Neurological Illness, OCD and Depression
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A student wrote that he had a serious neurological disease. His psychiatrist had also diagnosed OCD (Obsessive Compulsive Disorder) and maybe a light form of psychosis. Later the student received a diagnosis of depression.
My very dear one,
- Take four mani pills each day for five days.
- Take one ratna-samphel [Tibetan medicine] each week for three weeks.
- Request three gyab-shi [puja] to be done at Shelkar monastery in Nepal.
- You should read Arya Sanghata Sutra five times.
For your practice, you can use Essence of Refined Gold to meditate on. It is a commentary to Lama Tsongkhapa’s short lamrim, Hymns of Experience, the path to enlightenment. You should study it five times.
Practice effortful lamrim meditation, following this outline:
- Guru devotion, correctly devoting to the virtuous friend: eight months. Devotion is with the mind.
- Path of the lower capable being: three months.
- Path of the middle capable being: five months.
- Bodhicitta: one month.
- Emptiness: one month.
With much love and prayers...