old age, and usually it would be very difficult to recover as well as he has. He said the heart practice is tonglen.
With much love and prayers...
