Medicine
Buddha Sadhana
Visualization
About
four inches above the crown of my head is a lotus flower. In the
center of the lotus is a white moon disk and seated on the moon disk
is my root Guru the dharmakaya essence of all the buddhas in the form
of the Medicine Buddha. He is blue in color and his body radiates
blue light. His right hand, in the mudra of granting sublime
realizations, rests on his right knee and holds the stem of the arura
plant between thumb and first finger. His left hand is in the mudra
of concentration and holds a lapis lazuli bowl filled with nectar. He
is seated in the full vajra position and is wearing the triple robes
of dharma . He has all the signs and qualities of a buddha.
Taking
Refuge and Generating Bodhichitta
I go for
refuge until I am enlightened.
To the
Buddha, the Dharma, and the supreme assembly.
By my
practice of giving and other perfections,
May I
become a buddha in order to benefit all sentient beings. (3x)
The
Four Immeasurable Thoughts
May all
sentient beings have happiness and the causes of happiness.
May all
sentient beings be free from suffering and the causes of suffering.
May all
sentient beings never be separated from the happiness that is without
suffering.
May all
sentient beings abide in equanimity, free from both attachment and
hatred, holding some close and others distant.
Cultivating
Special Bodhichitta
Especially
for the benefit of all sentient beings, I will quickly, very quickly,
attain the precious state of perfect and complete buddhahood. For
this reason I will practice the yoga method of Guru Medicine Buddha.
Seven-Limb
Prayer
I
prostrate to Guru Medicine Buddha.
Each and
every offering, including those actually performed and those mentally
transformed, I present to you.
I
confess all non-virtuous actions accumulated since beginningless
time.
I
rejoice in the virtues of both ordinary and noble beings.
As our
guide I request you, O Buddha, to please abide well and turn the
wheel of Dharma until samsara ends.
All
virtues, both my own and those of others, I dedicate to the ripening
of the two bodhichittas and the attainment of buddhahood for the sake
of all sentient beings.
Mandala
offering
This
ground, anointed with perfume, strewn with flowers,
Adorned
with Mount Meru, four continents, the sun and the moon.
I
imagine this as a buddhafield and offer it.
May all
living beings enjoy this pure land!
IDAM
GURU RATNA MANDALAKAM NIRYATAYAMI
Prayers
of Request
I
beseech you, Bhagavan Medicine Guru – whose sky-colored holy body
of lapis lazuli signifies omniscient wisdom and compassion as vast as
limitless space – please grant me your blessings.
I
beseech you, compassionate Medicine Guru – who hold in your right
hand the king of medicines symbolizing your vow to help all pitiful
sentient beings plagued by the 424 diseases – please grant me your
blessings.
I
beseech you, compassionate Medicine Guru – who hold in your left
hand a bowl of nectar symbolizing your vow to give the glorious
undying nectar of the Dharma that eliminates the degenerations of
sickness, old age, and death – please grant me your blessings.
Visualization
Above
the crown of Guru Medicine Buddha is a wish-granting jewel, which is
in essence my Guru.
Above
that is the Buddha Delightful King of Clear Knowing (Ngön khyen
gyäl po), whose body is coral red in color, his right hand in the
mudra of bestowing sublime realiza- tions and his left hand in the
mudra of concentration.
Above
him is the Buddha Melodious Ocean of Proclaimed Dharma (Chö drag
gya tso yang), with a dark pink-colored body, his right hand in the
mudra of bestowing sublime realizations and his left hand in the
mudra of concentration.
Above
him is the Buddha Supreme Glory Free from Sorrow (Nya ngän me
chog), light pink in color with both hands in the mudra of
concentration.
Above
him is the Buddha Stainless Excellent Gold (Ser zang dri me), gold in
color, his right hand in the mudra of expounding the Dharma and his
left hand in the mudra of concen- tration.
Above
him is the Buddha King of Melodious Sound, Brilliant Radiance of
Skill, Adorned with Jewels, Moon, and Lotus (Rin chen da wa dang pä
ma rab tu gyän pa kyä pa zi ji dra yang gyi gyäl po), yel- low
in color with his right hand in the mudra of expounding the Dhar- ma
and his left hand in the mudra of concentration.
Above
him is the Buddha Renowned Glorious King of Excellent Signs (Tshän
leg yang drag), gold in color with his right hand in the mudra of
expounding the Dharma and his left hand in the mudra of
concentration.
Requests
to the Medicine Buddhas
Repeat
each verse seven times. After the seventh recitation as you repeat
“May your vow to benefit... “ the Medicine Buddha to whom the
request is made absorbs into the one below.
To you,
Buddha Renowned Glorious King of Excellent Signs, fully realized
destroyer of all defilements, fully accomplished buddha having
fully realized the absolute truth of all phenomena, I prostrate, go
for refuge, and make offerings. May your vow to benefit all
sentient beings now ripen for myself and others. (7x)
To you,
Buddha King of Melodious Sound, Brilliant Radiance of Skill, Adorned
with Jewels, Moon, and Lotus, fully realized destroyer of all
defilements, fully accom- plished buddha who has fully realized the
absolute truth of all phenomena, I prostrate, go for refuge, and
make offerings. May your vow to benefit all sentient beings now ripen
for myself and others. (7x)
To you,
Buddha Stainless Excellent Gold, Great Jewel Who Accomplishes All
Vows, fully realized destroyer of all defilements, fully accomplished
buddha who has fully realized the absolute truth of all phenomena, I
prostrate, go for refuge, and make offerings. May your vow to benefit
all sentient beings now ripen for myself and others. (7x)
To you,
Buddha Supreme Glory Free from Sorrow, fully realized destroyer of
all defilements, fully accomplished buddha who has fully realized the
absolute truth of all phenomena, I prostrate, go for refuge, and make
offerings. May your vow to ben- efit all sentient beings now ripen
for myself and others. (7x)
To you,
Buddha Melodious Ocean of Pro- claimed Dharma, fully realized
destroyer of all defilements, fully accomplished buddha who has fully
realized the absolute truth of all phenomena, I prostrate, go for
refuge, and make offerings. May your vow to ben- efit all sentient
beings now ripen for myself and others. (7x)
To you,
Buddha Delightful King of Clear Knowing, Supreme Wisdom of an Ocean
of Dharma, fully realized destroyer of all defilements, fully
accomplished buddha who has fully realized the absolute truth of all
phenomena, I prostrate, go for refuge, and make offerings. May your
vow to benefit all sentient beings now ripen for myself and others.
(7x)
To you,
Buddha Medicine Guru, King of La- pis Light, fully realized destroyer
of all de- filements, fully accomplished buddha who has fully
realized the absolute truth of all phenomena, I prostrate, go for
refuge, and make offerings. May your vow to benefit all sentient
beings now ripen for myself and others. (7x)
Visualization
Granting
your request, from the heart and holy body of the King of Medicine,
Guru Medicine Buddha, infinite rays of white light pour down
completely filling your body from head to toe. They purify all your
diseases and afflictions due to spirits and their causes, all your
negative karma and mental obscurations. In the nature of light, your
body becomes as clean and clear as crystal. The light rays pour down
twice more, each time filling your body with blissful clean clear
light which you absorb. You are thereby transformed into the holy
body of Guru Medicine Buddha. At your heart appears a lotus and moon
disk. Standing at the center of the moon disk, is is the blue
seed-syllable HUM surrounded by the syllables of the mantra. As you
recite the mantra, visualize rays of light radiating out in all
directions from the syllable at your heart. The light rays pervade
the sentient beings of all six realms. Through your great love
wishing them to have happiness, and through your great compassion
wishing them to be free from all sufferings, they are purified of all
diseases and afflictions due to spirits and their causes, all their
negative karma and mental obscurations.
Mantra
Recitation
OM
NAMO BHAGAVATE BHAISHAJYE / GURU BAIDURYA / PRABHA RADJAYA /
TATHAGATAYA / ARHATE SAMYAKSAM BUDDHAYA / TADYATHA / OM BHAISHAJYE
BHAISHAJYE MAHA BHAISHAJYE [BHAISHAJYE ] / RAJA SAMUDGATE SVAHA
Short
Mantra
TADYATHA
/ OM BHAISHAJYE BHAISHAJYE MAHABHAISHAJYE [BHAISHAJYE] / RAJA
SAMUDGATE SVAHA
[Common
pronunciation: TAYATA OM BHEKANDZYE
BHEKANDZYE MAHA BHEKANDZYE [BHEKANDZYE] RADZA SAMUDGATE SOHA.]
Feel
great joy and think: All sentient beings are transformed into the
aspect of the Medicine Buddha Guru. How wonderful that I am now able
to lead all sentient beings into the Medicine Buddha’s
enlightenment.
Simplified
Visualization
If
you wish to do a shorter version instead, visualize Guru Medicine
Buddha above the crown of your head and make the following prayer of
request seven times:
The
fully realized destroyer of all defilements, fully completed buddha
having fully realized the absolute truth of all phenomena, Guru Medicine Buddha, King of Lapis Light, to you I prostrate, go for refuge,
and make offerings. May your vow to benefit all sentient beings now
ripen for myself and others. (7x)
As
you recite the Medicine Buddha mantra, visualize as follows:
Purifying
rays of light pour down from the Guru Medicine Buddha’s heart and
holy body, eliminating your sicknesses and afflictions due to
spirits, and their causes, all your negative karma and mental
obscurations. Your body is completely filled with light and becomes
clean-clear like crystal. Then the rays radiate out in all
directions, purifying the sicknesses and afflictions of all mother
sentient beings.
After
the mantra recitation visualize as follows:
The
Guru Medicine Buddha melts into light and absorbs into your heart.
Your mind becomes completely one with the dharmakaya, the essence of
all buddhas.
Dedication
Due to
these merits, may I complete the ocean-like actions of the sons of
the victorious ones. May I become the holy savior, refuge, and helper
for sentient beings, who have repeatedly been kind to me in past
lives.
By the
virtues received from attempting this practice, may all living beings
who see, hear, touch, or remember me even those who merely say my
name in that very moment be released from their miseries and
experience happiness forever.
As all
sentient beings, infinite as space, are encompassed by Guru Medicine
Buddha’s compassion, may I too become the guide for sentient beings
existing throughout all ten directions of the universe.
Because
of these virtues, may I quickly become Guru Medicine Buddha and lead
each and every sentient being into his enlightened realm.
Note: Re-edited by Geshe Gedun Tharchin
