A monk who had very severe lung wrote to Rinpoche asking for advice. Rinpoche wrote this card to him.

Rinpoche gave the following advice to a monk who had lung (wind imbalance).

A student who was a therapist, wrote to Rinpoche asking what practice she should focus on, also that she had had lung for the last three years. This is Rinpoche’s reply.

Dear Lesley, You need to do controlling and wrathful fire pujas. Not everyone can do the wrathful fire puja. Maybe you can request Bari (Dagri) Rinpoche through Tushita Meditation Centre. Tushita can organize it and Bari Rinpoche can do it there.

My feeling is that you have lung, as well as some spirit harm.

When we practice tonglen, we take away all the sufferings of each of the realms—the hells, hungry ghosts, animals, human beings, suras, asuras and intermediate state beings. There is so much described about all these sufferings.

Dear Dechen,Thank you for your kind offerings and letter. I am just an ordinary person experiencing the suffering of self-cherishing; nothing special.

We need an open heart. There are different views, so apply the views that are more beneficial.

My very dear Jean,I’m very happy to have met you, especially knowing that you are helping other people by taking their pain and sickness upon yourself. In Buddhism this is called exchanging yourself for others.