Medicine Buddha mantra clears away negative karma that quickly eliminates suffering from diseases and pacifies harmful spirits. Its reading brings success and fulfillment of all desires. Also, this mantra is very effective for healing mental diseases. Besides that, the Medicine Buddha mantra can help you not only in healing physical ailments but also to overcome the underlying internal painful afflictions, hatred, jealousy, desire, greed, and ignorance.
If you want to protect yourself from diseases, visualize Medicine Buddha and read his mantra.
Medicine Buddha
Medicine Buddha is a special aspect of Buddha that helps in healing various diseases. He is also called Bhaiṣajyaguru which means “King of Medicine Master and Lapis Lazuli Light”. Everyone who sees Medicine Buddha for the very first time is mesmerized by the brilliance of the deep blue colors of his face and body.
“Medicine Buddha is an enlightened being who has unbiased compassion for all living beings. He protects living beings from physical and mental sickness and other dangers and obstacles and helps them to eradicate the three poisons – attachment, hatred, and ignorance – which are the source of all sickness and danger. He is a Buddha Doctor.” – Geshe Kelsang Gyatso
Medicine Buddha helps samsaric patients to transcend pain. He also helps dying patients to accept death. He gives them the realization that though death may be near, there is nothing to fear. Medicine Buddha guides them through the intermediate stage prior to the next rebirth.
In China, people believe that it is very auspicious to have an altar where you make offerings to Medicine Buddha directly facing the main door of your house. In this case, Medicine Buddha brings happiness, joy, and health to your house. People who live in such a house will always have protection from any kinds of diseases.
The Text And The Meaning Of Medicine Buddha Mantra
It is very important to use visualization when you’re reading this mantra. Pronounce the text of Medicine Buddha mantra loudly, clearly, paying attention to each letter and sound.
TAYATA OM BEKHANDZYE BEKHANDZYE
MAHA BEKHANDZYE
RADZA SAMUDGATE SVAHA
TAYATA means “Gone beyond” (meaning beyond Samsara and Nirvana).
OM is composed of the three pure sounds that signify the holy body, speech, and mind.
BEKHANDZYE means “eliminating pain”.
MAHA BEKHANDZYE means “great eliminating path”.
RADZA means “king”.
SAMUDGATE means “he who has come forth”.
SVAHA means establishing a foundation in the heart: the blessing, the devotion from which the realization comes.
Read this Matra 7, 21 or 108 times daily.
Medicine Buddha Visualization
While reading the mantra you need to practice the purification visualization described below.
Imagine how the purifying rays of light are streaming from the heart and the Holy body of Medicine Buddha, completely filling your body from head to toe. These rays of light are cleansing you from all diseases and pollution caused by spirits, negative karma and obscurations.
Visualize that your body is becoming light, purified, clean and transparent like crystal. The rays of light flow down to the body twice, each time filling it with blissful transparent light.
Now visualize the arising Lotus and the Moon in Medicine Buddha’s heart. In the center of the Moon, you can see the OM symbol surrounded by the mantra.
As you reading the mantra, you need to visualize the rays of light coming in all directions from the syllables in his heart. After that Medicine Buddha turns into light and dissolves into your heart.