Chronic Ulcers
A student who suffered from chronic ulcers wrote to Rinpoche asking for advice as to which practices to do.
My very dear Charles,
Thank you for your kind letter. I am sorry for the many eons’ delay.
According to my observations, this is what you should do for your health:
- Every day perform Medicine Buddha practice.
- Have four Naga Pujas performed. The geshe at your Dharma center can do these for you.
- Perform prostrations to the Thirty-five Buddhas, reciting the Thirty-five Buddhas’ names as you prostrate.
Then, according to my observations, it would be very good for you to be treated by a Tibetan doctor. I will give you his details. It is also good for you to continue taking the Tibetan medicine that you are taking now. Also, these additional Tibetan medicines would be beneficial:
- Moon Crystal: take four a week for nine weeks, with a day’s break between pills, so take one every second day.
- Kurkyen: take three times a day for two weeks.
Please practice tong-len. Use your sickness to develop bodhicitta, to achieve enlightenment, and to be able to enlighten all sentient beings.
A Rinpoche I know took the aspect of having cancer recently. He had all the chemotherapy treatment, but when I saw him recently he said that even though he had all the treatments, the ultimate one, the one that had such a miraculous result was tong-len. This Rinpoche has the aspect of old age, and usually it would be very difficult to recover as well as he has. He said the heart practice is tong-len.
With much love and prayers...