Diagnosis of Breast Cancer
A new student was diagnosed with breast cancer. Rinpoche sent her the following advice.
My very dear one,
I am very sorry for the long delay in replying to your letter.
I checked what are the best practices you can do for your health and this is what came out very good for you to do:
1. Print the Amitayus Long-life Sutra forty times. If you go to the FPMT Catalogue you will find links to the Tibetan and English versions of the sutra. You can print either of these and photocopy it forty times on nice paper (maybe yellow-colored).
2. Make fifty long-life tsa tsas (the three long-life deities). If you are able to get the mold for this and try to do it yourself, it is best. Otherwise, you can email the nuns at my house in California and they can make them for you, and you can make an offering to contribute to that. Also, as your sister is involved with the center, she could make them for you at the tsa-tsa studio.
3. Do White Tara long-life meditation every day. You can find the practice in the FPMT Catalogue.
4. Do Red Logyönma practice. You can get this from the FPMT Education Department.
5. You need a puja done for you, called “Betraying the Death.” I will do this puja for you. You could also ask the geshe at the center if he can do it for you.
I am also making prayers for you, also the Sangha at my house are dedicating animal liberations to you and when they make long-life tsa tsas each day.
With much love and prayers...