special Buddhist statue Yakushi Nyorai seated statue inches height 22 width 10 depth 10 carved cypress wood Flying celestial halo Octagonal base 6791

---------------------------------------------------------------------- Size/Total height: 22.5cm, width: 10.5cm, depth: 10.5cm Material: Cypress Country of Origin: China Medicine Buddha He is also known as the Medicine Master Lapis Lazuli Light Buddha and is the head of the Eastern Pure Land. In the Medicine Master Hongan Koutoku Sutra, it is said that he practiced the path of a bodhisattva in the Eastern world, issued and fulfilled the twelve great vows. He has been worshipped since ancient times as someone who saves all living beings from the diseases and illnesses of ignorance, gives them joy, completes their roots, and leads them to liberation. In the two sections of the Golden Womb, he is considered to be the same entity as Ashuku Buddha of the Vajra Realm and Dainichi Buddha of the Garbha Realm. The statue is often depicted with a medicine jar in the left hand and a fearless mudra in the right hand, but this is not consistent. The statue enshrines the Yakushi Triad, with the Bodhisattva Nikko and Bodhisattva Gekko as attendants, and the twelve guardian deities as attendants.