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    3. 薬師

    薬師

    薬やく師し

    Bhaisajyaguru

    KMT9News #27+1NounReligion & PhilosophyKanji Vocab26 strokes

    やくし

    Noun

    1.
    Bhaisajyaguru, Pindola, The Healing Buddha

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    薬やく師しは病びょう気きを治なおす仏ほとけ様さまです。

    Yakushi (Bhaisajyaguru) is a Buddha who cures illnesses.

    KMT6Religion & Philosophy
    薬やく師し如にょ来らいは、東とう方ほう浄じょう瑠る璃り世せ界かいの教きょう主しゅとされています。

    Yakushi Nyorai (Bhaisajyaguru Tathagata) is considered the lord of the Pure Land of Lapis Lazuli in the East.

    KMT9Religion & Philosophy
    薬やく師し寺じは、薬やく師し如にょ来らいを本ほん尊ぞんとする奈な良らの有ゆう名めいな寺じ院いんです。

    Yakushi-ji Temple is a famous temple in Nara that enshrines Yakushi Nyorai as its principal image.

    KMT9Religion & PhilosophyCulture & TraditionsHistory
    薬やく師し像ぞうの多おおくは、薬やく壺つぼを持もっているのが特とく徴ちょうです。

    Many Yakushi statues are characterized by holding a medicine pot.

    KMT9Art & DesignReligion & PhilosophyHistory
    古こ代だい日に本ほんでは、薬やく師し信しん仰こうが広ひろまり、病びょう気き平へい癒ゆを願ねがう人ひと々びとによって多おおくの薬やく師し像ぞうが造つくられた。

    In ancient Japan, the worship of Yakushi spread, and many Yakushi statues were created by people wishing for recovery from illness.

    KMT10Religion & PhilosophyHistoryArt & Design

    Kanji that make up this word

    薬
    くすり…(2)
    medicine・chemical・enamel・gunpowder・benefit
    師
    いくさ…(8)
    expert・teacher・master・model・exemplar…(2)
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