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OUR ONE LIGHT

Be, just Be....

Be as you appear

or appear as you are.

-Rumi-

Love comes....

Love comes to you of its own accord, 

and the yearning for it cannot be learned in any school. 

~ Mevlana Rumi

Medicine Buddha

Medicine Buddha

also known as

"Medicine Master and King of Lapis Lazuli Light"

"If one meditates on the Medicine Buddha, one will eventually attain enlightenment, but in the meantime one will experience an increase in healing powers both for oneself and others and a decrease in physical and mental illness and suffering."

—Lama Tashi Namgyal

Medicine Buddha Dharani

Om namo bhagawate Bhaishjaye guru
vaidurya prabha rajaya tathagataya
arhate samyaksam buddhaya teyatha
om bekhajye bekhajye maha bekhajye
bekhajye rajaya samungate svaha


Translated Word for Word
   1. OM: We begin with Om the under-current tone of the universe.
  2. NAMO: Means yielding or full of trust also can mean to bend or bow and might mean to melt into.
  3. bhagawate: means in intimate relation to the Divine and often means the entire cosmos
  4. Bhaishjaye: a name for the Medicine Buddha
  5. guru: Spiritual Master also means the “that” which transmutes ignorance into wisdom
  6. vaidurya prabha: Divine deep blue light, like that of Lapis Lazuli.
  7. Rajaya: means Great King
  8. Tathagataya: means once came or once gone
  9. arhate: one who has conquered the cycle of birth death
10. samyaksam buddhaya: perfectly enlightened
11. teyatha: do it like this
12. OM: Again we begin with Om the under-current tone of the universe
13. bekhajye bekhajye: do away with the pain of illness
14. maha bekhajye: do away with the pain of illness (of the darkness of Spiritual Ignorance)
14. bekhajye: do away with the pain of illness
15. Samudgate: means the supreme heights. Like this, go go go
      (my prayer shall go to the highest and the widest and the deepest.
16. svaha: I offer this prayer and now relinquish it …  (to you Medicine Buddha)
(from Jivan Jili)

Version Two
Bekanze Maha BeKanze
Radza Samudgate Soha

The Twelve Vows of the Medicine Buddha upon attaining Enlightenment, 

according to the Medicine Buddha Sutra are:

To illuminate countless realms with his radiance, enabling anyone to become a Buddha just like him.
To awaken the minds of sentient beings through his light of lapis lazuli.
To provide the sentient beings with whatever material needs they require.
To correct heretical views and inspire beings toward the path of the Bodhisattva.
To help beings follow the Moral Precepts, even if they failed before.
To heal beings born with deformities, illness or other physical sufferings.
To help relieve the destitute and the sick.
To help women who wish to be reborn as men achieve their desired rebirth.
To help heal mental afflictions and delusions.
To help the oppressed be free from suffering.
To relieve those who suffer from terrible hunger and thirst.
To help clothe those who are destitute and suffering from cold and mosquitoes.

LINKS
Wikipedia Bhaisajyaguru
Dharma Haven's Medicine Buddha page
Medicine Buddha
Medicine Buddha Blue Buddha World Wide Healing Circle





Wherever this sutra circulates or wherever there are sentient beings who hold fast to the name of the Medicine Buddha [Yakushi Buddha] and respectfully make offerings to him, whether in villages, towns, kingdoms or in the wilderness, we [the Twelve Generals] will all protect them. We will release them from all suffering and calamities and see to it that all their wishes are fulfilled.

The Heart of Unity...

The 124 000 Prophets who have streamed from the Heart of Unity are the one light of the one religion of the one worship of the one God by the one humanity in the one creation. The dazzling diversity that blossoms within Divine Unity, never disturbing this Unity, always clearly expresses oneness. There is only one.
Lex Hixon, Atom from the Sun of Knowledge

L   O   V   E

L O V E

L O V E

L O V E

LOVE

LOVE

L O V E

L O V E

L O V E

L O V E

L   O   V   E

Healing

The Medicine Buddha Healing Mantra (long form)

Medicine Buddha links

• An excerpt from A Short Teaching on the Medicine Buddha by Geshe Kelsang Gyatso
• Sutra of the Medicine Buddha (pdf)
• Bhaisajyaguru

Medicine Buddha

Grandfather,

Sacred one,

Teach us love, compassion,

and honor.

That we may heal the earth

And heal each other.

-- Ojibway Prayer

Healing Power of the Green - by Lisa Thiel

LORD my God, I called to you for help, and you healed me. 

--Psalm 30:2--

He said to her, "Daughter, your faith has healed you. Go in peace and be freed from your suffering." 

--Mark  5:34--

Healing by Sami Yusuf

Hearts in the hand of another heart and in God’s hand are all hearts

قلب بين يدي قلب و بيد الله كل قلب

An eye takes care of another eye and from God’s eye nothing hides

عين ترعى عينا .. وعين الله ترعى، و لا شيء عنه يخفى

Seek only to give and you’ll receive

إسع نحوالعطاء… و ستلقى و تعطى

So, heal and you will be healed

(from Healing by Sami Yusuf)

Aho Mitakyue Oyasin

“ Peace among religions is 

a precondition for world peace.”

-- Swami Agnivesh --BE AT PEACE

BE AT PEACE 

by Aldo Kraas

Be at peace angels from heaven

Be at peace mother

Be at peace my friends

Be at peace my reverend

Be at peace my God

Be at piece my saints

Be at peace birds

Be at peace Mother Nature

Be at peace sea

Be at peace farmers

Be at peace little baby

Be at peace fisherman

Be at peace moon when you shine at night

Stars be at peace also when you shine at night

Birds be at peace when you fly in the sky during the day 

Aho Mitakyue Oyasin

We are all related

People, We have created you all male and female 

and have made you nations and tribes 

so that you would recognize each other. 

The most honorable among you in the sight of God

 is the most pious of you. 

God is All-knowing and All-aware.

-- Quran 49:13 --

Our task must be to free ourselves... 

by widening our circle of compassion to embrace all living creatures 

and the whole of nature and its beauty.

-- Albert Einstein -- 

“The indigenous understanding has its basis of spirituality 
in a recognition of the interconnectedness and interdependence 
of all living things, a holistic and balanced view of the world. 
All things are bound together. All things connect. 
What happens to the Earth happens to the children of the earth. 
Humankind has not woven the web of life; we are but one thread. 
Whatever we do to the web, we do to ourselves.”

-- Rebecca Adamson --

Read the  Nobel Prize Acceptance Speech by Dalai Lama

The gift of silence

When the lips are closed,

then the heart begins to speak;

when the heart is silent,

then the soul blazes up,

bursting into flame,

and this illuminates the whole of life.

--Hazrat Inayat Khan--

An old Sufi tradition advises us to speak 

only after our words have managed 

to pass through four gates. 

At the first gate, we ask ourselves, 

"Are these words true?" 

If so, we let them pass on; if not, back they go. 

At the second gate we ask; "Are they necessary?" 

At the third gate we ask; "Are they beneficial?" 

and at the fourth gate, we ask, "Are they kind?" 

If the answer to any of these is no, 

then what you are about to say should be left unsaid. 

-- An old Sufi saying --

Aisa Naam by Sat Purkh

Go to Spirit Voyage to purchase this music.

Mannay kee gat kehee na jaa-i
Je ko kehai pichai pachhutaa-i
Kaagad kalam na likhanhaar
Mannay kaa beh karan veechaar
Aisaa naam niranjan ho-i
Jay ko man jaanai man ko-i (12)
Mannai surat hovai man budh
Mannai sagal bhavan kee sudh
Mannai mu-eh chotaa na khaa-i
Mannai jam kai saath na jaa-i
Aisaa naam niranjan ho-i
jay ko man jaanai man ko-i (13)
Mannai maarag thaak na paa-i
Mannai pat sio pargat jaa-i
Mannai mag na chalai panth
Mannai dharam saytee sanbandh
Aisaa naam niranjan ho-i
Jay ko man jaanai man ko-i (14)
Mannai paaveh mokh duaar
Mannai parvaarai saadhaar
Mannai tarai taaray gur sikh
Mannai naanak bhaveh na bhikh
Aisaa naam niranjan ho-i
Jay ko man jaanai man ko-i (15)

Language: Gurmukhi
Source: Siri Guru Granth Sahib
Author: Guru Nanak Dev Ji

Translation:
The state of the faithful cannot be described.
Anyone who describes it shall regret the attempt.
No paper, no pen, no scribe, can record the state of the faithful.
Such is the name of the immaculate lord.
Only one who has faith comes to know such a state of mind. (12)
The faithful have intuitive intelligence.
The faithful know about all the worlds.
The faithful shall never be struck across their face.
The faithful shall not have to go with the messenger of death.
Such is the name of the immaculate lord.
Only one who has faith comes to know such a state of mind. (13)
The path of the faithful shall never be obstructed.
The faithful shall depart with honor and respect.
The faithful do not follow empty religious rituals.
The faithful are firmly bound to the dharma.
Such is the name of the immaculate lord.
Only one who has faith comes to know such a state of mind. (14)
The faithful find the door of liberation.
The faithful uplift and redeem their family and relations.
The faithful are saved, and carried across with the sikhs of the guru.
The faithful, O Nanak, do not wander around begging.
Such is the name of the immaculate lord;
Only one who has faith comes to know such a state of mind. (15)

Ode to the Great Mother

"I am your mother.

You are not alone.

Anything you need; ask me...."

"...I LOVE YOU

You're under my protection"

Blessed Be by Shawna Carol

All is growing and expanding,

Blessed be - the Light has come,

And the love that's everlasting,

Blessed be - the Light has come

The Plurality of Spiritual Moods

To illustrate the plurality of spiritual moods or sacred traditions, RamaKrishna told this parable. The Hindus call that which quenches our thirst 'jal', Muslims call it 'pani', the English call it 'water'. Similarly, each brings a container that is a product of a different culture, and yet they all draw from exactly the same source of refreshment. The clear water of Consciousness, with no shape of its own, perfectly fills the cultural receptacles. Even this analogy could mislead, however, if we concluded that Consciousness is a substance separate from us or from various receptacles. All is Consciousness. As RamaKrishna expresses it:"God alone is."
Lex Hixon, Coming Home:The Experience of Enlightenment in Sacred Traditions, 36

Gayatri Mantra

Blessings of the One Light to you!

 In his book, Sadhana, Sri Swami Shivananda wrote this about the Gayatri Mantra,

"It is universally applicable, for it is nothing 

but an earnest prayer for Light, 

addressed to the Supreme Almighty Spirit."

THE GAYATRI MANTRA

Om bhūr-bhuvaḥ svaḥ,

ŧaŧ-saviŧur-vareṇ'yam,

bhargo đevasya đhīmahi,

đhiyo yo naḥ pracho-đayāŧ.

* * *

We meditate on the glory of the Creator;

Who has created the Universe;

Who is worthy of Worship;

Who is the embodiment of Knowledge and Light;

Who is the remover of all Sin and Ignorance;

May He enlighten our Intellect.

--The Divine In Me Bows to the Divine In You--

--The Divine In Me Bows to the Divine In You--

International Day of Peace

Wishing all creation
a blessed

I n t e r n a t i o n a l 

D a y 

o f 

P e a c e

Peace begins with a smile.
-Mother Teresa-


I believe in the religion of Islam. I believe in Allah and peace.
-Muhammad Ali-


By three things is the world sustained: justice, truth and peace.
  - Avot 1:17-

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When the power of love overcomes the love of power the world will know peace.
-Jimi Hendrix-

Imagine all the people living life in peace. 

You may say I'm a dreamer, but I'm not the only one. 

I hope someday you'll join us, and the world will be as one.

-John Lennon- 

May Peace Prevail!

Prayer of Light by Muhammad

O God! Grant me Light in my heart, 

Light in my grave, 

Light in front of me, 

Light behind me,

 Light to my right, 

Light to my left, 

Light above me, 

Light below me, 

Light in my ears, 

Light in my eyes, 

Light on my skin, 

Light in my hair,

Light within my flesh, 

Light in my blood, 

Light in my bones. 

 O God! Increase my Light everywhere.

 O God! Grant me Light in my heart, 

Light on my tongue, 

Light in my eyes, 

Light in my ears, 

Light to my right, 

Light to my left, 

Light above me, 

Light below me, 

Light in front of me, 

Light behind me, 

and Light within my self; 

increase my Light.