Stroke, Migraines and Poor Health

Stroke, Migraines and Poor Health

Date of Advice:
June 2017
Date Posted:
April 2025

A student wrote that their health had deteriorated over the past six years after a small stroke and third-degree chemical burns. They had frequent migraines, pain and exhaustion, but doctors were unsure of the cause or treatment. The student asked Rinpoche for specific advice on how to overcome these health issues.

Dear one,

I am very sorry for the long delay in replying to you. I checked regarding your questions about your health and this is what came out:

  • Drugchuma [torma offerings to Kalarupa and Yamantaka to eliminate obstacles]: to be done ten times at Kopan Monastery. 
  • I am doing some pujas for you now: one hundred recitations of the names of Tara, and White Umbrella practice, four times.  
  • I will also do Drol Tor puja. If this puja is also translated into English, it is one thing that came out beneficial also for you to do. 
  • You need to wear the protection, Liberation from Bondage of Body, Speech and Mind.  
  • You need to recite Vajra Claws five times. Of course, please recite this with bodhicitta. Actually, do everything with bodhicitta, in order to achieve enlightenment for sentient beings. For that reason, it then becomes the cause of enlightenment, otherwise without renunciation it becomes the cause of samsara. Without renunciation of this life, it becomes the cause of the lower realms.

I am doing more prayers for you.

With much love and prayers ...

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