Bhaisajyaguru

Bhaiṣajyaguru
Yuan dynasty mural of Bhaiṣajyaguru's eastern pure land
Sanskrit	भैषज्यगुरु Bhaiṣajyaguru भैषज्यगुरुवैडूर्यप्रभराज Bhaiṣajyaguru-vaiḍūryaprabhārāja
Chinese	藥師佛 (Pinyin: Yàoshīfó) 藥師如來 (Pinyin: Yàoshī Rúlái)
Japanese	薬師如来（やくしにょらい） (romaji: Yakushi Nyorai) 薬師瑠璃光如来（やくしるりこうにょらい） (romaji: Yakushirurikō Nyorai)
Khmer	ភៃសជ្យគុរុ (phei-sach-kuru)
Korean	약사여래 (RR: Yagsa Yeorae) 약사유리광여래 (RR: Yagsayurigwang Yeorae)
Mongolian	Оточ Манла
Russian	Будда Медицины
Thai	พระไภษัชยคุรุไวฑูรยประภาตถาคต Phra Phaisatchaya Khuru Waidun Prapha Tathakhot
Tibetan	སངས་རྒྱས་སྨན་བླ་ Wylie: sangs rgyas sman bla THL: Sangyé Menla
Vietnamese	Dược Sư Phật Dược Sư Lưu Ly Quang Vương Phật Dược Sư Lưu Ly Quang Vương Như Lai Đại Y Vương Phật Tiêu Tai Diên Thọ Dược Sư Phật
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Venerated by	Mahayana, Vajrayana
Attributes	Healing
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Bhaiṣajyaguru (Sanskrit: भैषज्यगुरु, Chinese: 藥師佛, Japanese: 薬師仏, Korean: 약사불, Vietnamese: Dược Sư Phật, Standard Tibetan: སངས་རྒྱས་སྨན་བླ), or Bhaishajyaguru, formally Bhaiṣajya-guru-vaiḍūrya-prabhā-rāja ("Medicine Master and King of Lapis Lazuli Light"; Chinese: 藥師琉璃光(王)如來, Japanese: 薬師瑠璃光如来, Korean: 약사유리광여래, Vietnamese: Dược Sư Lưu Ly Quang Vương Như Lai), is the Buddha of healing and medicine in Mahāyāna Buddhism. Commonly referred to as the "Medicine Buddha", he is described as a doctor who cures suffering (Pali/Sanskrit: dukkha/duḥkha) using the medicine of his teachings.

The image of Bhaiṣajyaguru is usually expressed with a canonical Buddha-like form holding a gallipot and, in some versions, possessing blue skin. Though also considered to be a guardian of the East, in most cases, Akshobhya is given that role. As an exceptional case, the honzon of Mount Kōya's Kongōbu Temple was changed from Akshobhya to Bhaiṣajyaguru.^[1]