Dear Loretta,
I checked regarding your health and, according to my divination, you should ask the geshe at your Dharma center to do the following pujas for you:
- Chab-trü. This involves purification through washing with blessed water. The geshe blesses the vase water and then purifies you.
- Lu-zong
If you still have the illness after these pujas, then please do Vajrapani, Hayagriva, Garuda practice. Visualize the deity in front of you. Powerful nectar enters you and purifies the four things: negative karma, sickness, spirit harm, and obstacles. Strongly concentrate on this while reciting one mala of the mantra. This completely purifies the karma. Then, recite 21 mantras, visualizing that the beams of nectar purify all sentient beings who have negative karma, sickness, spirit harm, and obstacles. This completely purifies the karma.
Rinpoche’s most recent reply is as follows:
My very dear Loretta,
Thank you very much for your very kind letters. I am very happy to hear your cancer was healed by Hayagriva, Vajrapani, Garuda and other practices.
Now that you realize from this experience how human life is so precious, especially the perfect human rebirth that you have received just this one time, you must use it in the best way, every day, every second, every minute.
The most important way to train the mind is in the Three Principal Aspects of the Path, based on guru devotion. Also, create positive imprints on the mind as much as possible by practicing tantra, receiving teachings, commentaries on deity practices, etc. Do whatever you can do to leave as many imprints as possible. From this you can achieve enlightenment quickly.
The Three Principal Aspects of the Path enable us to free ourselves from the suffering of samsara and to liberate ourselves. Meditate on emptiness to cut the root of samsara, ignorance, and generate bodhicitta in order to achieve enlightenment, so you can enlighten other sentient beings.
It is very good if you can recite the Thirty-five Buddhas of confession with prostrations. If you can’t do the prostrations, at least recite each name as much as you can and recite the rest of the confession prayer. Each name purifies many eons of different negative karmas. Also, practice Vajrasattva and recite as many mantras as you can, more than 21 times is better. When appropriate, take correct Dharma teachings from qualified teachers. That will help to leave positive imprints so you can have realizations.
With much love and prayers,
Lama Zopa
PS. The main thing is to live your daily life with a bodhicitta motivation. Put all your effort into that, in whatever you are doing. This way your life isn’t wasted and becomes full of joy and happiness, with no regrets later, especially when you die. Then, you can die with a smile on your face and a smile in your heart.
