Medicine Buddha 6-inch In Tibetan culture

In Tibetan culture

” which were to be revealed later when the time was right

The gesture of his closed hands represents the union of the two conditions of enlightenment– wisdom and effort

The Medicine Buddha is the embodiment of all the Buddhas' healing qualities

and a renunciant

Medicine Buddha 6-inch In Tibetan cultureIn the distant past, when the Medicine Buddha was a bodhisattva, he is said to have taken twelve vows out of his great compassion. These vows included the task of awakening peoples minds to bodhichitta, providing beings with the materials necessary for living, leading them to wisdom and wholesome actions, as well as relieving people from deformities, illness, and other physical sufferings. After many lives of working to fulfill his vows, the