Bhaisajyaguru
Buddha of healing and medicine in Mahāyāna Buddhism / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Bhaiṣajyaguru (Sanskrit: भैषज्यगुरु, Chinese: 藥師佛, Japanese: 薬師仏, Korean: 약사불, Vietnamese: Dược Sư Phật, Standard Tibetan: སངས་རྒྱས་སྨན་བླ), or Bhaishajyaguru, formally Bhaiṣajya-guru-vaiḍūrya-prabhā-rāja ("Medicine Master and King of Lapis Lazuli Light"; Chinese: 藥師琉璃光(王)如來, Japanese: 薬師瑠璃光如来, Korean: 약사유리광여래, Vietnamese: Dược Sư Lưu Ly Quang Vương Như Lai), 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 (Pali/Sanskrit: dukkha/duḥkha) using the medicine of his teachings.
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![%22Paradise_of_Bhaisajyaguru%22_Buddha_wall_mural_in_the_Met_museum.JPG](/en/File:"Paradise_of_Bhaisajyaguru"_Buddha_wall_mural_in_the_Met_museum.JPG) Yuan Dynasty mural of Bhaiṣajyaguru's eastern pure land | |
| Sanskrit | भैषज्यगुरु Bhaiṣajyaguru भैषज्यगुरुवैडूर्यप्रभराज Bhaiṣajyaguru-vaiḍūryaprabhārāja |
| Chinese | 藥師佛 (Pinyin: Yàoshīfó) 藥師如來 (Pinyin: Yàoshī Rúlái) |
| Japanese | 薬師如来 (romaji: Yakushi Nyorai) 薬師瑠璃光如来 (romaji: Yakushirurikō Nyorai) |
| Khmer | ភៃសជ្យគុរុ (phei-sach-kuru) |
| Korean | 약사여래 (RR: Yagsa Yeorae) 약사유리광여래 (RR: Yagsayurigwang Yeorae) |
| Mongolian script | Оточ Манла |
| Thai | พระไภษัชยคุรุไวฑูรยประภาตถาคต Phra Phaisatchaya Khuru Waidun Prapha Tathakhot |
| Tibetan | སངས་རྒྱས་སྨན་བླ་ Wylie: sangs rgyas sman bla THL: Sangyé Menla |
| Vietnamese | Dược Sư Phật Dược Sư Lưu Ly Quang Vương Phật Dược Sư Lưu Ly Quang Vương Như Lai Đại Y Vương Phật Tiêu Tai Diên Thọ Dược Sư Phật |
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| Venerated by | Mahayana, Vajrayana |
| Attributes | Healing |
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Bhaiṣajyaguru's original name and title was rāja (King), but Xuanzang translated it as Tathāgata (Buddha). Subsequent translations and commentaries followed Xuanzang in describing him as a Buddha. The image of Bhaiṣajyaguru is usually expressed with a canonical Buddha-like form holding a gallipot and, in some versions, possessing blue skin. Though also considered to be a guardian of the East, in most cases Akshobhya is given that role. As an exceptional case, the honzon of Mount Kōya's Kongōbu Temple was changed from Akshobhya to Bhaiṣajyaguru.[1]