Thrangu Rinpoche says that all deities are very similar in that they devote themselves to helping sentient beings. But beings have many different propensities and karma, so the deities manifest in different forms.

The Medicine Buddha looks similar to the Shakyamuni Buddha touching the ground, but he is the color of lapis lazuli a mineral found mainly in Afghanistan and known to the Tibetans. In his left hand in meditation mudra he a bowl of medicinal amrita and in his right hand he holds a medicinal (myrobalan) plant in the giving mudra. This photograph shows the Medicine Buddha alone on a lion throne.

Thrangu Rinpoche has also written a 200 page book on The Medicine Buddha Practice available on this website under books. The PDF of this book is also available under PDFs of Dharma books section of this website.

Manjushri is the embodiment of the wisdom of all the buddhas. He is golden in color and holds a flaming sword in this right hand and a lotus flower holding a book of the Prajnaparamita teachings on emptiness in his left hand. His sword cuts through all ignorance so that the true nature of phenomena can be realized. When Tibetan monks and other practitioners study they say the brief Manjushri prayer and recite his mantra which is DHIH DHIH DHIH repeatedly to gain clarity of their practice and study.

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