Hepatitis

Take the Most Secret Hayagriva initiation.

The medication that came out best to take was Zepatier. (Three were checked.) Take the medicine with the strong motivation to get rid of the Hep C, thinking, “Now I have met the Dharma I can be healthy, have long life and practice well for the benefit of all sentient beings.”

Have the Prajnaparamita in 8,000 verses [Tib: gyetongpa] recited eight times by Kopan Monastery.

Update from student:

After the eight recitations of the Prajnaparamita, on the same day as last recitation, I had the blood test only six weeks after starting Zepatier and the Hep C was completely gone. The Zepatier was a three-month treatment, but after six weeks I was cured. The doctors were very surprised by the results. I had no side effects from this medicine.

These are the pujas that need to be done for your health:

• Hooking the Fortune, from the Golden Light Sutra
• Liberation from the Harm of Naga and Landlord (Tib: lü dang sadag gi don drol)—a form of spirit harm
• Mamo Trukäng
• Amitayus long-life initiation
• Chagsum
• Gektor (torma offering to harmful spirits)

Rinpoche advised doing these pujas:

• Gyab shi: 2x, at Samtenling Monastery, near Boudha, Nepal.
• She nyin du dog: At Serkong Dorje Chang’s Monastery.
• Extensive Medicine Buddha puja, composed by the Fifth Dalai Lama: Four times at Kopan Monastery, Nepal. At least twice, but if possible four times.
• Zung du (Collection of Dharanis): To be read three times by the geshes.

Also recite the Vajra Armor mantra and after reciting this, blow on mineral water. Repeat this practice several times a day, then sip the water several times a day.

There is another powerful method that came out in Rinpoche’s mo [divination] as very good. This is specially blessed holy water prepared by Rinpoche, who did some practices with it. I will send it to you for sipping several times a day.

• Take two jüng-nga precious pills every day for four days.
• The nölsang incense puja also comes out very good to do.
• Take one ratna-samphel precious pill each week for nine weeks.

My very dear Joan,
I am sorry for the very long delay. I checked what practices and things you can do:

 1. Take Geshe Lama Konchog Nagcho pill four times a day for one month. Practice Most Secret Hayagriva – take the initiation, and do the retreat if possible.

 2. Every day recite 11 malas of Most Secret Hayagriva, with meditation (you can do this even if you haven’t taken the initiation, but you can’t visualize yourself as the deity, you visualize the deity in front).

 3. It is very good if you can take the precious pill called Rinchen Yu-Nying 25. You need to take two a week for five weeks.

I am also making prayers for you, and the Sangha in my house are making dedications for you during animal liberations and when they are making long life tsa-tsas each day.

With much love and prayers...

My very dear one,
Thank you for your kind email. I am very sorry for the long delay in replying.

According to my observations it comes out very good for you to take four Khungna pills for two months. If you send me your postal address I can mail these to you.

 Also, it comes out very good for you to do take the Black Garuda initiation and to do Black Garuda practice.

The best thing is if you and your wife can use this sickness to develop bodhicitta. Also, use your sickness to realize emptiness. Meditate on the emptiness of your sickness. Use your sickness to realize emptiness and to cut the root of samsara, which is ignorance. It is only by cutting the root of samsara that you can achieve enlightenment and then liberate all sentient beings, including all sentient beings who have the same sickness. These sicknesses are so tiny and small compared to all the incredibly heavy sufferings in samsara. So, meditate on the emptiness of your sickness. This is how you can eliminate the very root of all the sufferings—ignorance. Then your sickness becomes so meaningful. This way you are transforming poison into medicine.

Then, to develop bodhicitta, it is good if you do the practice of tong-len.

You and your wife are in my prayers daily, and also the Sangha in my house are dedicating animal liberations three times a month for you and dedicating long life tsa-tsas for you, which they make daily.

With much love and prayers ...