Medicine Buddha's Birthday · Yaoshi Fo

Culture of origin: Buddhist · Cultural

Holiday sources: Buddhism

Bhaisajyaguru, Yaoshi Fo in Chinese, is the Mahayana Buddha of healing and medicine. As a bodhisattva he made twelve great vows, among them to cure the sick and relieve poverty, and as a Buddha he presides over the eastern Pure Land of Pure Lapis Lazuli; devotees turn to him above all for healing. Chinese Buddhism keeps his birthday on the 30th of the 9th lunar month, its last day.