The Healing Buddha (1989)

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The Healing Buddha

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Translations of Sutras (Chi-Eng)

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This book presents important discourses that deal with the Healing Buddha in his various manifestations and discusses the many symbols, colors, and deities that are used as objects of meditation. The accompanying photographs of sculptures, paintings, and mandalas demonstrate the importance of art and aesthetic experience in Buddhist healing practices. Also included is a history of healing in the development of Buddhism from the earliest texts and the famous Lotus Sutra to the Buddhism of Tibet, where elaborate ritual is used in the healing of body and mind. Some of the many herbs and medicines used to treat disease in the Buddhist cultures of Asia are described in an appendix. A new preface and a new essay on the search for long life in Chinese Buddhism have been added to this revised edition. (Source: Shambhala Publicatons)

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Birnbaum, Raoul. The Healing Buddha. Boston: Shambhala Publications, 1989. https://archive.org/details/healingbuddha00birn.

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https://www.shambhala.com/the-healing-buddha-699.html

Table of contents

Forewordix
Preface to the Revised Editionxiii
Acknowledgementsxix

PART ONE The Divine Healer in Buddhism: A Study of the Lapis Lazuli Radiance Buddha, Master of Healing

I. Concepts of Healing in Early Buddhism3
II. The Bodhisattvas of Healing24
III. The Lapis Lazuli Radiance Buddha, Master of Healing, and His Buddha Brothers52
IV. Images, Meditations, and Ritual Worship77

PART TWO Translations from the Chinese Buddhist Canon

I. Sūtra Spoken by the Buddha on the Contemplation of the Two Bodhisattvas, King of Healing and Supreme Healer,
from the Chinese version of Kālayaśas (ca. 424). T. XX, 1161115

II. Preface to the Sūtra on the Merits of the Fundamental Vows of the Master of Healing Tathāgata, by Hui-chü (617),
T. XIV, 449149

III. Sūtra on the Merits of the Fundamental Vows of the Master of Healing, the Lapis Lazuli Radiance Tathāgata,
from the Chinese version of Hsüan-tsang (650). T. XIV. 450151

IV. Sūtra on the Merits of the Fundamental Vows of the Seven Buddhas of Lapis Lazuli Radiance, the Masters of
Healing, from the Chinese version of I-ching (707). T. XIV, 451173

Appendices

I. Healing Agents in the Pāli Canon221
II. References to Bodhisattvas of Healing in the Chinese Buddhist Canon224
III. References to Buddha of Healing in the Chinese Buddhist Canon228
IV. Chinese Character List232
V. Seeking Longevity in Chinese Buddhism: Long Life Deities and Their Symbolism238

- Selected Bibliography274
- Index280

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1 Full translation of

Bhagavato bhaiṣajyaguruvaiḍūryaprabhasya pūrvapraṇidhānaviśeṣavistārasūtra [आर्यभगवान्भैषज्यगुरुवैडूर्यप्रभस्यपूर्वप्रणिधानविशेषविस्तरनाममहायानसूत्र]. 'phags pa bcom ldan 'das sman gyi bla bai ḍūrya'i 'od kyi sngon gyi smon lam gyi khyad par rgyas pa zhes bya ba theg pa chen po'i mdo [འཕགས་པ་བཅོམ་ལྡན་འདས་སྨན་གྱི་བླ་བཻ་ཌཱུརྱའི་འོད་ཀྱི་སྔོན་གྱི་སྨོན་ལམ་གྱི་ཁྱད་པར་རྒྱས་པ་ཞེས་བྱ་བ་ཐེག་པ་ཆེན་པོའི་མདོ།]. [The Detailed Account of the Previous Aspirations of the Blessed Bhaiṣajyaguruvaiḍūryaprabha (84000)]. Translated by Jinamitra, Śīlendrabodhi, Ye shes sde, Dharmagupta, Xuanzang, Yijing, Śrīmitra, Kālayaśas. Kangyur, RKTSK 503 http://www.rkts.org/cat.php?id=503&typ=1.

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The Detailed Account of the Previous Aspirations of the Blessed Bhaiṣajyaguruvaiḍūryaprabha centers on the figure commonly known as the Medicine Buddha. The text opens in Vaiśālī, where the Buddha Śākyamuni is seated with a large retinue of human and divine beings. The bodhisattva Mañjuśrī asks Śākyamuni to teach the names and previous aspirations of the buddhas, along with the benefit that buddhas can bring during future times when the Dharma has nearly disappeared. The Buddha gives a teaching on the name and previous aspirations of the Buddha Bhaiṣajyaguruvaiḍūryaprabha, and then details the benefits that arise from hearing and retaining this buddha's name. (Source: 84000)

1 Other editions

Birnbaum, Raoul. The Healing Buddha. Boulder, CO: Shambhala Publications, 1979.

Books1979About this item

This book presents important discourses that deal with the Healing Buddha in his various manifestations.