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| She recited 400 million Mani mantras in her life. Two days before she passed away, she saw Tara, Guru Rinpoche, Ksitigarbha, Chenrezig etc. |
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Kathok Rigzin Chenpo Rinpoche
Efficacy of Amitabha practice
There was an old man in Gansu called Grandpa Lang, he was a wartime hero of the tribe in Mula village. His descendants still live there today. When he was young, he participated in the Mongol and tribal wars, killing many people and creating a great deal of negative karma. In his late years, he constantly repented his misdeeds and recited a great number of Amitabha mantras and Amitabha names over a long period of time. He also prayed with Dampa Deshek’s Phowa supplication prayer. In the 1950s, he was imprisoned for a long time and after being released, he took his last breath in Gansu, Luchi County.
Lang told those who received him from the prison, “I wouldn’t be able to make it back to my hometown. But I have done much Amitabha practice, my karma is now cleansed, I will take rebirth in the pureland.” Happily, he recited the Phowa supplication prayer of Dampa Deshek and died with perfect ease.
My maternal grandfather had a similar experience. During those turbulent times, he killed many people and accumulated heavy negative karma. Later, he too recited Amitabha mantra and practiced Phowa, taking rebirth in the pureland.
In short, this Dharma carries great blessings. Many ordinary people have used it to take rebirth in the pureland. Even though they may not have attainments in the generation or completion stages of Vajrayana, they had sincere faith and the mind of repentance, their negative karma was also purified.
