藥師佛十二大願

藥師佛十二大願


「第一大願：願我來世，得阿耨多羅三藐三菩提時，自身光明熾然照耀無量無盡無邊世界，以三十二大丈夫相，八十隨形莊嚴其身；令一切有情如我無異」。

「第二大願：願我來世得菩提時，身如琉璃，內外明徹，淨無瑕穢；光明廣大，功德巍巍，身善安住，燄網莊嚴過於日月；幽冥眾生，悉蒙開曉，隨意所趣，作諸事業」。

「第三大願：願我來世得菩提時，以無量無邊智慧方便，令諸有情皆得無盡所受用物，莫令眾生，有所乏少」。

「第四大願：願我來世得菩提時，若諸有情行邪道者，悉令安住菩提道中；若行聲聞獨覺乘者，皆以大乘而安立」。

「第五大願：願我來世得菩提時，若有無量無邊有情，於我法中修行梵行，一切皆令得不缺戒、具三聚戒；設有毀犯，聞我名已還得清淨，不墮惡趣！」

「第六大願：願我來世得菩提時，若諸有情，其身下劣，諸根不具，醜陋、頑愚、盲、聾、瘖、啞、攣躄、背僂、白癩、顛狂、種種病苦；聞我名已，一切皆得端正黠慧，諸根完具，無諸疾苦」。

「第七大願：願我來世得菩提時，若諸有情眾病逼切，無救無歸，無醫無藥，無親無家，貧窮多苦；我之名號一經其耳，眾病悉除，身心安樂，家屬資具悉皆豐足，乃至證得無上菩提」。
「第八大願：願我來世得菩提時，若有女人為女百惡之所逼惱，極生厭離，願捨女身；聞我名已，一切皆得轉女成男，具丈夫相，乃至證得無上菩提」。

「第九大願：願我來世得菩提時，令諸有情出魔罥網，解脫一切外道纏縛；若墮種種惡見稠林，皆當引攝置於正見，漸令修習諸菩薩行，速證無上正等菩提！

「第十大願：願我來世得菩提時，若諸有情王法所加，縛錄鞭撻，繫閉牢獄，或當刑戮，及餘無量災難凌辱，悲愁煎逼，身心受苦；若聞我名，以我福德威神力故，皆得解脫一切憂苦！」

「第十一大願：願我來世得菩提時，若諸有情饑渴所惱，為求食故造諸惡業；得聞我名，專念受持，我當先以上妙飲食飽足其身，後以法味畢竟安樂而建立之」。

「第十二大願：願我來世得菩提時，若諸有情貧無衣服，蚊虻寒熱，晝夜逼惱；若聞我名，專念受持，如其所好即得種種上妙衣服，亦得一切寶莊嚴具，華鬘、塗香，鼓樂眾伎，隨心所翫，皆令滿足」。


與藥師琉璃光如來本願功德經
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Twelve Great Vows of Bhaisajyaguru Vaidurya Prabha Rajaya Tathagata


The first vow. ‘I vow that, after my reincarnation and having attained complete Enlightenment, my body should be shining like a brilliant light, throwing beams on infinite, and boundless, worlds, adorned with a retinue of thirty-two forms of the Great Men and with eighty physical characteristics of the Buddha, I shall make all beings wholly equal to me.’

The second vow. ‘I vow that, after my reincarnation and having attained Perfect Enlightenment, my body should be like a crystal in spotless purity both within and without, with splendorous radiant light, in the majesty of its virtue, sitting serenely, adorned with the aureole, brighter than the sun and the moon, I shall reveal my great power to all the beings in obscurity, in order that they may act freely according to their bent.’

The third vow. ‘I vow that, after my reincarnation and having attained Perfect Enlightenment, I should grant by means of boundless wisdom, to all beings the inexhaustible things that they may need and that they may be free from any want.’

The fourth vow. ‘I vow that, after my reincarnation and having attained Perfect enlightenment, I should bring those who have gone the heterodox ways to dwell tranquilly in the way of Bodhi; and those who travel on the Vehicle of the Sramana and the Pratyekabuddha to stand firmly in the Great Vehicle of Bodhisattva.’

The fifth vow. ‘I vow that, after my reincarnation and having attained Perfect Enlightenment, I should enable the innumerable beings to observe all the moral laws to mend their ways to pure living, and to obey the three cumulative commandments. Should there be any relapse, or violation, they shall again become pure once they hear of my name, then they shall not fall into evil existences.’

The sixth vow. 'I vow that, after my reincarnation and having attained Perfect Enlightenment, those beings who are physically inferior, with imperfect senses, such as, the ugly, stupid, blind, deaf, mute, crippled, paralysed, hump-backed, leprous, lunatic, or sick in many respects, shall all of them, when they hear my name, regain their normal appearances and become intelligent. All their senses shall be perfectly restored, and they shall not suffer from diseases.'

The seventh vow. 'I vow that, after my reincarnation and having attained Perfect Enlightenment, those who are tormented by diseases, who have nobody to whom they can seek for help, without a refuge, without a doctor, without medicine, without relatives, without a home; these poor and miserable beings shall all of them be free from diseases and troubles, and shall enjoy perfect health of body and mind, once my name reaches their ears. They shall have families, friends and properties a-plenty, and shall all be brought to the supreme Enlightenment of Buddha.'

The eighth vow. 'I vow that, after my reincarnation and having attained Perfect Enlightenment, women who are tormented by the hundred of sufferings of the female sex, who are much wearied of life and long to make bodily sacrifice, shall all of them, when they hear my name, be transformed into men instead of women, in the next re-birth, they shall get the form of manhood and shall in the end attain the supreme Enlightenment of Buddha.'

The ninth vow. 'I vow that, after my reincarnation and having attained Perfect Enlightenment, I should let all being to escape the evil nets of Mara, to be free from other non-Buddhist cults. If they should have fallen into the dense forest of false doctrines, I should assist and lead them to the noble truths, and gradually induce them to lead the life of a Bodhisattva and soon they shall attain supreme Enlightenment of Buddha.'

The tenth vow. 'I vow that, after my reincarnation and having attained Perfect Enlightenment, I should bring it to pass that all those who are recorded and condemned by the royal law to be bound and whipped, to be enchained in prisons, to be sentenced to capital punishment, to meet numerous other disasters and insult, to be afflicted with sorrow and anguish, to be troubled both in body and in mind, shall, when they hear of my name, escape evil kalpas through the awe-inspiring majesty of my blessedness and virtue.'

The eleventh vow. 'I vow that, after my reincarnation and having attained Perfect Enlightenment, I should bring it to pass that all beings who are tormented by hunger and thirst and who, in order to obtain drink and food, if they can carefully remember my name and cherish it, then I should let them taste the flavour of the Dharma, and eventually lead a tranquil and happy life.'

The twelfth vow. 'I vow that, after my reincarnation and having attained Perfect Enlightenment, all beings who are poor and naked, tormented day and night by mosquitoes and wasps, by cold and heat, when they hear my name and carefully remember and cherish it, shall receive the wonderful garments of all kinds, as well as valuable ornaments, chaplets of fragrant flower; and various kinds of instrumental music shall resound. Whatever they dream of, they shall have in abundance.


Excerpt from Bhaisajyaguru Sutra