Item: Medicine Buddha

Medicine Buddha (Sanskrit: Bhaishajyaguru) (Tibetan: sang gye men la. English: the Buddha - Guru of Medicine).

Description: Medicine Guru Buddha (Sanskrit: Bhaishajyaguru) is also known by the name Vaidurya Prabha Raja, the 'King of Sapphire Light.' Dark blue in colour, with one face and two hands he holds in the right hand a myrobalan fruit (Latin: terminalia chebula. Skt.: haritaki). The left hand is placed in the lap in the gesture of meditation supporting a begging bowl with the open palm. Adorned with the orange and yellow patchwork robes of a fully ordained monk, the left arm covered, he appears in the nirmanakaya aspect of a fully enlightened buddha. In vajra posture above a moon disc, he sits on a double lotus seat.

Lineage: Muni Shakya Simha, Arya Manjughosha, Khenchen Bodhisattva Shantirakshita, Dharma King Trisong Detsen, Dharma King Sena Legjing Yon, Ngadag Tri Ralpachen, Lhalung Palgyi Dorje, Ngadag Odsrung, Tri Palkor Tsan, Kyide Nyima Gon, Ngadag Tashi De, Lha Lama Yeshe Od, Ngadag Lha De - or - Lhatsun Jangchub Od, Ngadag Od De, Ngadag Tse De, Ngari Drachom Jangchub Tsultrim, Shulenpa Sherab Dragpa, Rechu Lepa Dharma Gyaltsen, (etc.).

Jeff Watt 2-2014