KECHARA

86 PEOPLE • HEALING WITH SHUGDEN
Gyenze’s (Ratna Shugden) mount,
an intense wave of pain smacked
me right in the abdomen.
Rinpoche asked me what Gyenze
rides on and I said, “Elephant.”
(It’s a palomino horse) Everyone
looked at me weird because it
was such an easy question. Even
Rinpoche gave me a funny look
and said, “The statue’s right
there on the altar, what do you
mean ‘elephant’?” Rinpoche
asked if I was alright then told me
to go wash my face. I was only
too happy to get up but by this
time the pain was not subsiding.
It definitely was not pain from
wrongly sized clothes, gluttony
or food poisoning.
As I got up, the person next to
me whispered, “You’re as white
as a sheet of paper.” I went to
the restroom and sure enough I
was. By now the pain doubled in
intensity and so I excused myself
from the teaching and with
someone driving me, we went
straight to the clinic. At the clinic,
the doctor pressed my abdomen,
took one look at my bloodless
face, and said I had to get to an
A&E immediately.
At the A&E, the doctor-on-duty
administered a painkiller to
suppress the throbbing ache and
said it was likely I had a ruptured
appendix. She told me to call my
mum who came over instantly
despite having gone to bed and
was feeling sick and drowsy. She
listened as the doctor explained
my options. All this while, the
pain kept getting worse even
after the medication. I was in
too much pain to make a good
decision and my mum was nearly
passing out herself. Therefore
it was best that I was admitted
into the hospital for an overnight
observation.
The following day, the doctor
explained my conditions again.
She said it was likely my appendix
had ruptured and if so, I had to
get it out immediately. She asked
if I would consent to an operation,
saying that the operation (a
laparoscopic appendectomy)
was a simple routine and I would
be out of the hospital within two
to three days. So I said yes.
But the routine and the agony
lasted much longer than two to
three days. I was in the hospital
for nearly a month before I felt
well enough to go home. In the
days after the surgery, the pain
did not subside even after being
administered strong painkillers.
I spent most of the next week
in a daze and sleeping nearly 20
hours a day.
Even after I got home, I felt
weak and was sleeping most
of the time. That was when
Rinpoche prescribed Dorje
Shugden’s healing practice
for me. I received a text from
Rinpoche saying that I should
recite 100,000 OM BENZA WIKI
BITANA AYU SIDDHI HUNG with
an accompanying visualisation.
I started immediately although
the first few days were difficult.