The King of Medicine, Master of Lapis Lazuli Light Medicine Buddha Short Sadhana
Namo Bhaisajyaguru!
Visualization Begin in Meditative posture; feel grounded, centered and relaxed. Aout four inches aove the cro!n of "our head is a #ulticolored lotus. $n its center is a !hite #oon disc and seated upon that is "our root guru, the %har#a&a"a essence of all the Buddhas in the for# of the Medicine Buddha. 'e is lue in color and his od" radiates lapis lazuli light. 'is right hand, in the #udra of granting suli#e realizations, rests on his right &nee and holds a ste# of the #"roalan plant et!een the thu# and index finger. 'is left hand, in the #udra of concentration, holds a lapis lazuli o!l filled !ith healing ( life)giving nectar. Seated in the va*ra position, he !ears the three saffron roes of a #onastic #on&. 'e has all the signs and #ar&s of a Buddha. +efuge $ ta&e refuge until $ a# enlightened in the Buddha, the dhar#a, and the sangha. Through the #erit $ create " practicing giving and the other perfections, Ma" $ attain uddhahood for the sa&e of all sentient eings. The our $##easurales 'o! !onderful it !ould e if all sentient eings !ere to aide in e-uani#it", free of ias, attach#ent, and anger. Ma" the" all aide in this !a". ith the ut#ost *o", $ shall cause the# to aide in this !a". /uru Medicine Buddha, " "our perfect exa#ple, please inspire #e to e ale to do so. 'o! !onderful it !ould e if all sentient eings had happiness and its causes. Ma" the" all have these. ith the ut#ost *o", $ shall cause the# to have co#passion. /uru Medicine Buddha, " "our perfect exa#ple, please inspire #e to e ale to do so. 'o! !onderful it !ould e if all sentient eings !ere free fro# suffering and its causes. Ma" the" all e free. ith the ut#ost *o", $ shall cause the# to have loving &indness and e lierated. /uru Medicine Buddha, " "our perfect exa#ple, please inspire #e to e ale to do so. 'o! !onderful it !ould e if all sentient eings !ere never parted fro# upper reirth and lierations0 excellent liss. Ma" the" never e parted. ith zealous effort, $ shall cause the# never to e parted. /uru Medicine Buddha, " "our perfect exa#ple, please inspire #e to e ale to do so. 1ultivating Bodhicitta 2
3speciall" for the sa&e of all #other sentient eings, $ #ust -uic&l" and #ore -uic&l", in this ver" life, attain the precious state of co#plete and perfect Buddhahood. Therefore $ shall practice the "oga #ethod of /uru Medicine Buddha. Seven Li# 4ra"er to 4urification and Merit +everentl" $ prostrate !ith #" od", speech and #ind to /uru Medicine Buddha, And present clouds of ever" t"pe of offering, actual and #entall" for#ed. $ confess all #" negative actions accu#ulated since eginningless ti#e, And re*oice in the virtues of all hol" and ordinar" eings. 4lease re#ain as #" guide until c"clic existence ends, And turn the !heel of %har#a for all sentient eings. $ dedicate all the virtues of #"self and others to the ripening of the odhicitta and the attain#ent of Buddhahood for the enefit of all sentient eings Mandala 5ffering This ground, anointed !ith perfu#e, flo!ers stre!n, Mount Meru, four lands, sun and #oon, $#agined as a Buddha land and offered to "ou. Ma" all eings en*o" this pure land. The o*ects of attach#ent, aversion and ignorance ) friends, ene#ies and strangers, #" od", !ealth and en*o"#ents6$ offer these purel", !ithout an" sense of loss. 4lease accept the# !ith pleasure, and inspire #e to e free fro# the three poisons. IDAM GURU RATNA MANDALA KAM NIRYA TAYAMI Enlightene Reuest
$ re-uest "ou, Bhagavan Medicine /uru, !hose s&" colored hol" od" of lapis lazuli signifies o#niscient !isdo# and co#passion as vast as li#itless space please inspire #" #ind. $ re-uest "ou, co#passionate Medicine /uru, !ho holds in "our right hand the &ing of #edicines s"#olizing "our vo! to help all sentient eings plagued " the 787 diseases, please inspire #" #ind. $ re-uest "ou, co#passionate Medicine /uru, !ho holds in "our left hand a lapis o!l of nectar s"#olizing "our vo! to give the glorious und"ing nectar of 8
the %har#a !hich eli#inates the degenerations of sic&ness, aging, and death, please inspire #" #ind. "isuali#ation $ Reuest to the Mei%ine Buha
Aove the cro!n of /uru Medicine Buddha is a !ish)granting *e!el, !hich in essence is "our guru.
To the full" realized destro"er of all defile#ents, co#pletel" perfected Buddha having realized the ulti#ate nature of all pheno#ena, Medicine Buddha King of Lapis Light, $ prostrate, go for refuge, and #a&e offerings. Ma" "our vo! to enefit all sentient eings no! ripen for #"self and others. 9:x or x< Mei%ine Buha Generation $ Blessing &M '"AB(A"A '(UDD(A 'AR"A D(ARMA '"AB(A"A '(UDD(& (AM One can Recite the mantra while doing these visualizations or perform separately
$n response to "our re-uest, infinite !hite ra"s of light strea# do!n fro# the heart and od" of /uru Medicine Buddha. 1o#pletel" filling "our od", the" purif" all disease, spirit har#, and the negative &ar#a and #ental afflictions that cause these. =our od" eco#es the nature of light, clean and clear li&e cr"stal. The light pours into "ou a second ti#e raising the virations of "our energ" and then finall" third ti#e filling "our od" !ith great liss. The Medicine Buddha #elts into rilliant lue light and asors into "our heart. =our #ind eco#es non)dual !ith the %har#a&a"a, the essence of all Buddhas. ithin the state of e#ptiness, "ou appear as the Medicine Buddha. At "our heart is a lotus and #oon disc. At the center of the #oon stands the lue s"llale 5M surrounded " the s"llales of the Medicine Buddha #antra. :
Medicine Buddha #antra 9Sans&rit< Tayatha &m Bhaisajye Bhaisajye Maha Bhaisajye Raja 'amugate ')aha* Approxi#ate Translation of #antra > 4erfectl" 3nlightened Buddha, To the healing, to the healing, to the supre#e healing, hail? As "ou recite the #antra, light ra"s radiate fro# the s"llales at "our heart. Spreading in all directions, the" co#pletel" fill and illu#inate all sentient eings of the six real#s. Through "our great love !ishing the# to e happ" and "our great co#passion !ishing the# to e free fro# suffering, the" are purified of all disease and spirit har#, as !ell as their causes, negative &ar#a and #ental afflictions and oscurations. All sentient eings transfor# into the Medicine Buddha. eel great *o" that "ou are ale to lead the# to the Medicine Buddha0s enlighten#ent. %edication %ue to the virtue accu#ulated " doing the Medicine Buddha practice, #a" $ co#plete the ocean)li&e deeds of the odhisattvas. Ma" $ eco#e the protector, refuge, and guide of #igrator" eings, !ho have een infinitel" &ind to #e. @ust as /uru Medicine Buddha !ith co#passion guides all sentient eings, infinite as space, #a" $ also eco#e a co#passionate guide of all sentient eings existing in all directions of the universe. %ue to the positive potential accu#ulated " #"self and others in the past, present, and future, #a" an"one !ho #erel" sees, hears, re#e#ers, touches or tal&s to #e e freed in that ver" instant fro# all sufferings and aide in happiness forever. %ue to this virtue, #a" $ -uic&l" achieve /uru Medicine Buddha0s enlighten#ent and lead all sentient eings to that enlighten#ent. Those +ho ha)e not re%ei)e initiation in the Mei%ine Buha $n response to "our re-uest, infinite !hite ra"s of light strea# do!n fro# the heart and od" of /uru Medicine Buddha. 1o#pletel" filling "our od", the" purif" all disease, spirit har#, and the negative &ar#a and #ental afflictions that cause these. =our od" eco#es the nature of light, clean and clear li&e cr"stal. The light pours into "ou a second and third ti#e filling "our od" !ith great liss. The light ea#s then radiate out in all directions to heal the sic&nesses and afflictions of all #other sentient eings. (Recite the mantra while doing these visualizations. At the conclusion of the mantra recitation, the Medicine Buddha melts into light and absorbs between your eyebrows, blessing your body, speech, and mind.
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