which protects the abode and burns away delusions and the darkness of ignorance
As one who grants beings’ wishes
the round white full moon above the wheel represents the cessation of suffering
Amitayus is depicted here red hued and sitting cross-legged
” At that time he also swore to uphold the teachings of the thousand Buddhas for this entire eon
Eight Medicine Buddhas (on blue base) which protects the abode andIn the distant past, when the Medicine Buddha was a Bodhisattva, he is said to have taken twelve vows out of his great compassion. These vows included the task of awakening people's minds to Bodhichitta, providing beings with the materials necessary for living, leading them to wisdom and wholesome actions, as well as relieving people from deformities, illness, and other physical sufferings. After many lives of working to fulfill his vows, the