KECHARA

PEOPLE • HEALING WITH SHUGDEN
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HEALING WITH SHUGDEN
By Pastor Khong Jean Ai
Dorje Shugden’s practice is not
only about wealth or protection
against black magic. His practice
is also one that offers healing
and for the preservation of good
health. When practised sincerely,
it can generate the causes for
long life and improved well-being.
And that’s exactly one of the ways
Dorje Shugden had helped and
healed me. This is my story.
No one knew this because it was
not the kind of thing you talked
about as a teenager. There were a
couple of years when I was utterly
convinced that I would not live
past the age of 24. I did not know
how the thought came into my
head but I clearly remembered
that. The words were actually
really specific, “I’m not going to
live past the age of 24.” It was
a rather morbid thought for a
teenager.
I have suffered a whole slew
of mysterious illnesses over
the years which came out of
nowhere, then disappeared just
as quickly. No one ever figured
out what caused them so I came
to accept that what happened to
me was normal. Between 2005
and 2008, I blacked out a few
times for no apparent reasons. In
2007, when I was still studying in
England, I started to experience
inexplicable chest pains. None
of the tests could determine
what was wrong or what were the
roots of the discomforts but all I
can say now is that I am still here
and thank the Buddha for the
NHS too.
Then just before I joined Kechara
as a full-time Dharma staff, H.E.
the 25th Tsem Rinpoche asked
me to sponsor a set of White Tara
pujas, which was to generate
good health and for healing of
illnesses and continue to sponsor
a White Tara puja every other
month for two years.
Over the years I forgot about
my bizarre teenage prediction.
It only came back to me when
I turned 24 and became really,
really sick.
We were attending a talk on
Dorje Shugden and at the time,
Rinpoche was giving a talk about
the iconography of Shugden
Rig Nga (five families of Dorje
Shugden). That was when the
pain first hit me. It came slow
initially, so slow I thought perhaps
my jeans were too tight or I had
too big a dinner.
All of a sudden, it got sharp real
quick. Still, I thought perhaps I
had eaten something bad and it
was food poisoning.
I tried my best not to shift too
much because we had been
taught not to fidget during
teachings but the discomfort
was getting worse. Then JUST
as Rinpoche asked me about