My most dear, most beloved Mary,

One way of thinking about this issue is to not recite mantras to a dying person if it causes the person’s mind to be unhappy, to generate anger, and to be disturbed at the time of death, so that he or she will not be reborn in the lower realms.

You should place a picture of Tara so you can die looking at it. Play mantras constantly, until you die. Ask someone to read the Heart Sutra and prayers to you, so you can hear them before you die.

It is not appropriate to withhold this important and relevant information from her. Knowing that she only has this very short time to live should help her make what time is left most useful. This is very critical for her.

This is the most essential advice given by Lama Zopa Rinpoche for the time of death.

What is best to help and support her now is the recitation of the Golden Light Sutra. The students there can do it for her, and others who know her in other areas can do it for her. It’s not necessary to be in her presence.

1. Visualize yourself as Namgyalma, with the long Namgyalma mantra at your heart. At the center of your heart is the dying person and around her are all sentient beings.

Please think in this way when you organize the recitation of the Tengyur. Of course you know this already, but it’s a reminder.

Dear Kim,I have checked. Please do the following pujas:Medicine Buddha puja: five times The long version of Medicine Buddha pujaIt is best if these pujas are done at Kopan Monastery and Nunnery.Also, please make:

You don’t need to worry at all, you don’t need to have any fear, because you have had a good life, excellent—you are a nun and you practiced sutra and tantra.Do tonglen as much as you can and rely on bodhicitta.