Bhaisajyaguru presides over Vaiduryanirbhasa, the Eastern Pure Land of Pure Lapis Lazuli, a world system he brought into being through twelve great vows made while still a bodhisattva, where no being suffers disease, hunger, or want.
Gautama Buddha revealed the existence and twelve vows of Bhaisajyaguru to the bodhisattva Manjushri, teaching that merely hearing the Medicine Buddha's name could free beings from the lower realms and cure the gravest afflictions.
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