Eight Medicine Buddhas Once in the distant past

Once in the distant past

Yangchenma (Saraswati) is Brahma’s consort and the goddess of wealth and knowledge

He is seated on a great lotus flower and his hair flows on the sides of his shoulders

Manjushri (Jampel-Yang) is the embodiment of the discriminative awareness (prajna) of all the Buddhas as visualized in the form of a meditational deity

trampling Kamadeva

Eight Medicine Buddhas Once in the distant pastIn the distant past, when the Medicine Buddha was a Bodhisattva, he is said to have taken twelve vows out of his great compassion. These vows included the task of awakening people's minds to Bodhichitta, providing beings with the materials necessary for living, leading them to wisdom and wholesome actions, as well as relieving people from deformities, illness, and other physical sufferings. After many lives of working to fulfill his vows, the