This 10.5″ crowned Medicine Buddha statue is fully fire gilded in 24K gold with a detailed hand-painted face and an elaborately hand-carved Bodhisattva crown and jewels, seated on a double lotus throne, handcrafted in Patan, Nepal by master Newar artisans using the traditional lost wax sculpting method. At the buyer’s request, the crown and jewels can be embellished with lapis lazuli, turquoise, or red stones at no extra charge before shipping. The lapis lazuli option carries particular resonance for this deity: lapis blue is the canonical color of Medicine Buddha’s body and his pure land, making the stone a direct material echo of his iconographic essence.
While Tibetan Buddhism is the tradition most closely associated with intensive Medicine Buddha practice, he is venerated across all Mahayana Buddhist schools. In East Asian Buddhism — Chinese, Japanese, and Korean — Medicine Buddha holds a place in one of the most significant cosmological triads in the entire tradition: the Three Buddhas of the Three Realms, in which he represents the eastern realm, Shakyamuni Buddha represents the present world, and Amitabha Buddha represents the western pure land. Together the three span the complete arc of the Buddhist cosmological field — eastern healing and new beginnings, central present-moment reality, western liberation and rest — and are often depicted together in East Asian temple altars, Medicine Buddha to the left of Shakyamuni (from the viewer’s perspective, representing the east) and Amitabha to the right. His 12 great vows — covering the healing of illness and deformity, the provision of material needs to the destitute, the correction of wrong views, the liberation of the oppressed, and the restoration of those whose moral precepts have been broken — represent the most comprehensive set of healing commitments made by any single figure in the Mahayana Buddhist tradition. Learn everything about Medicine Buddha’s healing practice.
Crowned Medicine Buddha Statue Features
Medicine Buddha sits in full lotus posture on a double lotus throne, his right hand in the Varada mudra — the boon-granting or charity gesture, palm open and facing outward, draped over the right knee — holding the stem of the myrobalan plant between thumb and index finger. The myrobalan (Terminalia chebula) is both a widely used medicinal plant in Tibetan and Ayurvedic medicine and a symbol of the perfected wisdom that is the definitive cure for the defilements. His left hand rests in the Dhyana mudra holding the medicine bowl of lapis nectar in the open palm, its three nectars curing the three poisons of greed, hatred, and ignorance at their root.
Authentic, Handmade in Nepal
Every statue and ritual item is handcrafted in Patan, Nepal, using traditional lost wax casting and comes with a certificate of authenticity issued by Nepal's Department of Archaeology, verifying its materials, technique, and origin.
