Medicine Buddha Mantra in Tibetan
Short Version
(Chanted by Khenpo Pema Chopel Rinpoche from the CD
"The Blessing from H.H. Penor Rinpoche for World Peace")
Tayatha Om Bekandze Bekandze Maha Bekandze Radza Samu Gate Soha
Meaning of Mantra
To eliminate not only pain of diseases but also help in overcoming the major inner sickness of attachment, hatred, jealousy, desire, greed and ignorance.
Bekandze means eliminating pain, maha bekandze means great eliminating of pain. One explanation of the meaning of the first bekandze is that it refers to eliminating the pain of true suffering, not just of disease but of all problems. It eliminates the pain of death and rebirth that are caused by karma and disturbing thoughts. The first bekandze eliminates all the problems of body and mind, including old age and sickness.
The second bekandze eliminates all the true cause of suffering, which is not external but within the mind. This refers to karma and disturbing thoughts.
The third phrase, maha bekandze, or “great eliminating,” refers to eliminating even the subtle imprints left on the consciousness by disturbing thoughts.
Long Version
Source: This long version was recorded at the Sacha Dham Ashram in Laxman Jhulla, India with ShantiMayi. There is a 3 part video series teaching the mantra and its meaning here...http://www.youtube.com/my_playlists?p=260349A04AAAA8BE
Om Namo Bhagavate Bhaishjaya Guru
Vaidurya Prabha Rajaya Tathagataya Arhate Samyaksam Buddhaya Tayatha
Om Bekhajye Bekhajye Maha Bekhajye Bekhajye Rajaya Samudgate Svaha
Vaidurya Prabha Rajaya Tathagataya Arhate Samyaksam Buddhaya Tayatha
Om Bekhajye Bekhajye Maha Bekhajye Bekhajye Rajaya Samudgate Svaha
Om: the under-current tone of the universe
Namo: means yielding or full of trust; can also mean to bend or bow, and might mean to melt into
Bhagavate: means in intimate relation to the Divine and often means the entire cosmos
Bhaishjaya: a name for the Medicine Buddha
Guru: Spiritual Master; also means the “that” which transmutes ignorance into wisdom
Vaidurya Prabha: Divine deep blue light, like that of Lapis Lazuli
Rajaya: means Great King
Tathagataya: means once came or once gone
Arhate: one who has conquered the cycle of birth death
Samyaksam Buddhaya: perfectly enlightened
Tayatha: do it like this
Om: again we begin with Om, the under-current tone of the universe
Bekhajye Bekhajye: do away with the pain of illness
Maha Bekhajye: do away with the pain of illness (of the darkness of Spiritual Ignorance)
Bekhajye: do away with the pain of illness
Samudgate: means the supreme heights. Like this, go go go (my prayer shall go to the highest and the widest and the deepest)
Svaha: I offer this prayer and now relinquish it … (to you Medicine Buddha)
Medicine Buddha Mantra in Mandarin
