Great Construction

YAKUSHI NYORAI:THE MEDICINE BUDDHA 

　 　Yakushi Nyorai (Bhaisajyaguru [Sanskrit], meaning the Master of Healing or Medicine Buddha, who quells all diseases and lengthens life) is an incarnation of Kannon and is also called "The East Yakushi Nyorai ('The East' indicates 'the Paradise of the East')."  I have been exercising the Kannon Power and insisting that medicines are poison, while Yakushi Nyorai is the Buddha of medicine; this seems to be a sheer contradiction.  So I will give you a true account of this situation.

　　I have been consistently pointing out that during the period of time when there exist the teachings of Buddha, we live in the World of Night.  Therefore, during that period, because there were more spiritual elements of water than those of fire, the power of melting poisonous substance was not enough; so, it was more effective to solidify the poison than to melt it.  Then, people were urged to take medicine in order to solidify poison and Shakyamuni Buddha also preached "The Parable of the Medicinal Herbs" in the Lotus Sutra.

　 　And yet, Yakushi Nyorai gave a blessing of healing disease through spiritual medicines because material medicines are bad.  However, the time has finally come in our day when the World of Day begins to prevail and this time He has adopted the measures to melt away toxic elements.  This is the Kannon Power which I am now exerting.

Heaven on Earth, No.13, February 20, 1950 (the 25th year of Showa)