Practices for Deceased Mother
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Rinpoche checked and advised the following practices for a student whose mother had passed away.
I did prayers and felt your mother’s mind has passed into the intermediate state. What is needed and comes out very good for her are:
- For you to sponsor one hundred nyung näs. Either one person can do the nyung näs or many people can accumulate that number together. One place this could be done is at Institut Vajra Yogini.
- Your mother has a connection with Maitreya, so anything you offer or help you give to that project, you can dedicate the merit for her also.
- Recite the King of Prayers, etc., for her.
- Sponsor the reading of the Tengyur, the commentaries on the Buddha’s teachings. It comes out best for Thubten Chöling Nunnery, which is near Drepung Monastery [in south India], to do this.