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To: alt.magick.tyagi,talk.religion.misc From: tyagi@houseofkaos.abyss.com (mordred) Subject: RJacobson: Medicine Buddha Date: 21 Mar 1995 10:12:28 -0800 [from alt.zen: jacobson@selway.umt.edu (Robert B Jacobson)] In article <3jii2i$l03@jobe.shell.portal.com>, wrote: >what is a 'Medicine Buddha'? from where does this term originate? Medicine Buddha is also known as the Healing Buddha. The focus of the kriyatantra practice of Medicine Buddha is physical suffering, of old age, sickness and death. Integral to this practice, as taught by Tibetan masters, is tong.len, the practice of taking and giving. One visualizes that the physical suffering of another is 'breathed in' in the form of black smoke, imagining that one is absorbing the illness of another. The black smoke travells on the channels to a blue dhih at your heart. When exhaling, one imagines sending much white light from the heart center to the other person, thereby healing them of their illness. The Tibetan name for Medicine Buddha is Mangyi-la Bendurya O Gyi Gyalpo-la (I'm not completely sure of the spelling right now). I've received this initiation twice, most recently in 1991 from Geshe Khenrab. It is particularly good to do when someone is either sick or has died. (My brother-in-law was killed about a month ago and I have done the sadhana of Medicine Buddha every day since then and dedicated the merit to his attaining a precious human rebirth, quickly meeting with the dharma and reaching liberation in his next life.) Medicine Buddha's body is blue, the color and nature of lapis lazuli, deeply colorerd and very smooth. He sits with his right hand on his right knee, palm outward in the mudra of giving realizations (thumb and index finger together, other fingers extended). He has his left hand in his lap, holding a begging bowl filled with medicine and nectar to heal others of their illnesses. One little thing that I've noticed in doing this practice is that I sometimes tend to take on the symptoms of the other's illness. One time a friend had an excruciating headache and I recited the mantra to myself and performed tong.len. After a while, his headache subsided, but I developed one! My cat (who meditates with me) has been bothered by ear mites, so when we meditate, I breath in black smoke from his itching ears and breath white light to him. After a while, I notice that my ears start to itch!! I realize that this is most likely not actually my absorbing their sickness, but my own mind trying to similate the act of taking their illness on myself. :) An aside: The Land of Medicine Buddha is a retreat center in Soquel, CA (outside San Francisco) that is a part of the Foundation for the Preservation of the Mahayana Tradition. It is located next to the Vajrapani Center, which is the central office for FPMT. Be well! Bob -- Bob Jacobson | May all living beings have happiness; jacobson@selway.umt.edu | May they be free from suffering; The University of Montana | May they have happiness without suffering Missoula, MT 59812 | And live in equanimity without anger or clinging.
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