A Life-saving Relic
A student recounted this story about a precious relic which saved his father’s life.
In 2007, Rinpoche was about to start a Green Tara retreat in Malaysia when I received an emergency call to return home, as my father had gone into a coma. I felt desperate and lost, so a friend brought me to see Rinpoche, to ask for help. I was crying and pleading with Rinpoche. He gave me one very precious Buddha's relic for my father, and told me that my father would come out of his coma in five days.
I flew home with this precious relic, rushed to the hospital and made my father swallow it. He woke up after five days, exactly as Rinpoche had assured me he would. My father is still doing very well today, though he cannot remember his near death experience.
The doctors could not explain his recovery, as they had told us that they had done their best and to take my dad home. I said no and that my dad would be well in five days, as Rinpoche had said.
I feel so indebted and grateful to my beloved and precious guru, Lama Zopa Rinpoche.