Eight Medicine Buddhas (on blue base) which protects the abode and

which protects the abode and burns away delusions and the darkness of ignorance

the bodhisattva attained complete enlightenment

give them a status that is both mythical and real

Norbulingka gardens attract many birds

Amitayus is depicted here red hued and sitting cross-legged

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