A Prayer to the Medicine Buddha
Oh great, compassionate Medicine Buddha!
Please listen to my report:
There is truly too much suffering in the world these days:
The crimes of arson, murder, and theft;
The cruel oppression of corrupt officials;
The turbulence of politics and the economy;
And natural disasters of earth, water, fire, and wind;
These things often cause people to lose everything they own in the blink of an eye.
The suffering of being bedridden with a lingering illness
Resulting from an imbalance of the four great elements;
Even heroes moan in pain and have difficulty being at ease;
The sea of karma that is full of passions and delusions,
Resulting from greed, anger, and ignorance,
Rolls unceasingly like roaring waves and billows.
