The way you are doing your prayer has extensive benefits; it is very meaningful to recite it.

Black Garuda mantra can heal cancer, leprosy, and skin diseases. To heal others recite many mantras and blow on their crown, throat, and heart.

Student: A few years ago, I asked one of my gurus to check what deity I had a karmic connection with and he said Vajrayogini.

My very dear Harold,Thank you very much for your kind letter, sorry for the delay in replying.It seems best for you to pursue getting the Cittamani Tara initiation and learning about this; it is a little easier.

Begin the practice with:Refuge and Bodhicitta Prayers:I go for refuge until I am enlightenedTo the Buddha, the Dharma, and the Supreme Assembly.By the merits I create through practicing generosity and so forthMay I become a buddha in order to benefit

My very dear Nanette,Thank you very much for your kind letter. It is true we haven’t met for a long time. Yes, I remember that you took care of Lama Yeshe, that you were one of the nurses.

If a person has a lot of superstition or paranoia, then manifest in the wrathful aspect of Black Manjushri, whose appearance is similar to Vajrapani, standing with his right leg bent and left leg stretched out.

A student wrote to advise that he given up Shugden (Dolgyal) practice, and he asked Rinpoche what he should do with his Dolgyal materials. He also had a question about Vajrayogini.

Rinpoche gave the following teaching about the protector practice, Dorje Shugden, (Tib: Dolgyal).

A student wrote to Rinpoche that another student had been practicing Dolgyal but had now stopped. Dolgyal (Skt: Dorje Shugen) is a protector practice, which His Holiness the Dalai Lama has asked people to stop practicing.