Various Illnesses
Hyperparathyroidism and Osteoporosis
A student was previously diagnosed with advanced osteoporosis and spinal fractures caused by hyperparathyroidism. Their thyroid cancer was successfully treated, but recent blood tests again showed elevated parathyroid hormone levels.
My most dear, most precious, most kind, wish-fulfilling one,
Please have these practices done:
- Golden Light Sutra: You can read this sutra.
- Nangsa nangye: Text to be read once by Kopan Lama Gyupas.
- Jung shi torma: To be done twice by the Lama Gyupas at Kopan Monastery. That’s very important.
- Tashi tsegpa: Three times.
- Lu tor: To be done twice by the Lama Gyupas at Kopan Monastery.
- Shakya senge: To be done once by the Lama Gyupas at Kopan Monastery. This is the one hundred meat and one hundred torma puja. It is a Nyingma puja. You don’t need all the monks to do it; just two or three.
- Lum bum karpo: To be done three times by Tendar.
Tibetan medicine would be good, but you need to check with your doctors.
With much love and prayers ...
Unexplained Scars and Facial Weakness
A student wrote that unusual scars and marks had appeared on their body after being sprinkled with blessed water, along with drooping of the mouth to one side at sunset. They requested Rinpoche’s advice on appropriate practices.
Dear one,
Rinpoche received your email and spent a long time checking what can be done for you.
A number of pujas came out:
- White Umbrella Deity (Sitatapatra): Rinpoche will do this for you.
- Lu zong: To be done four times by Geshe Jinpa.
- Drugchuma: To be done four times by the geshes at Kopan Nunnery.
Rinpoche is doing strong prayers for you.
Fainting, Weakness and Seizures
A student wrote that they had become increasingly ill, with frequent fainting, extreme weakness and seizures. Rinpoche checked and advised these practices.
1. Wrathful fire puja to be done for you by the abbot of Shelkar Monastery in Nepal. But this is not an easy one.
2. Drolma Yuldog puja, which involves quite a lot of creations with thread. Request this from the monks at Samtenling, a Gelug Monastery near Boudha in Nepal. I, myself, don’t have experience with that, so those monks came out good to do this for you. If they can’t do the puja, ask the Gyume monks, the Lama Gyupas near Tushita Meditation Centre in India.
Autoimmune Thyroid Condition
A student wrote that his wife had an autoimmune thyroid condition, possibly triggered by the birth of their second child, with periodic episodes once or twice a month causing insomnia, night sweats and weight loss.
My very dear one,
I checked regarding your wife and if she can, take rinchen rilnag precious pills. She should take three pills in total, one pill each week.
When your wife takes the pill she should recite one mala or half a mala of the Medicine Buddha mantra, thinking Medicine Buddha sends nectar beams into the pill, so it has all the power, blessings and qualities of Medicine Buddha. She can think that all the defilements, negative karma and obscurations collected from beginningless rebirth, and the spirit harm and sickness that come from that in this life are gone, purified.
If you don’t have these precious pills, I can send them to you.
Also, these pujas should be done:
- Jung shi torma puja: Three times.
- Sur: Four times.
- Chab trü puja: To be done twice by Geshe-la.
This is my advice at this time. I am also making prayers.
With much love and prayers ...
Feeling Dizzy and Vertigo
A student’s daughter had been experiencing vertigo and dizziness for several years, but doctors could not find the cause. Rinpoche offered this advice.
Dear one,
Rinpoche did a number of observations (Tib: mo) for your daughter and said the main thing that will help your daughter is for her to practice at this time. Maybe Tibetan medicine can help, but practice is more important.
Your daughter needs to recite 300,000 migtsema mantras and do tonglen practice 500 times.
On the basis of these practices, she can take some Tibetan medicine, but she needs to do the practices for the medicine to be effective at this time.
Sjögren's Syndrome
A student with many health problems for the past five years had been diagnosed with Sjögren's syndrome, an autoimmune disease. This had resulted in chronic kidney disease and a recent episode of facial paralysis.
These are Rinpoche’s observations:
- Jüng nga pills: Take five pills per day for eight days.
- Ser wo nada [The Golden Light Drum Sound]: Rinpoche will read this twice for you.
- Luzong puja: To be done three times by Rinpoche.
- Dukkar tor dak torma offering: To be done here twice, by all the Lama Gyupas. It’s quite a big puja.