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Science has offered modern society incredible things such
as computers that can actually send rockets to the moon. As
interior scientists, we can instead learn how to use the computer
of our body and mind more powerfully, learning how to use
the five wisdoms so they benefit our daily lives. Instead
of identifying ourselves with negative thoughts and emotions
situated in our five main energetic winds, we should recognise
them for what they really are: viruses in our internal computer
programmes. In doing so, we can break the habit of clinging
to false opinions and aggravating our negative emotions. Some,
for example, believe that they will obtain what they want
in life by being aggressive or that life without attachment
to material things wouldn’t be interesting. A large
part of our contemporary society erroneously believes that
one has to have a negative mind to reach success and happiness.
When we take a closer look, however, the happiness that we
experience when our mind is peaceful, wise, content, affectionate,
cheerful and humble is far better than any kind of happiness
or satisfaction that we could obtain through negative emotions,
anger, desire or the like. Since the effects of our emotions
on our body are very deeply connected, allowing our erroneous
visions to continue without controlling them provokes physical
and mental damage. We can imagine that this negativity dissolves
into space and disappears in a bottomless well. Each one of
us needs to find the technique most suitable to his or her
own mind. If we meditate regularly on removing ignorance or
negative emotions, they will surely diminish and end up being
so weak that only wisdom will remain in our mind. Taking Refuge
in the Buddha means believing in one’s own internal
potential.
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The Medicine Buddha ceremony is a special puja that has
been celebrated for over 15 years in Malaysia to purify the
souls of the deceased through powerful prayers. This year,
Mr. Kok, a close friend and disciple of Lama Gangchen, has
been invited by our Italian centres to organise this important
ceremony. Everyone is invited to participate in praying and
in dedicating this positive energy to his or her own departed
loved ones. During the ceremony, the names of the deceased
will be written on pieces of paper and then burnt as a symbol
of purification.
The Medicine Buddha ceremony is a special puja that has been
celebrated for over 15 years in Malaysia to purify the souls
of the deceased through powerful prayers. This year, Mr. Kok,
a close friend and disciple of Lama Gangchen, has been invited
by our Italian centres to organise this important ceremony.
Everyone is invited to participate in praying and in dedicating
this positive energy to his or her own departed loved ones.
During the ceremony, the names of the deceased will be written
on pieces of paper and then burnt as a symbol of purification.
Buddha gave many teachings that were subsequently collected
in books, many of which are found in our bookstores; but how
did Buddha come to transmit those teachings regarding medicine?
Simply because among those who sought him and his help, many
were afflicted with sickness and disease. Buddha manifested
himself to them as the Medicine Buddha.
He appeared in a monk’s robe of sapphire blue, symbolising
self-treatment, self-healing, self-protection and non-violence.
One can say that non-violence is the foundation of Buddhism.
If we look closely at the painting that depicts him, we can
see that his ear lobes are very big, which in the Ancient
Orient represented a person’s corporal strength. Additionally,
particularly in Buddhism, a thick head of hair directly relates
to the head chakra and aura. The bowl which he holds in his
left hand contains medicinal nectar that gifts immortality,
freedom from illness and psychological problems.
There is a medicinal plant on the bowl, demonstrating that
Tibetan medicine is primarily made of herbs but can also contain
minerals, soil, crystals, etc. In the other hand, he holds
a plant known as myrobalan, which, according to Tibetan medicine,
can cure 404 groups of illness—practically all of them.
The Medicine Buddha appeared in a rainbow-coloured palace,
surrounded by mountains where the plants to obtain medicine
of so-called cold nature grew. Plants of hot nature, such
as hot peppers, grew inside the palace. So, if someone has
a cold-natured sickness, he or she needs to be cured with
a hot-natured antidote.
On the other side, there is a forest of myrobalan, surrounded
by other types of existing medicinal plants, curative crystals,
etc.
What exactly is medicine then? Buddha told his disciples to
go out and bring him back something that was not a medicine.
Each one brought a strange object: a stone, a snake, etc.,
but Buddha finally said that everything was medicine, anything
in the world could be used as a medicine as long as we know
how to use it.
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