This book presents important discourses that deal with the Healing Buddha in his various manifestations and discusses the many symbols, colors, and deities that are used as objects of meditation. The accompanying photographs of sculptures, paintings, and mandalas demonstrate the importance of art and aesthetic experience in Buddhist healing practices. Also included is a history of healing in the development of Buddhism from the earliest texts and the famous Lotus Sutra to the Buddhism of Tibet, where elaborate ritual is used in the healing of body and mind. Some of the many herbs and medicines used to treat disease in the Buddhist cultures of Asia are described in an appendix. A new preface and a new essay on the search for long life in Chinese Buddhism have been added to this revised edition.
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"Birnbaum's excellent book is a study of one of the most important Buddhas, the 'Master of Healing,' who specializes in healing illness, psychological and physical. After a chapter on the role of healing in Buddhism, the book discusses the various Buddhas and scriptures involved in this process, and the rituals through which curative power is released. A scholarly, sympathetic, and well-written book."—Religious Studies Review
"One couldn't ask for a better book on this very interesting subject."—Philosophy East & West
"A valuable contribution to our understanding of an aspect of Buddhism hitherto little known in the West."—John Blofeld
"One couldn't ask for a better book on this very interesting subject."—Philosophy East & West
"A valuable contribution to our understanding of an aspect of Buddhism hitherto little known in the West."—John Blofeld
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This book presents important discourses that deal with the Healing Buddha in his various manifestations and discusses the many symbols, colors, and deities that are used as objects of meditation. The accompanying photographs of sculptures, paintings, and mandalas demonstrate the importance of art and aesthetic experience in Buddhist healing practices. Also included is a history of healing in the development of Buddhism from the earliest texts and the famous Lotus Sutra to the Buddhism of Tibet, where elaborate ritual is used in the healing of body and mind. Some of the many herbs and medicines used to treat disease in the Buddhist cultures of Asia are described in an appendix. A new preface and a new essay on the search for long life in Chinese Buddhism have been added to this revised edition.
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Wonderful publication of these priceless tantric Mahayana sutra,
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This review is from: The Healing Buddha: Revised Edition (Paperback)
Raoul Birnbaum has assumed the role of a son of the Buddha by translating and studying these Mahayana sutras concerning the Bhaishajya or Medicine Buddhas and bodhisattvas. In the Tibetan canon these sutras are included in the tantra section because they subtley integrate ritual and mantra for opening to door to siddhi (occult power). Unfortunately since Birnbaum translates from the Chinese, the mantras are in the phonetic Chinese rendering from the Sanskrit known as Siddham, which means the effectiveness of the mantras is largely snuffed out. However, the study materials and translations of the sutras themselves are priceless additions to human knowledge in the fields of religion and medicine, making this book indispensible in any exhaustive library of Mahayana Buddhism.
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Its the only source i know for the sutra called Contemplation of the Two Bodhisattvas King of Healing and Supreme Healer and the Sutra on the Merits of The Seven Buddhas of Lapis Lazuli Radiance The Masters of Healing, a true jewel in the hand for the sick or needy endowed with a noble mind and good intentions
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CONCEPTS of healing held profound importance in the daily lives and spiritual work of the early Buddhist monks, according to the ancient texts of the Pali Canon. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
twelve yak, fundamental vows, celestial assembly, pure lapis lazuli, paradise realm, healing deities, terminalia chebula, astrological traditions, meditative trance, ten directions Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Master of Healing, Buddha of Healing, Lapis Lazuli Radiance Tathagata, Bodhisattva King of Healing, Healing Buddha, Bodhisattva Supreme Healer, Buddhas of the Ten Directions, Lotus Satra, Perfectly Enlightened One, Fifty-three Buddhas, New York, Alex Wayman, Bodhisattvas of Healing, Jewel Heap, Ganges River, Central Asian, Three Jewels, Pali Canon, Pure Matrix, First Great Vow, Fourth Great Vow, King of the Law, Lord Buddha, Lotus Sutra, Rhys Davids New!
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CONCEPTS of healing held profound importance in the daily lives and spiritual work of the early Buddhist monks, according to the ancient texts of the Pali Canon. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
twelve yak, fundamental vows, celestial assembly, pure lapis lazuli, paradise realm, healing deities, terminalia chebula, astrological traditions, meditative trance, ten directions Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Master of Healing, Buddha of Healing, Lapis Lazuli Radiance Tathagata, Bodhisattva King of Healing, Healing Buddha, Bodhisattva Supreme Healer, Buddhas of the Ten Directions, Lotus Satra, Perfectly Enlightened One, Fifty-three Buddhas, New York, Alex Wayman, Bodhisattvas of Healing, Jewel Heap, Ganges River, Central Asian, Three Jewels, Pali Canon, Pure Matrix, First Great Vow, Fourth Great Vow, King of the Law, Lord Buddha, Lotus Sutra, Rhys Davids New!
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- Tibetan Painted Scrolls by Giuseppe Tucci on 5 pages
- The Buddhist Tantras by Alex Wayman on 4 pages
- The Book of the Discipline (Vinaya - Pitaka): Vol. IV (Mahavagga) (v. 4) by I.B. Horner on 4 pages
- Buddhist Mahayana Texts: The Sacred Books of the East, Vol 49 by F. Max Muller on page 60, Back Matter (1), and Back Matter (2)
- Questions of King Milinda: Vol 36 (Sacred Books of the East) by F. Max-Muller on page 8, page 9, and Back Matter
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- Reiki and the Healing Buddha by Maureen Kelly on 8 pages
- Simple Cleanse: The Weekend Cleanse and Intestinal Health by Jerry Hutchens in Back Matter (1), Back Matter (2), and Back Matter (3)
- Buddhism in the Modern World: Adaptations of an Ancient Tradition by Steven Heine in Table of Contents, and page 118
- A Buddhist Kaleidoscope: Essays on the Lotus Sutra by Nichiko Niwano on page 433, and page 435
- Buddhist Phenomenology: A Philosophical Investigation of Yogacara Buddhism and the Ch'eng Wei-shih Lun (Routledge Critical Studies in Buddhism) by Dan Lusthaus on page 377, and page 563
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