Tibetan Medicine, Nyung Näs and Lamrim

Tibetan Medicine, Nyung Näs and Lamrim

Date of Advice:
June 2017
Date Posted:
May 2021

A student with some serious diseases requested practice advice. Rinpoche sent this letter.

My most dear, most kind, most precious, wish-fulfilling one,

You need to take gurchung (Tibetan medicine): five pills. First take two pills in one day and do this for two days, then on the last day take one pill.

I checked and if you can, you should attempt to do nyung näs. That would be so good. It purifies so much negative karma collected from beginningless rebirths and obscurations, and not only that, it is a quick way to be free from samsara, and especially to develop compassion for all sentient beings and a quick way to achieve enlightenment. It is also very easy to be born in a pure land.

If you can, try to do 300 nyung näs  in your life. That would be so good, so fantastic. That would be so good if you can attempt to do that.

The most important thing is to also read the lamrim mindfully from beginning to end. Read some each day, even a little bit, but read it mindfully, and anything you don’t know, you can write that in another book and discuss with Geshe-la or a student who has studied lamrim and philosophy extremely well. For you, the lamrim to study is the red commentary. This is not yet translated, but it is actually the basis of Liberation in the Palm of Your Hand, therefore you can read Liberation in the Palm of Your Hand. Study this twice from beginning to end, like that.

Your main deity is Cittamani Tara. Tara is the manifestation of all the buddhas’ holy actions, to fulfill the wishes of all sentient beings.

Thank you very much. As much as possible live your life with bodhicitta.

With much love and prayers