Rinpoche gave the following advice to a student with HIV who had given the illness to someone else. Now that person was sick, and the student asked if it was more beneficial for him to care for the person or to study a five-year Buddhist Philosophy program.
Rinpoche gave the following advice to student who wrote saying he had HIV and asking what practices he could do to stop the virus.
My dear one,Thank you for very much for your kind letter.It came out good to take Tibetan medicine: Tchen la, three pills a day for eight weeks; rinchen drang jor chenmo, two pills a week for nine weeks.
My very dear, most precious, most kind, wish-fulfilling Nicole,Thank you very much your kind letter. Yes, those pujas and so forth helped. You must have purified your karma and obstacles, so that is very good.
Ven. Sarah Thresher recalls a telephone conversation she had with Rinpoche in March 2002 about transforming pain by taking on the suffering of others.
My dearest Nina,How are you? You must think that you are the luckiest person in the world, that the happiest thing in your life is this sickness.
From the text Norbu Zangpo Dogpa: OM HE HE SU SVAHA / OM KU HE KATA SVAHA / OM SHU HE KA SHA SVAHAThe three grounds are below the ground: nagas and landlords; on the ground: animals; and above the ground: human beings.
Rinpoche sent the following letter to a student in hospital, who was in a lot of pain after a car accident.
Regarding the difficulties with the center, you need an open heart; there are different views, so apply the views that are more beneficial. Like a road blocked by rocks, first you have to recognize the blocks so that you can clear them away.
Dear LeeAnne,
