The Benefits of Reciting the Medicine Buddha Dhāraṇī

When you want to help someone who is severely suffering with their health and you don’t have the means to financially help them with their medical treatment (for example some are bankrupt and can barely even support their own family or perhaps they may just be too poor, but they definitely want to practice compassion and spiritually develop a bodhicitta mindset) then one can always learn to recite the Medicine Buddha dhāraṇī several times (3 to 21 times or more each time) and the most important last step is to dedicate the merits to the critically ill person. In my personal opinion precious dharma is valuable than any gold or even money. (more…)