Tonight, we did a Guru Rinpoche prayer. After the prayer, Acho Rinpoche
invited the son of Dharma Brother Guang to give an update to the group on his
father’s condition. Guang was diagnosed with a heart inflammation problem
instead of a fatal sickness initially suspected by the doctor; he was given some
medications and told to go for the next round of diagnosis three months later.
Acho Rinpoche reminded us about the impermanence of life once again,
and stressed the importance of being prepared fully for our final moments in
life. No one can escape the fate of death; we just need to prepare ourselves
for it. He also mentioned about visiting Mayumla’s cousin who has gone into a
state of coma after going through a seemingly harmless surgery; his brain was obviously
damaged due to a heart failure that lasted for around 20 minutes. The doctor
put him on a temporary life support system for the family to bid him farewell in
the next two days.
Acho Rinpoche visited him at the hospital and gave him blessing. When
his children witnessed some signs of improvement of their father after
receiving the blessing, they regained hope that maybe he could get well again.
They pleaded to Acho Rinpoche to save their father. Acho Rinpoche was disheartened
by the ignorance of most people in this world who know nothing about the Buddha’s
teachings, who simply live blindly through an endless cycle of of birth, aging,
sickness and death; eating, drinking and discharging…When the time is up,
they will just plunge into another round of cyclic existence of birth and
death. Worst still, most people will fall into the three lower realms of animal,
hell being and hungry ghost of greater sufferings, which is harder to break
free of.
So, the family members were just requesting for their father to
continue living in such a miserable state. Had they understood the Buddha’s
teachings, they would know that the best outcome is to advise their father to
let go of all his clinging and attachment to this world instead, and let
Bodhisattva Avalokitesvara take him away to the Western Blissful Pure Land,
thus breaking free of the cyclic existence forever. People who possess the
greatest wealth in this world but who know not about the precious teachings of
the Buddha are, in fact, the most pathetic ones.
Acho Rinpoche reminded us again to practise with vigor and strive to
break free of this illusory world created by our own karma, and attain the true
state of liberation.
Reported by Sun Moon KFS on 26-2-2017
