The Dhāraṇī of Lapis Light that Generates the Power of the Tathāgata’s Samādhi (The Concise Medicine Medicine Buddha Sūtra)

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Reposted from buddha-nature.com

Translated from the Tibetan by Erick Tsiknopoulos

In the Indian Language [Sanskrit]: Ārya Tathāgata Vaiḍūrya Prabha nāma Bala Dhana Samādhi Dhāraṇī(ārya-tathāgata-vaiḍūrya-prabha-nāma-bala-dhana-samādhi-dhāraṇī)

In the Tibetan Language:

[1. actual title] P’akpa Dézhinshekpay Tingngédzin gyi Top Kyeypa Baidūryay Ö cheyjaway Zung (‘phags pa de bzhin gshegs pa’i ting nge ‘dzin gyi stobs bskyed pa baidūrya’i ‘od ces bya ba’i gzungs)

[2. ‘Nickname’ –Men Do Düpa (sman mdo bsdus pa)]

In the English Language: 1. Sanskrit title: Lapis Light of the Exalted Tathāgata: A Strength-Generating Dhāraṇī of Meditative Immersion

2. Tibetan title: The Exalted Dhāraṇīof Lapis Light that Generates the Power of the Tathāgata’s Samādhi

3. Tibetan ‘Nickname’: The Concise Medicine Buddha Sūtra

HOMAGE TO ALL BUDDHAS AND BODHISATTVAS.

Thus have I heard: At one time, the Bhagavān was dwelling in the Abode of Medicine, together in one company with a great congregation of monks and a great congregation of bodhisattvas, and it was at that moment that the Bhagavān entered into the meditative immersion known as ‘Invoking the Field of the Buddha’.

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The Benefits of Reciting the Medicine Buddha Dhāraṇī

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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…)