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    3. 薬師如来

    薬師如来

    薬やく師し如にょ来らい

    Bhaisajyaguru (buddha able to cure all ills)

    KMT10News #42+1NounReligion & PhilosophyKanji Vocab39 strokes

    やくしにょらい

    Noun

    1.
    Bhaisajyaguru (buddha able to cure all ills)

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    薬やく師し如にょ来らいは病びょう気きを治なおす仏ほとけ様さまです。

    Bhaisajyaguru is a Buddha who cures illnesses.

    KMT7Religion & PhilosophyMedicine & Health
    この寺てらには、古ふるい薬やく師し如にょ来らい像ぞうが安あん置ちされている。

    An old statue of Bhaisajyaguru is enshrined in this temple.

    KMT10Religion & PhilosophyCulture & Traditions
    薬やく師し如にょ来らいの十じゅう二に大だい願がんは、衆しゅ生じょうの苦くるしみを取とり除さるくことを誓ちかうものです。

    The Twelve Great Vows of Bhaisajyaguru pledge to remove the suffering of all sentient beings.

    KMT10Religion & Philosophyphilosophy
    多おおくの人ひと々びとが、健けん康こうを願ねがって薬やく師し如にょ来らいに手てを合あわせる。

    Many people pray to Bhaisajyaguru, wishing for good health.

    KMT10Religion & PhilosophyDaily Life
    奈な良らの薬やく師し寺じには、国こく宝ほうである薬やく師し如にょ来らい像ぞうが祀まつられている。

    At Yakushi-ji Temple in Nara, a national treasure statue of Bhaisajyaguru is enshrined.

    KMT10Religion & PhilosophyCulture & TraditionsHistory

    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)
    如
    ごと.し…(6)
    likeness・like・such as・as if・better…(2)
    来
    く.る・きた.る・きた.す・き.たす・き.たる・き…(7)
    come・due・next・cause・become
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