Medicine Buddha Matra | Bhaisajyaguru Vaidurya Prabharaja | Sangye Menla | 藥師琉璃光(王)如來 | 薬師仏 | 약사불

Medicine Buddha is commonly called Sangye Menla, which means Medicine Buddha in Tibetan. He is a fully enlightened being that is devoid of any form of biased against living beings. Like Avalokitesvara or Tara, the Medicine Buddha is a Buddha filled with unlimited compassion towards us. The Sutra of the Master of Healing states that when the Medicine Buddha became a Bodhisattva, “he made Twelve Great Vows to grant all beings with whatever they pray for.” In essence the twelve great vows indicate that Medicine Buddha is a Buddha that heals us from physical, mental, and spiritual illness. When we think how exactly Medicine Buddha Sangye Menla can cure sicknesses and diseases, we should remember that all our karma is created by our wrong threefold activity: wrong actions, wrong language and wrong thinking or perception. All karma is created by the three poisons of the mind: attachment, aversion and confusion. When we meditate on Medicine Buddha or chant his mantra, we identify ourselves with the absolute