Medicine Buddha
- Medicine Buddha represents a Transcendent (or Cosmic) Buddha’s ability to express himself as a healing medicine for the benefit of ailing(sickly) beings.
- Medicine Buddha is renowned as the king among medicines because of its effectiveness in treating both mental and physical diseases.
- In other words,the Medicine Buddha is the embodiment of all the Buddhas’ healing qualities, associated with healing both physical and mental suffering.He can overcome inner sickness of attachment ,hatred and gnorance.
- He is also known as healing Buddha.
- The colour of his body is deep blue which symbolises that he accepts all the diseases and sickness of sufferings.
- Besides this, the deep blue light has a healing effect on those who use it in visualization practices.
- His right hand rests upon his knee with palm facing outward in the mudra of granting blessings and holds a stem of medicinal plant named,’Myrobalan’ and his left hand in the meditation mudra, resting on his lap holds a ‘lapis lazuli pindapatra’ (bowl) containing medicines.He wears a monastic robes.
- He is said to dispense spiritual medicine when properly worshipped.It is even believed that an efficacious cure may be accomplished by either meditating or merely touching the image as well.
- The main principles are
- eliminating sickness from all living beings.
- making them feel convenient and happy to attain buddha hood.
- liberating beings from disasters and calamities.
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