Medicine Buddha Day (8th day of the 9th Tibetan month)

Dear Dharma friends,

Today is the Day of Medicine Buddha (8th day of the 9th Tibetan month). 🪷🪷🪷

At some point in the distant past, the Medicine Buddha was a human being like us. Destined for buddhahood, his bodhichitta nature grew over the course of countless lifetimes, thus creating a mind so vast that he easily gained knowledge of an infinite number of universes. At some point in time, the Medicine Buddha’s awareness touched upon a universe whose transformation to pure land status would benefit great numbers of beings. He then worked tirelessly toward his goal of purifying that universe. The Medicine Buddha’s aspiration to emanate a pure land of healing was fulfilled simultaneously with his final attainment of the state of a living buddha.

“TEACHING ON THE MEDICINE BUDDHA”
By Khenchen Palden Sherab Rinpoche and Khenpo Tsewang Dongyal Rinpoche