HOW TO USE THE MANTRA AT THE TIME OF DEATH

It is important to pray to the Medicine Buddha and to recite the names of the Medicine Buddhas and the Medicine Buddha’s mantra. It is excellent, with a bodhicitta motivation, to recite the Medicine Buddha’s holy name and mantra in the ear of a dying person or animal, because it will prevent their rebirth in the lower realms. If the dying person can no longer hear the mantras, you can recite them and then blow on their body or on talcum powder or perfume, which you then apply to the body.