Eliminating Life Obstacles

My most dear, most kind, most precious, wish-fulfilling one,
Thank you for your email, I started to check about whether you should do the nyung näs and what came out is that you have quite serious life obstacles and you need to do these things:

Have the puja called Namgyal Tsechog [Long-life Ritual of Namgyal] done at Kopan Monastery for you.

I am not sure if this is possible for you, but if you can come to Nepal, you should circumambulate Swayambunath mountain eight times. This means the whole mountain, not just the top part. Do this with bodhicitta motivation and recite the Thirty-five Buddhas and Vajrasattva.

Of all the holy objects, the most important one is inside the mountain, the crystal stupa. It is not made by mind; it appeared on the lake, when Kathmandu was a lake, and then dust piled up and it became a mountain. Inside the mountain is the stupa which is the embodiment of all the buddhas’ dharmakaya. This was predicted by the Buddha on another mountain nearby called Langri Ruden, which is higher than Swayambunath.

There are all the holy objects on the mountain. [When you are going] around the mountain, think of His Holiness the Dalai Lama, if you have received teachings from His Holiness, and if not, then as you have a Dharma connection, think of that person. I don’t mean they are manifestation, but this is the practice, you have to visualize that.

You can do four nyung näs, but to do all the 108 nyung näs at Vajra Yogini Institute, it seems there are some problems.

Have the puja called che trul (Liberating from Harm) done. You have to be present for that puja, so if you go to Nepal then have the puja done by a senior, older monk at Shekar Monastery in Boudha.

Starting now, if you can, read the Golden Light Sutra nine times, with bodhicitta. Before you recite the sutra recite the [multiplying] mantra, then reciting the sutra becomes numberless times, so each session becomes numberless. Recite the sutra thinking you are giving teachings to the six-realm sentient beings—the numberless hell beings, numberless hungry ghosts, numberless animals, numberless human beings, numberless suras, numberless asuras and numberless intermediate state beings. Think you are liberating them from the oceans of samsaric sufferings and bringing them to enlightenment. If possible ,think that the Buddha is giving teachings and you are reciting after that, and you are giving teachings to sentient beings to liberate them.

Recite the Arya Sanghata Sutra twice. Start this now, with the same motivation and also recite the mantra to multiply the recitations.

This is my advice at this time.

With much love and prayers ...

• Amitayus Long Life Sutra (Tse dö): Print the sutra one hundred times.
• Mamo trü kang: To be done by Lama Gyupas at Kopan Monastery.
• Lu zong puja.

[You can find links to Amitayus Long Life Sutra in the "Sutras and Dharani" section of the FPMT Catalogue.]

My most dear one,
We have similar pain, but I think yours is much heavier. I’m sorry about that. Maybe I should take all your pain and make you levitate on dharmakaya. What about that?

I checked and yes, you have life obstacles. You need to take the long-life initiation quickly.

• The Mantra Promised by Tara: I will recite this five times for you.
• Amitayus Long Life Sutra: To be read two thousand times by Kopan Monastery.
• Sung Chen (great mantra): I need to read this for you five times. So, I will do this now.
• Vajra Cutter Sutra: The Sangha in Aptos are reciting this once for you.
• You need to take a total of three ratna samphel precious pills. Take one early tomorrow morning with warm water. Do not expose it to the light; that’s why it is wrapped. Bite into it and crush in your mouth and drink it with warm water. You need to take this pill three times, so after three days take another one, and then again after three more days take one more. Take three pills in total.
• Take one gurchung precious pill each day for five days, so five pills in total.

With much love and prayers ...

Rinpoche checked and advised the following:

• She should take dorje chu min (from His Holiness the Dalai Lama) each day.
• One long-life pill: we will send this.
• Recitation of the Prajnaparamita.
• Print the Amitayus Long Life Sutra 300 times.
• She needs to take long-life initiation.
• Amitayus long-life meditation should be done for her. Recite the mantra 300,000 times; it can be a little each day. Tse drup is the Tibetan for the meditation. Also dedicate for the gurus, His Holiness the Dalai Lama, all the Sangha and all those who are keeping good morality and doing good for others.
• If the mother can, she should recite the long-life mantra of Amitayus and the names of Manjushri.

Rinpoche said this looks like a very difficult year for her.

• Liberate 180 animals
• Gya tong ba [8,000 verse Prajnaparamita]: to be recited at Samten Ling Monastery
• Mamo trü kang: to be recited by the Lama Gyupas at Kopan Monastery
• Most Secret Hayagriva Tsog Kong puja
• Togyal of ten wrathful deities

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

I checked and there is no danger to your life this year.

You should read the Golden Light Sutra four times.

The Four Mandala Offerings to Chittamani Tara puja needs to be done twice, for your health and for your Dharma practice, to be free from samsara and to achieve enlightenment.

With much love and prayers ...