Medicine Buddha Chanting

Bhaiṣajyaguru (भैषज्यगुरु), (‘Medicine Master’), is the buddha of healing and medicine in Mahāyāna Buddhism. Commonly referred to as the "Medicine Buddha", he is described as a doctor who cures suffering using the medicine of his teachings.

In the Bhaiṣajyaguruvaidūryaprabharāja Sūtra, the Medicine Buddha is described as having entered into a state of samadhi called "Eliminating All the Suffering and Afflictions of Sentient Beings." From this samadhi state he spoke the Medicine Buddha Dharani.^[4]

namo bhagavate bhaiṣajyaguru

vaiḍūryaprabharājāya tathāgatāya

arhate samyaksambuddhāya tadyathā:

oṃ bhaiṣajye bhaiṣajye mahābhaiṣajya-samudgate svāhā.

The last line of the dharani is used as Bhaisajyaguru's short form mantra. 

The Korean name for Bhaisajyaguru is 

약사불, 약사여래 (Yaksa-bul, Yaksa-yere)

The sangha of MWZ chanted the Medicine Buddha Mantra this past Sunday, for those who are suffering and in need of healing and positive energy.





Sutra of the Medicine Buddha - (www.buddhanet.net/pdf_file/medbudsutra.pdf)