Eight Medicine Buddhas (on blue base) His right hand holds a

His right hand holds a curved flaying knife with a vajra handle symbolizing that he has cut off ego

traditionally worn in India

each with an eye on the center of the palm

gods and demigods – the higher

Eight Medicine Buddhas (on blue base) His right hand holds aIn 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