Yakushi Nyorai
Medicine Buddha, Buddha of healing
The 13 Buddhas
Yakushi Nyorai (薬師如来) is one of the 13 Buddhas of the Shingon school (Jūsanbutsu). He is revered as the Buddha of Healing and Medicine. His Sanskrit name is Bhaisajyaguru.
The characters forming the name Yakushi mean medicine (薬) and master (師). He is venerated in Japan as master of the Pure Land of the East (Lapis Lazuli).
His devotional mantra is: On korokoro sendari matōgi sowaka.
Honzon of 23 temple(s) of the pilgrimage
6 Anraku-ji11 Fujii-dera15 Awa-Kokubun-ji17 Ido-ji18 Onzan-ji22 Byōdō-ji23 Yakuō-ji26 Kongōchōji33 Sekkei-ji34 Tanema-ji35 Kiyotaki-ji39 Enkō-ji40 Kanjizai-ji46 Jōru-ji50 Hanta-ji51 Ishite-ji59 Kokubun-ji67 Daikō-ji74 Kōyama-ji75 Zentsū-ji76 Konzō-ji77 Dōryū-ji88 Ōkubo-ji
- In English
- Medicine Buddha
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