Pray to Medicine Buddha for healing
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Taya-tha Om Bekand-ze Bekand-ze Maha Bekand-ze Rad-za Samu-gate Sva-ha
It is no coincidence that the words “medication” and “meditation” are only one letter different. They both come from the same Latin root word, medeor, meaning “to heal or to make whole.”
In the West, medical focus is on the external—on the curing of physical symptoms—while Eastern traditions focus more on the internal, that is, addressing the mental causes of illness.
It is our good fortune to be living at a time when we can access the best of both worlds.
Medicine Buddha meditation is a healing practice. We can practice it for ourselves, or for someone we care about who is ill.
When we practice Medicine Buddha meditation, we do not do so to replace mainstream medical treatment, but to complement it. The practice purifies and removes the underlying, karmic causes of disease and cultivates the causes for holistic well-being. Such may be the power of our practice that we experience significant improvements in the symptoms, too.
Medicine Buddha is as much about mind as it is body. Empirical evidence shows that when we meditate, it triggers a self-repair mechanism in our own bodies. We stop producing cortisol and adrenalin, and instead enhance the production of immune-boosting endorphins and seratonin, arming our body against invasive bacteria, viruses, and other imbalances. These changes also promote positive mental states.
An element of confidence in the practice is helpful. The placebo effect is said to account for more than a third of all healing. Medicine Buddha meditation has been practiced for thousands of years. If we have confidence that it can work for us, then we’re off to a very good start.
Medicine Buddha or Sangye Menla is the buddha of healing and is one of the beloved tantric deities of Buddhism. It is said that to even hear his name will clear away obscurations and overcomes mental, physical and spiritual sickness.