Medicine Buddha Practice

Having taken the Medicine Buddha Teaching
and Empowerment, and based on further
study and practice I have included it within the
Elemental Healing Triad.

For more information see the caption and article
to the left.



Reiki
is a form of Japanese Stress Reduction
whereby the hands are placed on
specific areas of the body to
facilitate the bodies natural healing ability.

The Reiki Practitioner
goes through training and receives what is called an
"Attunement"
from a Reiki Master.
The hands of the practitioner have then become energized.

Distance Healing
is a form of healing that is done
with the practitioner and recipient
in two different locations.
The practitioner either writes down the name of the recipient or uses a
picture. The name or picture is placed under a healing symbol and the
practitioner places their energized hands over it.

For a Reiki Session click here.



POLARITY THERAPY

Polarity Therapy is a method of balancing
the energy fields of the body
and the elements of
Ether, Air, Fire, Water and Earth.

The purpose is to restore the body to its natural balance.

Each element correlates to one of the bodies major systems.
This is a powerful method of healing
and
stress reduction.

Diet and specific exercises called polar energetics
are also used.
Elemental Healing

The Medicine Buddha, a Diety in
Tibetan Buddhism.  To learn
more about him  and see a
picture click here.
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MEDICINE BUDDHA

“Although all the Buddhas
have the same nature, each
has a particular power. When
we recite the mantra, rays of
light emanate from the heart of
the Buddha, like a hundred
rising suns, curing all the
diseases and obscurations of
beings and even their causes.
By the power of this practice
may all suffering and problems
of the beings be removed by
the power of the Medicine
Buddha. Recite mantra while
concentrating on the rays of
light. At the end of the practice
by the power of these rays of
light, sufferings are completely
removed, like darkness is
dispelled by a torch. At the
end of the recitation of mantra
be free of the concept that
beings and Buddhas are
different.”

From the Root Text by H.H.
Dudjom Rinpoche

The Vajrayana practice of
Medicine Buddha is often
sought by those who work in
healing professions and of
course by people suffering
physical illness, but it should
not be seen in a narrow
context. The practice of
performing the various rituals
connected with Medicine
Buddha and the recitation and
associated altruistic attitude
and intent connected with the
mantra of the deity can bestow
many benefits upon the
practitioner beyond the realm
of mere physical and mental
wellness.

The Medicine Buddha practice
transmitted during the
weekend seminars in
September 2007 was revealed
by Guru Padmasambhava
directly to the mind of His
Holiness Dudjom Rinpoche
(1904-1987), who was a
recognized and prophesized
terton (revealer of hidden
precious teachings that will
benefit the beings of that time
and beyond). The practice
outlined is extremely concise
and potent, able to radiate
multitudes of blessings and
realizations for those who
practice it for the benefit of all
sentient beings.

Medicine and healing within
the Tibetan Buddhist tradition
always begins with an
understanding of the realized
wisdom or enlightened mind as
the basic uncontaminated
space from which to
understand how the everyday
body and mind may manifest
what we commonly refer to as
illness.

The types of outer
manifestations of illness are
many: physical illness,
psychological illness, mental
illness, planetary and psychic
illness, demonic illness,
spiritual illness, illness of
unvirtuous actions, karmic
illness, or illness caused
immediately by negative
actions, environmental
imbalances, and or wrong/poor
nutrition. In addition to these
there are illnesses caused by
“negatively motivated” magic
such as possession of life
force or control of vital fluids
and essence.

To begin understanding the
causes and conditions
manifesting as these various
illnesses we need to remember
that the Buddha provided
eighty-four thousand
teachings to address every
possibility of our obscurations
and delusion. These eighty-
four thousand teachings can
be divided into three sections
of twenty-eight thousand, each
of which has an outer, an
inner, and a secret aspect or
level.
When viewed from the
perspective of medicine and
healing, the “outer” level of the
three divisions represents
twenty-eight thousand
teachings on wind, twenty-
eight thousand on bile, and
twenty-eight thousand on
phlegm. Imbalances among
these three humors (wind, bile,
and phlegm) “present” as what
we commonly refer to as
“illness”. Elimination or
reduction of illness at this
outer level is referred to as
“healing”.

At the “inner” level the three
divisions are referred to and
manifest as the three “nadis”:
nerves, wind, and essence (in
Tibetan, the ‘tsa’, ‘lung’ and
‘thigle’). Essentially this inner
level also includes the
divisions of the three
channels: central, left, and
right, which circulate the “red
mother” and “white father”
essences that purify our basic
psychological, emotional, and
habitual dualistic thought
tendencies of
ignorance/confusion,
hatred/aversion and
desire/attraction. At this inner
level, illness is understood as
existing or manifesting within
the realm of mind and its
projections. Healing at the
inner level is the direct
experience of the nature of the
Buddha’s compassion. This
luminosity, with its natural
radiating and absorbing
qualities, is the “heart
essence” of healing.

At the “secret level”, these
three divisions are no longer
separated, but rather
manifested as the undivided
direct experience of primordial
nature of mind, also referred
to as the “luminosity of mind”
or the “infinite atom”. As the
“infinite atom”, this primordial
luminosity is a manifestation
and ultimate realization of the
“five elements”, earth, fire,
water, air, and space. At the
secret level, this Medicine
Buddha practice serves to
unify these infinite and
spontaneously moving and
manifesting “atoms” or
“elements” into the primordial
luminosity of mind. Illness at
the secret level is really
understood as the inhibition or
“non-movement” of the five
“atoms” or “elements”. Healing
at the secret level therefore
consists of simply resting in
the undivided and infinite
luminosity of the primordial
nature of mind: meditation.

This particular practice based
on the inseparability of wisdom
and compassion (the
luminosity of mind),
encourages our full
development as
compassionate human beings,
completely interconnected with
all sentient beings. One can
become free from disease and
obstacles, whether outer,
inner, or secret. One can lead
a long life based on wisdom
and skillful means. The natural
display of wisdom and
compassion is a balanced
mind flowing in peace and
harmony without any conflicts
within or among the outer,
inner, and secret levels.

 
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November 2007