The Medicine Buddha (in Sanskrit: Bhaisajyagura) represents the healing aspect of the historical Buddha, Shakyamuni. His visualisation colour is blue, like lapis lazuli. In His right hand He holds a branch of the Myrobalan plant, in His left hand He holds a bowl filled with medicinal nectar.
The Medicine Buddha represents the overcomming of the three ‘poisons’: attachment, hatred and ignorance. These negative states of mind lead to disturbances in the wind, bile, and phlem energies of the body and therefore physical and mental symptoms – and eventually sicknesses arise.
By meditating on the Medicine Buddha’s virtues (with mantra recitation and visualisation), the inner energies get balanced and this has a positive effect on both body and mind.
Please note: Due to variations in the proportion of resin powder and lime powder as well as temperature control in the production process, the colour of the finished product varies from a more transparent, milky white to a more porcelain-look kind of white.
