YAO SHIH FWO -- BHAISAJYAGURU BUDDHA | |||
YAO SHIH FWO -- BHAISAJYAGURU BUDDHA Seventh Vow, which specifical y pledges to relieve man of physi- cal il ness and to dispel his spiritual confusion, earned him the title of `Physician of Soul', runs like this: "I vow that, after my reincarnation and having attained Per- fect Enlightenment, those who are tormented by diseases, who have nobody to whom they can seek for help, without a refuge, without a doctor, without medicine, without relatives, without a home; these poor and miserables beings shall all of them be free from diseases and pains, and shall enjoy perfect health of body and mind, once my name reaches their ears. ey shall have families, friends and properties a-plenty, and shall all be brought to the supreme Enlightenment of Buddha." rough the perfection of these Great Vows, the bodhisat va has attained Buddhahood and thus became known as Yao Shih Fwo, the Buddha who is able to bestow all kinds of benefits to those who have faith in him. In the same Sutra the Buddha Sakyamuni also revealed to Manjusri that: "A woman may suffer from great pain while giving birth. If she can whole-heartedly worship the Buddha of Medicine and to invoke the name Tathagata, worship Him, and make offerings to Him, all pain will vanish, the newly born will have a sound and healthy body; whoever sees him will rejoice at his being so clever, so strong and healthy; and no demon comes to rob him of his vitality." ¡ûBACK¡û |INDEX| ¡úNEXT¡ú |