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Parchment-style artwork of Yakushi Nyorai holding medicine jar, Japanese Healing Buddha, serene temple scene.

Yakushi Nyorai: The Healing Buddha of Compassion (Japanese Buddhism)

Yakushi Nyorai, known as the Medicine Buddha, embodies compassion, healing, and spiritual restoration. He is revered across Japan and East Asia as a protector against disease, physical and spiritual suffering, and misfortune. Often depicted seated in serene meditation, Yakushi Nyorai holds a medicine jar in his left hand, symbolizing remedies for illness, while his right hand forms the abhaya mudra,
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