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.

Bhaiṣajyaguru's original name and title were rāja (King), but Xuanzang translated it as Tathāgata (Buddha). Subsequent translations and commentaries followed Xuanzang in describing him as a Buddha. 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]