Bhaiṣajyasamudgata ( sa, भैषज्यसमुद्गत; or Medicine Risen), is a
bodhisattva
In Buddhism, a bodhisattva ( ; sa, 𑀩𑁄𑀥𑀺𑀲𑀢𑁆𑀢𑁆𑀯 (Brahmī), translit=bodhisattva, label=Sanskrit) or bodhisatva is a person who is on the path towards bodhi ('awakening') or Buddhahood.
In the Early Buddhist schools ...
mentioned within the
Lotus Sutra
The ''Lotus Sūtra'' ( zh, 妙法蓮華經; sa, सद्धर्मपुण्डरीकसूत्रम्, translit=Saddharma Puṇḍarīka Sūtram, lit=Sūtra on the White Lotus of the True Dharma, italic=) is one of the most influ ...
and the ''Bhaiṣajyarāja-bhaiṣajyasamudgata-sūtra'' ( zh, 佛說觀藥王藥上二菩薩經; ''Sūtra Spoken by the Buddha on Visualizing the Two Bodhisattvas Bhaisajyarāja and Bhaisajyasamudgata'').
[ Kern, H. (tr.) (1884). ]
Saddharma Pundarîka or the Lotus of the True Law
'. Sacred Books of the East
The ''Sacred Books of the East'' is a monumental 50-volume set of English translations of Asian religious texts, edited by Max Müller and published by the Oxford University Press between 1879 and 1910. It incorporates the essential sacred texts ...
, Vol. XXI, Oxford: Clarendon Press In chapter 23 of the Lotus Sutra (The Bodhisattva Bhaiṣajyarāja), the Buddha tells the story of Bhaiṣajyasamudgata's brother the 'Medicine King' Bodhisattva, who, in a previous life, burnt his body as a supreme offering to a Buddha. He is said to have been reborn over a period of numerous lifetimes healing and curing diseases, and is a representation of the healing power of the Buddha.
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*Suzuki, Takayasu (2014)
The Compilers of the Bhaisajyarajapurvayoga-parivarta Who Did Not Know the Rigid Distinction between Stupa and Caitya in the Saddharmapundarika Journal of Indian and Buddhist Studies 62 (3), 1185-1193
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*Yün-hua, Jan (1965)
Buddhist Self-Immolation in Medieval China History of Religions, 4 (2), 243-268
External links
SGI Library Online — The Soka Gakkai Dictionary of Buddhism
Bodhisattvas
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