The Medicine Buddha
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Hi, I'm currently sick now.... and I would like to share with everyone the teaching on Medicine Buddha. I have chanted over 108 times... within 20 minutes my temperature has a 0.4 degrees drop. My temperature had been rising since early today.
www.buddhanet.net/pdf_file/medbudsutra.pdf -
Speaking of Medicine Buddha... I roughly remembered a true story I was told over a year ago, by a Buddhist friend who experienced it himself. I can't really remember the detail now as it has been a long time.. but anyway...
This guy had some problem and needed to go for brain surgeries several times... Before he went, he went to a foreign lama who came to Singapore to teach the teachings on Medicine Buddha. I can't remember which Lama, but I know the name starts with S. Anyway, during some kind of ritual (or maybe not ritual, something else), everyone was sitting in a circle. The lama walked to him and pulled him out of the circle, and told him he got (Karmic) Obstructions, and he needs to practice well.
Soon, he went for the surgery (or is it not? i cant remember)... I believe he had been practising.. and then he slipped into a coma. For 4 days he remained unconscious, until the 4th day, the first thing he remembered was seeing a figure of a man, he done quite some description but i really cannot remember it anymore. After awaking from it he asked the doctors/nurses whether someone came to visit him. They said nope, nobody had visited him when he woke up. It was later he visited the lama again, and the lama told him the figure was a manifest of the Medicine Buddha, and he was saved by the Medicine Buddha. Later he went for several surgeries and succeeded. I still see him sometimes these days. -
wow.... what do i need to chant to get healed by medicine buddha... btw is there any medicine buddha statues ?
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You can chant the Buddha Name or the Mantra
Chant Buddha name:
Na Mo Yao Shi Liu Li Guang Ru Lai -
I think there is, but I only had a picture.Originally posted by gamesharkuser:wow.... what do i need to chant to get healed by medicine buddha... btw is there any medicine buddha statues ? -
Dear An Eternal Now
I hope you get well soon. Medication would probably works faster if itÂ’s necessary.
Chanting Yao Shi Sutra is certainly good for our health and mind. My wife was not able to be pregnant for 9 years. So she started chanting Yao Shi Sutra everyday, and a few months later she was pregnant.
Of course, chanting Da Bei Zhou will work also. However, the best way is to be An-Hsiang then you are with all Buddhas and Bodhisattvas. -
where to get the mantraOriginally posted by An Eternal Now:You can chant the Buddha Name or the Mantra
Chant Buddha name:
Na Mo Yao Shi Liu Li Guang Ru Lai
edit: i found this
Directly translated it means:
1 Om: Jewel holder, wish fulfilling one, auspicious one.
2 Namo: prostration
3 Bhagavate: The victorious conqueror
4 Bekhaze (Vaishjaye): medicine Buddha
5 Guru: spiritual master
6 Beduryaprabharazaya: king of Aquamarine one
7 Tathagataya: The one thus gone (the one medicine) gone to the state of the Buddha like other buddhas
8 Arhate: foe destroyed (one who destroyed the enemy of cycle of birth, aging, sickness and death)
9 Samyaksambuddhaya: perfectly accomplished enlightenment of Buddha
10 Tayatha: like this
11 Om: jewel holder, wish fulfilling one, auspicious one
12 Bekhazebekhaze: two times calling the name of medicine Buddha
13 Mahabekhaze: great or supreme physician
14 Bekhazayerazaya: King of physicians
15 Samungate: Perfectly liberated or awakened
16 Svaha: being auspicious!
Invocation of the Medicine Buddha mantra means in short:
May all beings be auspicious! I make my prostration to you who destroyed the enemy of negative life cycle changes, who has thus gone to the state of enlightenment like other Buddhas, who perfectly accomplished the quality of the Buddha, the supreme physician who is fully liberated and awakened, the enlightened one, Medicine Buddha. Bedurya, King of the physicians.
Patients may also recite the mantra before taking the medicine or "ciudlen" pills (an abstract essence for rejuvenation) transformed into a nectar for healing all body-mind and speech disequilibrium and fulfilling the desire for wellness. This is how it sounds:
om namo bhagawate beshajye guru
vaidurya prabha rajaya tathagataya
arhte sammyaksambuddhaya tadyatha
om bheshajye beshajye maha beshajye
beshajye rajaya samungate svaha
how to pronouce -
Hi Eternal Now and All,
I will like to draw your attention to this message dream that I had...
http://simpo.proboards20.com/index.cgi?board=transformation&action=display&thread=1120117013
Read what the leopard has to say...
regards
simpo[/url] -
Hi, thank you all. I am recovering fast now. I got sick because I took part in 4.8 km run a few days ago, and then it started to rain.
Congrats, namelessness, for having a child. In history there are many 'pray for children' cases and it worked, those that pray for Bodhisattva child also get Bodhisattva child. So I am guessing your child must be very bright
Regarding the mantra, I also do not chant the mantra. But I roughly know the pronunciation. You can find an Audio version here: http://www.gbm-online.com/audios.asp . You can listen and learn the pronunciation from there.
Yes, health is very important. We must cherish our body because it allows us to continue our practise. I heard that my master and the monks in his monastery practised some kind of kung fu to keep fit.
As for 'spiritually rich diet', from what I know its best to avoid the five pungent herbs -- garlic, chives, leeks, onions, and asafoetida. It causes passion, anger, and some spirits like them. But dharma protectors hate them. Those who ate them better rinse their mouths before stepping into the monastery. But the Buddha did not specifically teach us to eat certain types of food, because the Buddha and the monks have to beg for alms and eat whatever food was given as they are renunciants. -
Thanks. My daughter is 9 years old now. Indeed, she is very pretty, bright and versatile. Her grade was no. 1 in class last semester. I think sheÂ’s really a Bodhisattva child. She is my happy thought.Originally posted by An Eternal Now:Congrats, namelessness, for having a child. In history there are many 'pray for children' cases and it worked, those that pray for Bodhisattva child also get Bodhisattva child. So I am guessing your child must be very bright
Agreed. When I was young, I ate all those herbs and some I even liked. In the last 10 years, my body gradually rejected those herbs naturally. Now I can still eat them but IÂ’d rather not.Originally posted by An Eternal Now:As for 'spiritually rich diet', from what I know its best to avoid the five pungent herbs -- garlic, chives, leeks, onions, and asafoetida. It causes passion, anger, and some spirits like them. But dharma protectors hate them. Those who ate them better rinse their mouths before stepping into the monastery. But the Buddha did not specifically teach us to eat certain types of food, because the Buddha and the monks have to beg for alms and eat whatever food was given as they are renunciants. -
Hi longchen,Originally posted by longchen:Hi Eternal Now and All,
I will like to draw your attention to this message dream that I had...
http://simpo.proboards20.com/index.cgi?board=transformation&action=display&thread=1120117013
Read what the leopard has to say...
regards
simpo[/url]
Are you a newager?
Don't know much about dream interpretation. Only know that lucid dream to a Buddhist is a fruitful proof of practicing mindfulness. The next step is to be able to change or stop the dream. And dreamless is the final goal.
In newage, how do you look at dreams? Is dream interpretation helpful? -
You are a very fortunate person indeedOriginally posted by namelessness:Thanks. My daughter is 9 years old now. Indeed, she is very pretty, bright and versatile. Her grade was no. 1 in class last semester. I think sheÂ’s really a Bodhisattva child. She is my happy thought.
Agreed. When I was young, I ate all those herbs and some I even liked. In the last 10 years, my body gradually rejected those herbs naturally. Now I can still eat them but IÂ’d rather not.Of course, chanting Da Bei Zhou will work also. However, the best way is to be An-Hsiang then you are with all Buddhas and Bodhisattvas.
Yes, every Buddha and Bodhisattva is part of our True Self. -
Hi Namelessness,
Dream interpretation is a part of my path.
I pay serious attention to the content of the dream and vision... for they often tell me what will i be experiencing soon. Under most circumstances, I cannot avoid what is about to happen and nowadays i don't even try to avoid them.
Each experience will show me something that i need to learn or know. It is like a planned path.
I know in Buddhism, dream content are mostly to be disregarded... I think there are benefits to this as well.
Some years ago I do a lot Buddhist meditation, attending buddhist meditation classes and retreats. I have been a Tibetan monk in a previous life and Buddhism is still a very attractive teaching to me although some of my experiences differs from what is normally mentioned in Buddhism. For example i do not view reincarnation as bad... but as a neccessary stage for Source to understand itself. Utimately if we realise ourselve to be this all-pervading no-thing that is eternal, the fear of death just drops away.The fear is a reflection in the mind that sees itself as the self, not realising that it is just the reflection.
All real paths lead to the same goal... I just happen to choose a non-buddhist path now.
regards -
In the Buddhist scriptures it is mentioned in many occasions it is possible to see the future through dream interpretation. Buddha had done that at least a few times on special cases, but we do not do that often nor encourage it.
Recently I brought a person to meet my dharma teacher. He seems to have some psychic powers, and he met her because he had some trouble in seeing the cause of a karma or events and wanted to know how to go about it, and he wanted to 'burn away the karma'. My dharma teacher told him, what is the use of it? Can you stop the karma by knowing? Karma is not easy to avoid, if it is then Buddha did not have to suffer so much since he is All-Knowing. But even Buddha had to go through sickness, death, etc. In the Jataka tales, the Buddha had undergone a lot of tests and hardship while was practising as a Bodhisattva in his previous lives. It is still better to practise hard and not be too affected by visions/dreams etc... which John (Thusness) has advised similarly to me as well. There is no short cut to enlightenment, even Buddha had to practise for many many lives before attaining Buddhahood.
Perhaps you feel that you learn a lot of things from dreams... but important thing is... my master advises that one should not let the 'Dream world' dictate the way you live (in real life). -
From the Mahayana (including Vajrayana) point of view, Bodhisattvas are completely non-dual and therefore does not discriminate Nirvana over Samsara. This view is also presented in the Nagarjuna's work I sent you.
Which is why it is possible for Bodhisattvas to be reborn again and again to complete Buddhahood. Those following the path of self-liberation (attaining Arhantship) will enter into Nirvana and not be able to attain the perfect, complete Buddhahood.
The 4 Noble Truths, teaching that 'Life Is Suffering', although found in all traditions of Buddhism, is actually a path of 'self-liberation' catergory. On a Higher level Life is not suffering, although for most sentient beings this is true in the sense that Suffering is an inevitable part of life, like for example the 8 distresses to speak of. -
Merry Meet An Eternal Now,Originally posted by An Eternal Now:Hi, I'm currently sick now.... and I would like to share with everyone the teaching on Medicine Buddha. I have chanted over 108 times... within 20 minutes my temperature has a 0.4 degrees drop. My temperature had been rising since early today.
www.buddhanet.net/pdf_file/medbudsutra.pdf
Get well soon, have more rest, drink more water.
Blessed Be,
Oceanos -
Thanks Oceanos
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Hmmm...why do you chant over 108 times? I thought the maximum times you should chant is only 108?
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Much of these are beliefs... in a future lifetime... you may know what are the truths and what are the lies....Originally posted by An Eternal Now:From the Mahayana (including Vajrayana) point of view, Bodhisattvas are completely non-dual and therefore does not discriminate Nirvana over Samsara. This view is also presented in the Nagarjuna's work I sent you.
Which is why it is possible for Bodhisattvas to be reborn again and again to complete Buddhahood. Those following the path of self-liberation (attaining Arhantship) will enter into Nirvana and not be able to attain the perfect, complete Buddhahood.
The 4 Noble Truths, teaching that 'Life Is Suffering', although found in all traditions of Buddhism, is actually a path of 'self-liberation' catergory. On a Higher level Life is not suffering, although for most sentient beings this is true in the sense that Suffering is an inevitable part of life, like for example the 8 distresses to speak of.
Buddhism is no longer for me... I have too much lifetimes with this religion/belief system...how do you know that i have not enlightened before in a previous life... too much truth mixed with beliefs... good luck with your final liberation/cessation... if there is such a thing. -
I do not know whether you have been enlightened. If you are a liberated person then either you have entered into Nirvana... or you came back as a Bodhisattva. Do you doubt that there is liberation? There were thousands of Arhants during the Buddha's era, and there continue to be Arhants living in the world now. I know and met many liberated beings and bodhisattvas, some of them are my teachers. I also do not doubt the existence of Buddhas. It is not a belief but it is a path. If you want to walk the Bodhisattva path, it requires deep Bodhicitta aspiration and great compassion for all beings.Originally posted by longchen:Much of these are beliefs... in a future lifetime... you may know what are the truths and what are the lies....
Buddhism is no longer for me... I have too much lifetimes with this religion/belief system...how do you know that i have not enlightened before in a previous life... too much truth mixed with beliefs... good luck with your final liberation/cessation... if there is such a thing.
I believe you do not get stuck to a system just because blind belief in your previous lifetimes. I suggest you read more Buddhist sutras to understand the teachings better, and very importantly clarify your doubts with a Buddhist teacher. -
Why chant 108 times? You need to understand the reason why. It has a meaning behind it. Pls read http://www.jenchen.org.sg/vol4no4c.htmOriginally posted by shade343:Hmmm...why do you chant over 108 times? I thought the maximum times you should chant is only 108?
But there is nothing wrong in chanting more than 108 times. Some people chant 10000 times, 20000 times. That would be even better (as long as you have the time and it doesn't cause trouble in your work/family/etc) -
Hmm...I was taught that mantras are chanted to a maximum of 108 times...same like the Great Compassion Mantra...Originally posted by An Eternal Now:Why chant 108 times? You need to understand the reason why. It has a meaning behind it. Pls read http://www.jenchen.org.sg/vol4no4c.htm
But there is nothing wrong in chanting more than 108 times. Some people chant 10000 times, 20000 times. That would be even better (as long as you have the time and it doesn't cause trouble in your work/family/etc) -
Up to you whether you want to follow the numbers strictlyOriginally posted by shade343:Hmm...I was taught that mantras are chanted to a maximum of 108 times...same like the Great Compassion Mantra... Most importantly is whether you are sincere and your mind shouldnt be wandering elsewhere thinking about other things. -
What if... spiritually evolution is not meant for 'individual' or even by species only... but occurs at planetary, solar system and dimensional level?
What if the 'return back to Source' happened at dimensional level... or is an universe-level event. What if there are fixed cycles of outbreath and inbreath of creations.
what if the Buddha still retains a consciousness even until now... does that mean that there is final cessation?
These are questions to seriously think about...
Do not believe anything that anybody tell you until you experience them yourself... not even this stuff that I am writing or your Buddhist teacher.. ... if you are bold enough...
So... are you bold enough? If not, just rely on secondary information... but then how do you KNOW that the secondary information are reliable?. [/b] -
..."When Mara learned that Godhika had died, he tried to find out where he was reborn but failed to find him. So, assuming the likeness of a young man, Mara approached the Buddha and enquired where Godhika was. The Buddha replied, ‘It will be of no benefit to you to learn of the destination of Godhika; for having been freed of mental defilements he became an Arahant and ended rebirth. One like you, Mara, for all your power will not be able to find out where Arahants go after death.’"
There are other similar cases where people tried to find the consciousness of Arhants but is unable to find it as they have entered Nirvana.
One who is in Nirvana does not have an 'individual consciousness' but becomes part of the Dharmakaya.
There are lots of people who have experienced liberation, but until now never has 'Universal-Level' event happened in history. Are you telling me that you have already experienced the 'universal-level' event? If that is the case does that mean we do not have to practise any more, and will naturally attain enlightenment?