Skin Disorders

Rinpoche started some pujas immediately for you. This is what was done:

• Chag-sum
• Lü-tor   

Rinpoche will now do:

• Dü-kar (White Umbrella deity): four times
• Vajra Claws: to be recited four times by Ven Tendar at Kopan Monastery
• Elimination of obstacles: Rinpoche will do this ten times
• Protector puja:  Rinpoche and the Sangha in the USA will do this.

You should recite the Heart Sutra four times each day. This is Rinpoche’s advice at this time.

• Lion-face Dakini practice: two malas for three days. Do the whole practice.
• White Umbrella Deity practice: recite several mantras [lodro tulku].
• Recite the verse after the Heart Sutra, clapping your hands. Do this for four or five days.
• Vajra Claws: seven times.

My dear one,
For your mother, the main thing is to make very strong confession to the guru, by doing the Samayavajra practice and reciting the mantra 1.4 million times. She must do each session with the four remedies, as we do with Vajrasattva. The result she is experiencing now is due to broken samaya with the guru in the past; something happened in the past with the guru.

She should start each session with the Thirty-five Buddhas confession, and recite one lamrim prayer in each session. Then do the mantra recitation, with the four remedies. This is very important for her to do. It’s not necessary for her to do retreat, but she should do whatever she can each day.

With love and prayer...

I was able to check regarding last night and my advice is as follows:

• You need to have the ga-gön puja performed.
• I will recite the Black Garuda mantra, bless cream for you to use, and send it to you.
• You need to have the puja done called lü-dang-sadag-gi-don-drol (liberating from the harm of the nagas and landlords—the spirits who “own” the place).
• You also need the Nagarjuna incense puja performed, by Geshe Jampel. This has to be done a few times on the correct day according to the Tibetan calendar. 
   

My dear Sonam,
Thank you for your kind letter, I was very happy to hear about your retreat. Regarding your health issue, there are several things to do.

You should have the Prajnaparamita Sutra read for you. This can be done by the Lama Gyupa monks here at Kopan, or even better, by the nuns at Kopan Nunnery. You can email Kopan directly to arrange this and they will let you know the cost.

You also need to take a long-life initiation, which you can request from Geshe Ngawang Drakpa of the San Francisco center. He can decide which one to bestow. Also request Geshe-la to read Zungdu [Collection of Dharanis] and dedicate this for your benefit. When you request this, it is important to make an appropriate offering.

I may be giving a long-life initiation in the Bay area in late February or March. My schedule is not yet confirmed, so please keep checking the FPMT website.

Take the Tibetan medicine khyung nga: three pills per day for two days. Holly will arrange to have this medicine sent to you.

The puja chab trü also needs to be performed for you. This is normally done by a Lama Gyupa monk. Request Donyo, who runs the Gyuto Monastery in San Jose, to arrange this for you.

You also need to have the mantra water of Vajra Armor. First, get a large bottle or jar of water, with a wide mouth so you can blow into it. Do the practice and recite one mala of the Vajra Armor mantra, then blow into the water. While you are reciting the mantra, visualize that Vajra Armor is sitting above the water and nectar beams flow from his heart into the water, making it very powerful, so when you drink the water it purifies all disease, defilements, negative karma, sickness and spirit harm collected since beginningless time. You can do more than one mala, but one mala is the minimum. After each mala, blow into the water, blessing it and making it so powerful to purify.

Then each morning before breakfast, as well as before lunch, mid-afternoon and before bedtime, take a few spoonfuls of the water and drink. Keep blessing the water, refilling the container and so on.

I have also sent a protection for you to wear.

With love and prayers...

Dear Rick,
Using a cream that can be rubbed on the skin, bless it with the Black Garuda mantra. Recite the mantra as many times as possible, then blow on the cream. Do this several times a day.

Apply water from Mount Kailash to the skin several times a day. Maybe someone you know has this water.

Then, if you can, go to Dehradun in India and bathe in a special healing stream there. Do this at least twice a day for a minimum of two weeks. This water is known for its healing powers. The water can be drunk also.

At Tso Pema there is a Hindu temple that helps with these problems. If you can manage it, go there and offer a live frog at the temple. Buy the frog in order to liberate it.