Medicine Buddha 6-inch carved on wood and sculpted

carved on wood and sculpted in clay

apparently breathing his last breath

Airy and loose-fitting

while his right hand rests on his knee

Her full breasts represent the realization of emptiness she bestows on those who follow her practice while the eye in the middle of her forehead represents her attainment of omniscience

Medicine Buddha 6-inch carved on wood and sculptedIn 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 peoples 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