Healing Buddha

By Raoul Birnbaum

Book Overview

This book presents important discourses that deal with the Healing Buddha in his various manifestations and discusses the many symbols, colors, and deities that are used as objects of meditation. The... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 157062612X
• ISBN13: 9781570626128
• Release Date: January 2003
• Publisher: Shambhala
• Length: 328 Pages
• Weight: 0.93 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.2" x 7.9"

Customer Reviews

Wonderful publication of these priceless tantric Mahayana sutra

Raoul Birnbaum has assumed the role of a son of the Buddha by translating and studying these Mahayana sutras concerning the Bhaishajya or Medicine Buddhas and bodhisattvas. In the Tibetan canon these sutras are included in the tantra section because they subtley integrate ritual and mantra for opening to door to siddhi (occult power). Unfortunately since Birnbaum translates from the Chinese, the mantras are in the phonetic Chinese rendering from the Sanskrit known as Siddham, which means the effectiveness of the mantras is largely snuffed out. However, the study materials and translations of the sutras themselves are priceless additions to human knowledge in the fields of religion and medicine, making this book indispensible in any exhaustive library of Mahayana Buddhism.

Unique

Its the only source i know for the sutra called Contemplation of the Two Bodhisattvas King of Healing and Supreme Healer and the Sutra on the Merits of The Seven Buddhas of Lapis Lazuli Radiance The Masters of Healing, a true jewel in the hand for the sick or needy endowed with a noble mind and good intentions