檢視 Buddha of Medicine 藥師佛的原始碼

'''Buddha of Medicine''' (Skt. ''Bhaiṣajyagurubuddha''; Tib. ''Sangyé Menla''; [[Wyl.]] ''sangs rgyas sman bla'') is an important [[buddha]] in the [[Mahayana]] tradition, whose main initial vow as a [[bodhisattva]] was to become able to completely free all [[sentient beings]] from their illnesses. In [[Tibetan Buddhism]], he is central to the ''[[Four Medical Tantras]]'', which are the basis of Tibetan medicine, and to many [[sadhana]]s of healing.

When the Buddha of Medicine appears as a [[deity]] in sadhanas of healing, because deities are a means of communication, the form or appearance of each deity reflects the different activities which they embody and in which they engage, and are determined by the aspirations they made at the time of their initial generation of [[bodhichitta]]. 

In the case of the Buddha of Medicine there is a specific set of twelve aspirations that relate to his primary motivation to remove the physical and mental suffering of beings in general, but primarily mental and physical illness caused through imbalance of the [[elements]]. <ref>*[[Thrangu Rinpoche]], ''Medicine Buddha Teachings'', Snow Lion Publications ISBN 1-55939-216-9, pages 105-117. </ref>

==References==
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==Transmissions Given to the [[About Rigpa|Rigpa]] Sangha==
*1979, London, [[Dzogchen Orgyen Chö Ling]], [[Thrangu Rinpoche]]—empowerment
*13 or 14 September 1980, [[Pagode de Vincennes]], Paris, France, [[Dudjom Rinpoche]]—empowerment
*29 August 1999, Amsterdam, [[Dr Trogawa Rinpoche]]—empowerment
*16 September 2000, London, [[Dr Trogawa Rinpoche]]—empowerment
*6 June 2010, Murnau, Germany, [[Sogyal Rinpoche]]—oral transmission of prayer & mantra
*1 August 2014, [[Lerab Ling]], His Holiness [[Sakya Trizin]]—empowerment
*24 May 2015, [[Dharma Mati]], Berlin, Germany, Khamtrul Rinpoche, [[Dokhampa Shedrub Nyima]]—empowerment

==Tibetan texts==
* Derge [[Kangyur]], vol.87, ff.274r-283v., Wyl. ''phags pa bcom ldan 'das sman gyi bla bai DUR+Ya'i 'od kyi sngon gyi smon lam gyi khyad par rgyas pa zhes bya ba theg pa chen po'i mdo.''
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==Further Reading==
*[[Tulku Thondup]], ''Boundless Healing'' (Shambhala: Boston, 2001), Part Three, Chapter Eight: 'Meditation on the Healing Buddha', pages 131-171

==Internal Links==
*[[Buddha of Medicine mantra and dharani]]

==External Links== 
* [http://www.shenpen-osel.org/issue9.pdf Shenpen Osel Issue 9]
* [http://www.shenpen-osel.org/issue10.pdf Shenpen Osel Issue 10]

[[Category: Buddhas and Deities]]
[[Category: Tibetan Medicine]]