Medicine Buddha (2024)

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

: 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 Medicine Buddha

: 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. The Medicine Buddha is traditionally depicted with several