My very dear one,
Thank you very much for coming all the way from Japan, so we are able to meet this time.

You asked about purification practices. It came out good to recite the Arya Sanghata Sutra every day for four years. It is not necessary to finish reading the sutra every day; just read as much as you can. If you can  finish reading it every day, that would be best, but it is not necessary.

The Arya Sanghata Sutra purifies unbelievable karma—just hearing the word, the sound, immediately purifies the extreme negative karmas (Tib: tsam mä nga)—the five uninterrupted negative karmas, which are killing one’s father, mother or an arhat, drawing blood from a buddha and causing disharmony in the Sangha. If any of these karmas are collected, we are born immediately in the extreme hell realm, where there is extreme, heavy suffering for the longest time. This is the very first benefit mentioned in the Arya Sanghata Sutra.

There is an unbelievable, unbelievable, unbelievable, limitless sky of merit when we read the Arya Sanghata Sutra. It is most amazing!

Study the commentary and meditate on the Heart Sutra and also study teachings by His Holiness the Dalai Lama. Study the Lama Tsongkhapa Guru Yoga commentary and do the practice. Also study Lama Tsongkhapa’s middle lam-rim from beginning to end, and meditate on the outline. Discuss this text when someone like Geshe Thubten Sherab comes to Japan, and ask questions about anything you don’t understand.

Also do Vajrasattva practice every night.

With much love and prayers...