A Powerful Practice

If you can do so many nyung näs, it would be unbelievably beneficial for sentient beings. As your major practice is nyung näs, this is the most powerful, most beneficial, and quickest way for you to develop bodhicitta, to collect extensive merit to quickly achieve enlightenment, to become Chenrezig, and to liberate sentient beings from the oceans of samsaric suffering and bring them to enlightenment.

This practice is a trillion, billion times greater than becoming an Olympic champion. Doing so many nyung näs, you become an unbelievable champion. This is what makes numberless buddhas and bodhisattvas most happy, and brings sentient beings to enlightenment as quickly as possible.

The more you do this practice to develop bodhicitta, the more your food will have more blessings and great benefit for sentient beings, including the dogs.

As you know, Geshe Lama Konchog did 2,000 nyung näs. Also, a great lama in Tsum, who built the monastery and nunnery and was the main lama in the area, who prevented people from killing and hunting animals, also did 2,000 nyung näs, and many of his disciples did 3000 nyung näs.

As you have so many to do, it would be good for you to take the Great Chenrezig initiation, to receive the blessings of Chenrezig. You do not have to do all of them at once. You can do some each year, from time to time, just build up slowly and eventually you can complete them.

Some people do 50 in a row, but you don’t have to do it like that. If you can, try to do some on the wheel-turning days. Often, Dharma centers do eight in a row during Sakadawa, and in this way you can slowly build up.

This is an extremely powerful practice, and is in an incredible way to develop bodhicitta.