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The '''Eight Lords of Physicians''' (Tib. ''sman bla brgyad'') aka '''Eight Sugatas who are Lords of Physicians''' (Tib. ''sman bla bde gshegs brgyad'') aka '''Eight Sugata-Brothers who are Lords of Physicians''' (Tib. ''sman bla bde gshegs mched brgyad'') aka '''Eight Brothers who are Lords of Physicians''' (Tib. ''sman bla mched brgyad'') — a set of Eight ‘Medicine Buddhas’ appearing in the two [[Kriya Tantra]]s, ''The Sūtra Describing in Full the Specific Previous Vows of the Seven Tathāgatas'' (D 503, Skt. ''sapta-tathāgata-pūrva-praṇi­-dhāna-viśeṣa-vistāra-sūtra''; Tib. ''phags pa de bzhin gshegs pa bdun gyi sngon gyi smon lam gyi khyad par rgyas pa zhes bya ba theg pa chen po'i mdo'') and ''The Incantation of Vaiḍūrya-prabhā'' (D 505, Skt. ''tathāgata-vaiḍūrya-prabhā-nāma-balādhāna-samādhi-dhāraṇī''; Tib. ''bai DUr+ya'i 'od gyi gzungs''). They are:
The '''Eight Lords of Physicians''' (Tib. སྨན་བླ་བརྒྱད་, ''men la gyé'', [[Wyl.]] ''sman bla brgyad'') aka '''Eight Sugatas who are Lords of Physicians''' (སྨན་བླ་བདེ་གཤེགས་བརྒྱད་, ''men la deshek gyé'', ''sman bla bde gshegs brgyad'') aka '''Eight Sugata-Brothers who are Lords of Physicians''' (སྨན་བླ་བདེ་གཤེགས་མཆེད་བརྒྱད་, ''men la deshek ché gyé'', ''sman bla bde gshegs mched brgyad'') aka '''Eight Brothers who are Lords of Physicians''' (སྨན་བླ་མཆེད་བརྒྱད་, ''men la ché gyé'',  ''sman bla mched brgyad'') — a set of Eight ‘Medicine Buddhas’ appearing in two [[Kriya Tantra]] texts<ref>''The Sūtra Describing in Full the Specific Previous Vows of the Seven Tathāgatas'' (D 503, Skt. ''sapta-tathāgata-pūrva-praṇi­dhāna-viśeṣa-vistāra-sūtra''; Wyl. ''phags pa de bzhin gshegs pa bdun gyi sngon gyi smon lam gyi khyad par rgyas pa zhes bya ba theg pa chen po'i mdo'') and ''The Incantation of Vaiḍūrya-prabhā'' (D 505, Skt. ''tathāgata-vaiḍūrya-prabhā-nāma-balādhāna-samādhi-dhāraṇī''; Wyl. ''bai DUr+ya'i 'od gyi gzungs'')</ref>. They are the [[Seven Tathagatas]] with the addition of [[Shakyamuni]] Buddha:
# [[Shakyamuni]] (Skt. ''Śākyamuni''; Tib. ''shAkya thub pa'')
# Shakyamuni (Skt. ''Śākyamuni''; Wyl. ''shAkya thub pa'')
# Lord of Physicians, Radiant Lapis Lazuli King aka the '[[Buddha of Medicine]]' (Skt. ''Bhaiṣajyaguru-Vaiḍūryaprabhārāja''; Tib. ''sman gyi bla bai dū rya’i ’od kyi rgyal po'')
# The Glorious King whose Name is Widely Renowned (Skt. ''Suparikīrtitanāmaśrīrāja''; Wyl. ''mtshan legs yongs grags dpal gyi rgyal po'')
# (Skt. ''Dharmasāgarāgramativikrīḍitābhijñārāja''; Tib. ''chos rgya mtsho mchog gi blos rnam par rol bar mngon par mkhyen pa’i rgyal po'')
# The King who Sounds the Energy of Virtue (Skt. ''Kuśala­tejonir­ghoṣa­rāja'; Wyl. ''mkhas pa gzi brjid kyi sgra dbyangs kyi rgyal po'')
# (Skt. ''Dharmakīrtisāgaraghoṣa''; Tib. ''chos sgrags rgya mtsho’i dbyang'')
# The One with the Accomplishment of the Vow of the Radiance of Gold and Fine Stainless Jewels (Skt. ''Suvarṇa­bhadra­vimala­ratna­prabhā­savrata­siddhi''; Wyl. ''gser bzang dri med rin chen snang brtul zhugs pa'')
# (Skt. ''Aśokottamaśrī''; Tib. ''mya ngan med mchog dpal'')
# The One without Anguish and with Supreme Glory (Skt. ''Aśokottamaśrī''; Wyl. ''mya ngan med mchog dpal'')
# (Skt. ''Suvarṇabhadravimalaratnaprabhāsavrata''; Tib. ''gser bzang dri med rin chen snang brtul zhugs pa'')
# The Roaring One with an Ocean of Dharma-Renown (Skt. ''Dharmakīrtisāgaraghoṣa''; Wyl. ''chos sgrags rgya mtsho’i dbyang'')
# (Skt. ''Ratnacandrapadmapratimaṇḍitapaṇḍita''; Tib. ''rin po che dang zla ba dang padmas rab tu brgyan pa mkhas pa gzi brjid sgra dbyangs kyi rgyal po'')
# The King who is an Ocean of Dharma with the Best of Minds, Mastery, and Super-Knowledge (Skt. ''Dharma­sāgarā­gramati­vikrīḍitā­bhijñā­rāja''; Wyl. ''chos rgya mtsho mchog gi blos rnam par rol bar mngon par mkhyen pa’i rgyal po'')
# (Skt. ''Suparikīrtitanāmaśrīrāja''; Tib. ''mtshan legs yongs grags dpal gyi rgyal po'')
# The Master of Medicine with the Radiance of Beryl aka the '[[Buddha of Medicine]]' (Skt. ''Bhaiṣajya­guru­vaiḍūrya­prabha''; Wyl. ''sman gyi bla bai dū rya’i ’od'')


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Latest revision as of 08:18, 20 June 2021

The Eight Lords of Physicians (Tib. སྨན་བླ་བརྒྱད་, men la gyé, Wyl. sman bla brgyad) aka Eight Sugatas who are Lords of Physicians (སྨན་བླ་བདེ་གཤེགས་བརྒྱད་, men la deshek gyé, sman bla bde gshegs brgyad) aka Eight Sugata-Brothers who are Lords of Physicians (སྨན་བླ་བདེ་གཤེགས་མཆེད་བརྒྱད་, men la deshek ché gyé, sman bla bde gshegs mched brgyad) aka Eight Brothers who are Lords of Physicians (སྨན་བླ་མཆེད་བརྒྱད་, men la ché gyé, sman bla mched brgyad) — a set of Eight ‘Medicine Buddhas’ appearing in two Kriya Tantra texts[1]. They are the Seven Tathagatas with the addition of Shakyamuni Buddha:

  1. Shakyamuni (Skt. Śākyamuni; Wyl. shAkya thub pa)
  2. The Glorious King whose Name is Widely Renowned (Skt. Suparikīrtitanāmaśrīrāja; Wyl. mtshan legs yongs grags dpal gyi rgyal po)
  3. The King who Sounds the Energy of Virtue (Skt. Kuśala­tejonir­ghoṣa­rāja'; Wyl. mkhas pa gzi brjid kyi sgra dbyangs kyi rgyal po)
  4. The One with the Accomplishment of the Vow of the Radiance of Gold and Fine Stainless Jewels (Skt. Suvarṇa­bhadra­vimala­ratna­prabhā­savrata­siddhi; Wyl. gser bzang dri med rin chen snang brtul zhugs pa)
  5. The One without Anguish and with Supreme Glory (Skt. Aśokottamaśrī; Wyl. mya ngan med mchog dpal)
  6. The Roaring One with an Ocean of Dharma-Renown (Skt. Dharmakīrtisāgaraghoṣa; Wyl. chos sgrags rgya mtsho’i dbyang)
  7. The King who is an Ocean of Dharma with the Best of Minds, Mastery, and Super-Knowledge (Skt. Dharma­sāgarā­gramati­vikrīḍitā­bhijñā­rāja; Wyl. chos rgya mtsho mchog gi blos rnam par rol bar mngon par mkhyen pa’i rgyal po)
  8. The Master of Medicine with the Radiance of Beryl aka the 'Buddha of Medicine' (Skt. Bhaiṣajya­guru­vaiḍūrya­prabha; Wyl. sman gyi bla bai dū rya’i ’od)

References

  1. The Sūtra Describing in Full the Specific Previous Vows of the Seven Tathāgatas (D 503, Skt. sapta-tathāgata-pūrva-praṇi­dhāna-viśeṣa-vistāra-sūtra; Wyl. phags pa de bzhin gshegs pa bdun gyi sngon gyi smon lam gyi khyad par rgyas pa zhes bya ba theg pa chen po'i mdo) and The Incantation of Vaiḍūrya-prabhā (D 505, Skt. tathāgata-vaiḍūrya-prabhā-nāma-balādhāna-samādhi-dhāraṇī; Wyl. bai DUr+ya'i 'od gyi gzungs)