恭迎药王菩萨圣诞

《恭迎药王菩萨圣诞—-大日如来王尊佛》
《Respectfully Welcoming the Sacred Birthday of Medicine King Bodhisattva—-SunGuru Buddha》

        药王菩萨常随阿弥陀佛，为二十五菩萨之一。常与兄长药上菩萨出现于典籍，一同利益众生。在法华经中记载，药王菩萨以燃身供佛，表放下我执，摧破五毒，颠覆八法，功德之火照亮十方法界，摧破无尽众生无明。佛陀也曾对弥勒开示二菩萨时说：“是药王菩萨，久修梵行，诸愿已满，于未来世过算数劫，当得作佛，号净眼如来……”，“是药上菩萨，次药王后，当得作佛，号净藏如来……”。称扬赞叹二位大菩萨利益众生的无上功德和事业，自己也当下愿为法界众生解脱安乐，发无上大菩提心，祈请上师加持速证菩提，住不退转。愿大家吉祥永伴！

—-大日如来王尊佛

Medicine King Bodhisattva often accompanies Amitabha Buddha and is one of the twenty-five Bodhisattvas. He often appears in the scriptures together with his elder brother Medicine Superior Bodhisattva, benefiting sentient beings together. In the Lotus Sutra, it is recorded that Medicine King Bodhisattva offered his burning body to the Buddha, symbolizing the letting go of self-attachment, the destruction of the five poisons, the subverting of the eight worldly dharmas, and the fire of merit illuminating the Dharma Realm of the ten directions, destroying the ignorance of countless sentient beings. The Buddha also once taught Maitreya regarding the two Bodhisattvas, saying: “This Medicine King Bodhisattva has long cultivated pure conduct, and all vows have already been fulfilled. In a future age, after immeasurable kalpas beyond calculation, he shall attain Buddhahood and be known as Pure Eye Tathagata…”, “This Medicine Superior Bodhisattva, following after Medicine King, shall attain Buddhahood and be known as Pure Treasury Tathagata…”. By praising and rejoicing the unsurpassed merit and activities of these two great Bodhisattvas in benefiting sentient beings, one should also, at this very moment, vow to bring liberation, peace, and happiness to the sentient beings of the Dharma Realm, give rise to the unsurpassed great bodhicitta, and pray for the Guru’s empowerment to swiftly realize bodhi and abide in non-retrogression. May auspiciousness forever accompany everyone!

—-SunGuru Buddha

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