Meditations for Hepatitis C

Meditations for Hepatitis C

Date Posted:
August 2009

A student and his wife, who had Hepatitis C, wrote to Rinpoche asking for advice.

My very dear one,
Thank you for your kind email. I am very sorry for the long delay in replying.

According to my observations it comes out very good for you to take four Khungna pills for two months. If you send me your postal address I can mail these to you.

 Also, it comes out very good for you to do take the Black Garuda initiation and to do Black Garuda practice.

The best thing is if you and your wife can use this sickness to develop bodhicitta. Also, use your sickness to realize emptiness. Meditate on the emptiness of your sickness. Use your sickness to realize emptiness and to cut the root of samsara, which is ignorance. It is only by cutting the root of samsara that you can achieve enlightenment and then liberate all sentient beings, including all sentient beings who have the same sickness. These sicknesses are so tiny and small compared to all the incredibly heavy sufferings in samsara. So, meditate on the emptiness of your sickness. This is how you can eliminate the very root of all the sufferings—ignorance. Then your sickness becomes so meaningful. This way you are transforming poison into medicine.

Then, to develop bodhicitta, it is good if you do the practice of tong-len.

You and your wife are in my prayers daily, and also the Sangha in my house are dedicating animal liberations three times a month for you and dedicating long life tsa-tsas for you, which they make daily.

With much love and prayers ...