1. Thirty-five Buddhas tsa tsas: seven times. Long-life tsa tsas: three times.

2. Ask Geshe-la if he has the text Zungdu [a collection of dharanis found in the Kangyur]. Take the section of the Namgyalma mantra and put that on her body, touching the skin. Leave it on her when she is dying, even after the death, for some time.

3. Recite the Medicine Buddha puja aloud for her, especially reciting the mantras out loud. Recite a mala of the mantra in her ear, then talk positively to her; then recite another mala and then talk. Alternate like this. If it looks difficult for her to die, you can say, “You’re not the only one who has to die, everyone has to die soon. You have lived a good life, sincere, and you have done many good things. So, without clinging to anything, go to Dewachen, Amithabha’s pure realm. This a million times better than here, you can meet Buddha and receive teachings, there is no suffering, sickness and old age, so it is much better than here.” Ask her to think, “I’m experiencing death to bring all beings into ultimate happiness by taking on all their suffering and death etc on myself. How wonderful this is.”

Keep doing this until death, when the breath stops. If it’s possible, after she dies bring the body to the center, then do the Medicine Buddha puja and recite the King of Prayers many times. Take strong refuge when doing the Medicine Buddha practice and visualise the Eight Medicine Buddhas above her head, while praying that she goes to the pure realm. Then from the nyung-nä sadhana chant the requesting prayer to Chenrezig that comes after the prostrations, and repeat. [Find links to these practices in the FPMT  Catalogue.]

4. Now request Kopan to do 50,000 Zang chö mön lam (King of Prayers), with dedication to the pure realm.

I think that is all for now. Rinpoche wants to ring the dying person, so arrange to be with her when he calls. Rinpoche feels that helping old students to die is a very important service for us to offer. We will all be in this situation sometime.