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Padmasambhava with Bhaishajyaguru, Medicine Buddha

Padmasambhava with Bhaishajyaguru, Medicine Buddha
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Title: Padmasambhava with Bhaishajyaguru, Medicine Buddha
Caption: The Medicine Buddha, Bhaishajyaguru, with his right hand in the earth-touching position. His left hand, in a meditation gesture, holds a lapis lazuli bowl containing three pieces of myrobalan fruit (a species of plum), considered to have medicinal properties. To his right a miniature form of the deity, Green Tara, is depicted in a roundel. Below is Padmasambhava, who formally introduced Buddhism from India to Tibet. His two female consorts, Mandarava and Yeshe Tsogyal, flank him on either side. The Medicine Buddha sutras emphasize the value of visualizing the Medicine Buddha and chanting the appropriate text, to promote the healing of body, speech and mind. Padmasambhava was an 8th century Indian Buddhist master. Although there was a historical Padmasambhava, nothing is known of him apart from helping the construction of the first Buddhist monastery in Tibet at Samye, at the behest of Trisong Detsen, and shortly thereafter leaving Tibet due to court intrigues.
Category: CULTURE Medical: History
Credit: Album / Science Source / Wellcome Images
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Image size: 3174 × 4500 px | 40.9 MB
Print size: 26.9 × 38.1 cm | 1249.6 × 1771.7 in (300 dpi)