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    Medicine Buddha Day

    Tibetan · 8th day of the lunar month

    Tradition
    Buddhist
    Next observed
    January 15, 1970

    What It Is

    The eighth day of every Tibetan lunar month belongs to Sangye Menla, the Medicine Buddha — lapis-blue, holding the myrobalan plant and a bowl of healing nectar. His twelve great vows bind him to the relief of sickness of body, of mind, and of the deeper affliction beneath both: the ignorance that mistakes the passing for the permanent. Practice on this day is held to carry unusual force for the sick and the dying.

    How to Observe It

    Recite the Medicine Buddha mantra — TAYATA OM BEKANDZE BEKANDZE MAHA BEKANDZE RADZA SAMUDGATE SOHA — over a glass of water, then drink it or offer it to someone unwell. Name aloud one person who is suffering and dedicate the merit of the day to their healing.

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