Stomach, Liver and Digestive Problems
Severe Stomach Pain
Advice given to a student who had severe stomach pain.
- Mamo-trü-kang puja: have this done by Kopan Lama Gyupas.
- Mani pills: eat seven pills a day for five days.
- Jung-shi torma: performed four times. Rinpoche will do this puja for you twice and Geshe-la can do it twice.
Abdominal Pain, Vomiting and Fever
A student wrote that she had extreme abdominal pain, vomiting and a fever. She was five weeks pregnant but she said it was not caused by morning sickness.
My most dear one,
I checked and I will do 100 Hayagriva tsog offerings for you.
- You need to listen to the sutra Entering the Great City of Vaishali.* Listen to it three times if you can, then try four times and five times until [your illness] changes and goes away. When you have recovered and you get better, you can listen to it again.
- You need the puja called chag sum.
- You should wear Ten Wrathful Deities protection.
With much love and prayers...
[*You can find the audio for this sutra on the MP3 file Recitations for Alleviating Pain. Go to the FPMT Catalogue and scroll down to Audio Materials, then click on “Sadhanas, Prayers and Practices.”]
Chronic Stomach Problems
A young student had persistent stomach problems. She often vomited and was in intense pain, and had been admitted to hospital many times. The doctors were unable to find a cause or a way to treat the illness.
This is my advice. You need to have the following pujas done:
- She-nyin dü-dog puja
- Naga Incense puja—make sure it is on the correct date.
These are the Tibetan medicines to take:
- Khyung-nga: two a day for three months
- Jüng-nga: four a day for seven days
- Precious pills: take one after the other and make sure to always have two days’ break between taking the pills
- Rinchen ril-nag: four a week for two weeks
- Moon Crystal: three a week for seven weeks
Diarrhea and Losing Weight
Rinpoche received a letter from a man who had been suffering from diarrhea for about eight months and was losing a lot of weight. The student asked Rinpoche for advice and practices.
My very dear one,
I checked regarding your health situation and this is what came out for you. The following practices need to be done quite quickly.
1) You need to take a longlife initiation.
2) Chag-sum Puja. See if the geshe in Auckland can do it for you. I will also try to do it.
3) Mamo-trü-kang. I will do this puja for you.
4) Six-arm Mahakala protector puja. This puja needs to be done by the Lama Gyupa at Tushita called Thubten Dorje. Email the director at Tushita and request him to do it, and maybe make a small offering for it. You can say that I recommended this for you and ask if he can do the puja as quickly as possible. Make sure he has your name so he can dedicate it for you.
5) Recite the Thirteen Chakra mantra every day. Recite six malas a day of the mantra every day until you get completely better.
6) It comes out for you to take the Tibetan medicine Gur-gum. Take five a day for seven days.
7) You need to have 45 long life tsa-tsas made (the same number as your age). If you know someone who can make them for you, ask him or her to do them. Otherwise, request Nalanda Monastery in France to make them. You should make a small offering for the materials and also for the time of the monk who makes them. If there is someone in New Zealand who can make them for you, this is also fine, or you can make them.
8) Recite Black Manjrushri mantra every day.
9) Recite one Padmasambhava prayer called Quickly Achieving Wishes or Sampa Nyur Drupma. Recite this eight or ten times a day for eleven days.
Please try these things. I and the Sangha at my house are also making prayers for you. Thank you so much for your kind service to the center, to me, to all sentient beings and to the teachings of the Dharma. Please continue living your life with the good heart, the thought of benefiting others. This is the best way to live your life.
With much love and prayers...
Mantra and Practice for Digestion
Rinpoche recommended the following mantra and practice for people with problems with sickness and indigestion.
I prostrate to the Three Rare Sublime Ones.
CHOM DÄN DÄ DE ZHIN SHEG PA DRA CHOM PA YANG DAG PAR DZOG PÄI SANG GYÄ SEG SOL GYÄL PO CHHAG TSHÄL LO
I prostrate to the destroyer qualified gone beyond one, gone as it is, having destroyed the enemy, perfectly completed Buddha (awakened realized one) victorious one burning taking light.
TADYATHA HURE HUTE HUTA GARHANI SVAHA
Recite this on your hand and then massage your belly with your hand. This purifies sickness and indigestion.
This method was given by Buddha to benefit sentient beings, to pacify their sufferings, and to fulfill their wishes for happiness. This mantra is from the zungdu in the Kangyur—the translated, direct teachings of the Buddha.
Liver Disease
A student’s brother was in hospital with a very bad liver condition. The liver wasn’t responding to the medicine. The brother had abused alcohol and heroin for many years.
My very dear Jack,
This is what came out best for your brother:
- He should sip a few drops of blessed water three times a day (morning, afternoon, and evening).
- You should bless some water with at least two malas of Hayagriva mantra, blow on the water, and send it to him. He should drink that four times a day.
- He should take four mani pills every day.
- He should take six khyung-nga pills for five weeks.
- He should have chi-lu puja (Betraying the Death) performed for him.
- If possible he should take a long life initiation.
- He should recite the Diamond Cutter Sutra seven times.
- He should recite the Golden Light Sutra six times.
- He needs to make 1,000 long life tsa-tsas.
- You should read the attached text for him four times.
I am also making prayers for him and also I asked the Sangha in my house to dedicate the next few months’ animal liberations for him (they do three a month), as well as to dedicate some long life tsa-tsas they are making to him.
With much love and prayers...