Eight Medicine Buddhas (on blue base) believed that the only way

believed that the only way he could prevent his son from renouncing the world was to confine him to the palace

gods and demigods – the higher

each with an eye on the center of the palm

the dog vanished and in its stead was Maitreya

Eight Medicine Buddhas (on blue base) believed that the only wayIn the distant past, when the Medicine Buddha was a Bodhisattva, he is said to have taken twelve vows out of his great compassion. These vows included the task of awakening people's minds to Bodhichitta, providing beings with the materials necessary for living, leading them to wisdom and wholesome actions, as well as relieving people from deformities, illness, and other physical sufferings. After many lives of working to fulfill his vows, the