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Re: could you pray or chant for me?

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sattva wrote:POSTPONED:

Hi everyone, and hold the chants/prayers, please. Surgery has been pontponed due to a cold that became asthmatic bronchitus and now pneumonia. The doctor who nixed the operation has me on medication, but won't see me again until July 6th (he is on vacation next week). In the meantime, i will see my primary care doctor next week to check my condition. Anyway, the operation won't occur until
after the 6th. The cardiolist who diagnosed all this wanted the bypass done within 2 weeks. It will be at least 4 as it is going now.

My mom used to say, "If it isn't one thing, it's another!" Sure seems true to me lately.
Sattva, I know this sounds like a setback but I feel better that you are waiting until after your bronchitis and pneumonia. You are under medical supervision during this period and of course you have the support and well-wishes of the far-flung Dhamma community which I hope brings you no small measure of comfort during this, understandably, very stressful time. If, or when, times get bleak - remember to recollect the qualities of the Triple Gem. May the Triple Gem give you comfort.
With metta

Ben
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Re: could you pray or chant for me?

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For Sattva:
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Shwedagon Paya before dawn meditation early Dec 2010.
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2000-year old Buddha image being regilded by upasakas, Mahamuni Temple, Mandalay Jan 4 2011.

A Meditators Tools A Study Guide on the Ten Recollections by Thanissaro Bhikkhu
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“No lists of things to be done. The day providential to itself. The hour. There is no later. This is later. All things of grace and beauty such that one holds them to one's heart have a common provenance in pain. Their birth in grief and ashes.”
- Cormac McCarthy, The Road

Learn this from the waters:
in mountain clefts and chasms,
loud gush the streamlets,
but great rivers flow silently.
- Sutta Nipata 3.725

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sattva wrote:i am having quaduple bypass surgery, probably sometime this week. I will ask a friend here to post time, date, and length of the sugery. For those who feel so inclined, I would appreciate any prayers or chanting done during the surgery in me behalf. Thank you. I am including a photo (terrrible one lol) of me squinting in the sun. Look so darn rugged in it, but it is current)
Love and good wishes to you all,
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Kusala wrote: "Derived from the Book of Protection (Paritta Sutta) from the Pali canon, the Jaya Mangala Gatha is sung here in a rare recording by the Mahabodhi Society of India in original Pali. The Jaya Mangala Gatha is a chant recommended by the Buddha to destroy negativity and to generate auspiciousness...It is said that these verses if chanted with a clear and pure intention are helpful in protecting the seeker by attracting the Good around."

And here is a .pdf of the Jaya Mangala Gatha text including English translation. :reading:

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Thank you, Ben for the photos. How impressive! Thanks for the video, Kusala and octathlon and Ben for the links!

to everyone :anjali: :group:
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Here's my favourite version...



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Sattva,

How are you doing? I hope your lungs are recovering and you are doing better and able to have your surgery soon. :heart:
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octathlon wrote:Sattva,

How are you doing? I hope your lungs are recovering and you are doing better and able to have your surgery soon. :heart:
Thanks for asking! I saw my primary care physician on Wednesday and he prescribed a second round of antibiotics to take after the first round was finished. I started the new round, a different antibiotic, yesterday. So cross your fingers that this one helps. I see the doctor that nixed the operation on Wednesday.
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All the very best, Sattva!
“No lists of things to be done. The day providential to itself. The hour. There is no later. This is later. All things of grace and beauty such that one holds them to one's heart have a common provenance in pain. Their birth in grief and ashes.”
- Cormac McCarthy, The Road

Learn this from the waters:
in mountain clefts and chasms,
loud gush the streamlets,
but great rivers flow silently.
- Sutta Nipata 3.725

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Lots of good wishes and metta for you, Sattva :heart:

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any updates on Sattva's condition?
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Hello mudra,

In this thread:
Could you pray or chant for me
sattva wrote:
octathlon wrote:Sattva,

How are you doing? I hope your lungs are recovering and you are doing better and able to have your surgery soon. :heart:
Thanks for asking! I saw my primary care physician on Wednesday and he prescribed a second round of antibiotics to take after the first round was finished. I started the new round, a different antibiotic, yesterday. So cross your fingers that this one helps. I see the doctor that nixed the operation on Wednesday.
Metta
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be well sattva. :anjali:
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sattva wrote: Surgery has been pontponed due to a cold that became asthmatic bronchitus and now pneumonia.
She has gone to the hospital so that they can give her an intravenous "drip" to help with these extra problems... so that surgery will then hopefully be possible.

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Thinking of you, Sattva!
“No lists of things to be done. The day providential to itself. The hour. There is no later. This is later. All things of grace and beauty such that one holds them to one's heart have a common provenance in pain. Their birth in grief and ashes.”
- Cormac McCarthy, The Road

Learn this from the waters:
in mountain clefts and chasms,
loud gush the streamlets,
but great rivers flow silently.
- Sutta Nipata 3.725

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