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Yes you can certainly recite medicine Buddhas mantra without empowerment. Medicine Buddha is the Dharmakaya appearance of Shakyamuni Buddha so he is very close to us and very accessable (Image)
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Palzang would be able to confirm this, and although I don't follow or practice Mahayana Buddhism, I find reciting the Tara mantra or the Blue Medicine Buddha mantra to be extremely supportive and comf
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Yes, mantras earn positive merit. All sorts of things earn positive merit, and the MOST important are kind action motivated by kind heart. Merit is really only good karma, the result of good action.
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I like the medicine Buddha mantra too. Do u chant the full or shortened version? How long does it take you? Do you do it every day. I'm just learning it. I've managed the short version (Image)
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If I'm not mistaken, anyone may recite the Medicine Buddha mantra:
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This is the Blue Medicine Buddha Mantra, as copied from a French site on the subject....
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That's great, Fede! I'm saving that one for my use. Now I just have to find out what it means. I think the next thing I'm going to invest in is a CD of mantras so I can hear how they're done.
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As far as I know the Medicine Buddha mantra does not require any empowerment. There is also the mantra of Vajrasattva which is more commonly used for purification, and while empowerment to perform thi
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Well, obviously the first approach is always medicine...but since you are a Buddhist practioner you may want to take a look at this as well:
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http://www.wildmind.org/mantras/figures/bhaishajyaguru-medicine-buddha-mantra
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