Buddha: Medicine

The Medicine Buddha is traditionally depicted with several unique iconographic features:

Practitioners engage with the Medicine Buddha through several methods to foster healing and purify negative karma. Medicine Buddha deity sadhana with guided meditation Medicine Buddha

: His body is the color of lapis lazuli , symbolizing purity, tranquility, and the vast expanse of healing energy. The Medicine Buddha is traditionally depicted with several

: His "Pure Land" is a realm of perfect health and spiritual prosperity where the ground is made of lapis lazuli and the air is filled with the scent of medicinal plants. The 12 Great Vows The 12 Great Vows : In his left

: In his left hand, he holds a bowl filled with healing nectar (amrita), which signifies his capacity to eliminate the "three poisons"—ignorance, attachment, and hatred—which are seen as the root causes of all disease.