8.03.2008

Medicine Buddha


In this thangka, Medicine Buddha holds a chalice or bowl filled with healing elixir. In front of him, a pair of protector Dakinis dance. All around them, lay ritual offerings and tools. By meditating on him and visualizing with this image, we come face to face with the true nature of the Medicine Buddha whose smile radiates compassion to the universe. We now imagine a ray of golden light coming from the heart of the Buddha and gently penetrating our own heart chakra.

Perform this meditation and invoke the Medicine Buddha before preparing medicines and whenever offering healing to patients. While doing so, simultaneously chant his mantra:

OM BEKANDZE BEKANDZE MAHA BEKANDZE RANDZE SAMUNGATE SOHA


As you recite this sacred formula, visualize nectar flowing down from the syllables of the mantra into the medicine. The syllables then completely dissolve into the medicine and grant it the potency and power to heal.

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